Immigration Minister the Hon. Irving Pearman has announced that the hotel's non-Bermudian restaurant manager, accused of making racist remarks to staff, has had his work permit extended.

Yesterday Mr. Scott met with Mr. Pearman and demanded a re-think.

Before the meeting he said: "Mr. Pearman maintains that his Ministry reversed their decision not to renew the work permit because `it was only one man's word against another'.

In fact several staff members were involved in the original incident, he said.

"A white Bermudian took offence at conversation laced with `racial slurs' made directly to him.

"Other staff members in yet another incident have made their disgust known concerning the language used to black and Jamaican staff.'' The PLP had been told that Mr. Pearman's investigators made only one visit to the hotel, he said.

Apparently, only the hotel manager had been spoken to. No-one involved in the incidents had been seen.

Many Bermudians were qualified for the job, Mr. Scott said.

The PLP had been informed that at least one had been told by a hotel director that the restaurant manager was favoured because he would do work that Bermudians wouldn't.

Another Bermudian had been told in writing: "You were not considered suitable for the post as you are well known to the writer''.

Mr. Scott accused Mr. Pearman of protecting the restaurant manager.

"By comparison his Ministry was not willing to protect a Bermudian, in her sixties, who was given two days notice after working for a Hamilton firm for over 30 years.''