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00-FEB-1990
17:42
GOVERNMENT SECPETAFIAT.
CONFIDENT
253 521 7058
P.14
Administrative Arrangements
for Implementing the UK Nationality Package
Administrative Arrangements
For planning purposes, it is assumed that there
would be 500,000 applications in the first stage of the
scheme.
This number is only an educated guess based
on the following information :
(a)
There are approximately 3.5 million Hong Kong
BDTCs and BN(0)s.
The vast majority of the
rest of the two million population are holders
of Hong Kong Certificates of Identity and are
thus not immediately eligible to apply for
British citizenship under the scheme.
However,
there is nothing in practice to stop them from
applying for naturalisation as HKBDTCs, thus
rendering them qualified for the scheme in
due course.
(b)
The number of persons in active employment
in Hong Kong is approximately 2.75 million.
This figure includes both HKBDTCs and non-HKBDTCS.
As the scheme is aimed at people who are vulnerable
to emigration, it is fair to say that not the
entire population is
grateable. Hence,"it
is assumed that 20% of the 2.75 million employed
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