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The policy on the SBA is to employ Cypriots and not British people. ....Lana[/quote

Correct, My daughter had to show proof of Cypriot Citizenship before she was allowed to join the SBA Police.

Before the dimwits on this forum start slagging off the bases they should try and get a job on them, a friend of mine waited 3 years to get a drivers job on the bases, he's certain that he'll never work for a Cypriot business again. The wages and conditions are about the best you'll get on the island.

The policy on employment within the SBA's for the UK MoD in Cyprus has been to employ Cypriots. However the outsourcing of departments by the UK MoD to private companies including those registered as a business in Cyprus changes the previous restrictions on recruitment.
Providing a prospective employee fulfill's the requirements of the Cyprus Government to work in the country and the security/employment requirements of the UK MoD any citizen of the EU can work for a contractor/service provider/supplier within the SBA's.
For example, a former MoD department outsourced to a Cypriot or foreign company can employ non-Cypriot labour. The curious situation now arises of Cypriot businesses targeting the recruitment of UK citizens to work within the SBA's where as before this would have contradicted employment policy.

Cypriots employed by the UK MoD within the Cyprus SBA's for the most part enjoy(ed) better terms and conditions of employment than those of their UK counterparts or their fellow citizens employed in non-governmental jobs in Cyprus, hence the general level of satisfaction with SBA enployment and the long waiting lists for work there. That better terms and conditions of employment were given within the SBA's was no accident or the product of enlightened management, rather a simple winning of hearts and minds policy that can be judged by its success.

[JTR2006]

Superbly written rotate. The simple fact is that British people quite easily fall in love with our beautiful island, for its warmth kindness and gentle laid back style of life. Everyone is welcome here, which cannot always be the case in the Uk who like a previous poster said you know you can live next to someone for ten years and not even know their name! That just doesnt happen here. However there are an elite few who seem to still be living in the mid 20th century realm who despite what happened many many years ago, still seem to resent the British and cannot comprehend that times have changed and that many thousands of people in Cyprus now rely on British people and british tourism for a living. If the bases were to go, and if British people were to stop buying houses here or setting up business here, and IF Zero British tourists ever came to our island again were would we be?
We would have several thousand unemployed. A wrecked tourism forcing resorts to shut down leaving many people bankrupt, our national tour operators would crash, and real estate on the island would fold.
IT WOULD BE A CATASTROPHE.
So AL as i have said you will get resentment to Britain wherever you go in the world, for it has been a very powerful colony in the past spreading across the globe.
In Cyprus, you must accept that there is still some resentment towards the British. But this will NOT affect your life here, nor will it cause you any problems the people who think like this are few.
And most of them post on this forum lol. So avoid the Cyprus Problem Section of you can lol

[miltiades]

Very well said !

[lysi]

The policy on the SBA is to employ Cypriots and not British people. If the SBA go, there may be a gain for national pride but it would be a significant blow for the national economy, not what is wanted when we are about to enter the Eurozone.

Lana

So lana the cyprus economy will collapse without the british bases, thats ok we can get more countrys to open bases in cyprus , what about CHINA, RUSSIA, ISRAEL, CUBA or TURKEY . get real lana i always thought you where pro-british.

[miltiades]

Yes the Cyprus economy will suffer a great deal without the British bases , don't forget there are British bases in Germany.
Cyprus relies on the high level of income generated by British investment in Cyprus either in the Tourist section or the housing section.
Lysi just naturally hates the British , well my children and many more other Cypriots' children are the by products of inter marriages and have English as well as G/C or T/C blood flowing in their veins. We have the sense to appreciate the enormous financial benefits that our nation derives from the British , it keeps our hospitals as well as social welfare , pensions etc high up in the league of European nations.

[Svetlana]

Dear Lysi

You are always protesting against foreign forces on Cypriot soil, now you advocate a Turkish militry presence in the RoC! You do yourself a diservice by such ridicoulous statements.

As for me 'getting real', I promise you I am very real and of course you have misquoted me by saying the (Cypriot) economy would collapse' - but why am I not suprised.

Because you disagree with me you accuse me of being pro-British? I have previously been accused on this Forum of being 'pro-Russian'; the reality is I am pro-Cyprus.

Lana

[lysi]

Yes the Cyprus economy will suffer a great deal without the British bases , don't forget there are British bases in Germany.
Cyprus relies on the high level of income generated by British investment in Cyprus either in the Tourist section or the housing section.
Lysi just naturally hates the British , well my children and many more other Cypriots' children are the by products of inter marriages and have English as well as G/C or T/C blood flowing in their veins. We have the sense to appreciate the enormous financial benefits that our nation derives from the British , it keeps our hospitals as well as social welfare , pensions etc high up in the league of European nations.

Then miltiades is it ok for other countries to have bases in cyprus ? i think cyprus will cope without the BRITISH BASES. oh and your pals the british army hung several young cypriots in the 1950s, just incase you have forgot this fact.

[Alexander]

Yes the Cyprus economy will suffer a great deal without the British bases , don't forget there are British bases in Germany.
Cyprus relies on the high level of income generated by British investment in Cyprus either in the Tourist section or the housing section.
Lysi just naturally hates the British , well my children and many more other Cypriots' children are the by products of inter marriages and have English as well as G/C or T/C blood flowing in their veins. We have the sense to appreciate the enormous financial benefits that our nation derives from the British , it keeps our hospitals as well as social welfare , pensions etc high up in the league of European nations.

Then miltiades is it ok for other countries to have bases in cyprus ? i think cyprus will cope without the BRITISH BASES. oh and your pals the british army hung several young cypriots in the 1950s, just incase you have forgot this fact.

You are wasting your time with the likes of Miltiades. It is plain that the presence of British Bases is not only a disgrace but illegal. He is incapable of offering a coherent rebuttal so he accuses us of being anti British. One feels quite nauseated, as the pro British camp wax lyrical about our wonderful paternal past masters. Without fail, the British Government policy has always, and will always be, against the interest of the R.O.C
I do find it quite sickening that the sovereignty of a country is so easily bought by some cheap jobs for “Greek Cypriots” policeman or daughters serving tea to squaddies.
Why should Cyprus, as a modern sovereign state tolerate the disgraceful remnants of bygone empire?

[miltiades]

Stick to comics

[Supertrotter]

.... oh and your pals the british army hung several young cypriots in the 1950s, just incase you have forgot this fact.

Lysi, I understand your grievance, however in a modern society such as this, is it fair to go on persecuting every German for what Hitler did?

I'm sure if you asked any Jewish people today, they will never forget but will not blame this generation for the actions of past generations.

......IMHO!