Notices of Amendments: 6th June 1990
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British Nationality (Hong Kong) Bill continued
forms. Checks would also be made to see whether there was any reason to believe that the candidates were not of good character.
(s) Subject to satisfactory completion of these checks, details of the qualified candidates would be put forward by the Steering Group to the Governor who, if satisfied, would recommend them to the Secretary of State for registration as British citizens. Where any candidate failed to satisfy these checks, the next candidate in order of points ranking would be interviewed, and similar checks as to character carried out. If successful, he or she would be recommended for registration. Candidates with insufficient points. and those who failed to satisfy the character checks, would be rejected.
(t) In the event that a number of candidates scored equal points and all could not be accommodated within the places available for each group, the Governor would have discretion to choose whom to recommend for citizenship.
(u) 24. All candidates would be notified of the results of their applications by
HKID.
(2) The Key Entrepreneurs Section
(a) Hong Kong has a number of well known and respected entrepreneurs. with an established reputation for large-scale investment and employment in the Territory, whose departure would do much to undermine confidence there. The Key Entrepreneurs Section would offer up to 500 places for people in this category.
Procedure
(b) The Governor would invite those whom he considered might be qualified under this scheme to submit an application, together with supporting documents. by a specified date. It would be open to others who wished to be considered in this category to indicate their interest on an application form submitted under the GAS. Other potential recipients who did not take that initiative might be identified from information set out on their forms when they applied under the Business and Management groups of the GAS. (c) The Steering Group would evaluate the applications on the basis of the information provided, and would submit a report on each to the Governor, who would decide whether to recommend the person concerned for citizenship. The normal character requirements would apply. HKID would notify the people concerned about the outcome.
(3) Disciplined Service Section
(a) This section would provide 7.000 places for the established members of the disciplined services of Hong Kong. These comprise the Correctional Services (Prisons Department. Customs and Excise Department. Fire Services Department. Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Forc. Immigration Department, the operations department of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. and uniformed members of the Garrison.
(b) The available places would be allocated to the services concerned in proportion to their staff numbers. Within each service. places would be allocated to individuals by a points system similar to that used in the GAS described above, although the weighting to be given to each criterion might, on the advice of the Steering Group and with the approval of the Governor, vary to take account of the needs of the particular services. The Steering Group would advise on the allocation of the special circumstances points which would take account of commendations for outstanding service, and documentary evidence of performance, such as staff appraisal reports etc.
Procedure
(c) Applications would be submitted to the Hong Kong Government by the specified date. Points would be awarded to each applicant by HIKD using the