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(b) specify quotas to be allocated to particular groups
within both the public and private sectors;
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specify different criteria and the weight to attached to each criteria as between the public and private sectors and the different groups within each sector which has a quota reserve to it
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4.8 As the Foreign Secretary's statement makes clear (col. 367), the Scheme should cover "a maximum number of 50,000 households". The traditional concept of "head of household" is not very appropriate in this context since those selected may well be unmarried and, of course, could be men or women The figure of
Mustand 225,000 is an estimate of how many people (including spouses and dependants) might receive citizenship under the Bill. words,, only 50,000 will receive British citizenship under the In other
Bill Scheme itself (separate provision is to be made in the Bill for
spouses and dependants - see para. 4.
- see para. 4. below). For presentational reasons it is considered necessary for the upper limit of 50,000 to be specified on the face of the Bill rather than in the Scheme. It is probably the most sensitive feature of these proposals and that limit should be enshrined in the Bill [with no power for it to be altered by statutory instrument or further amendment of the Scheme].
Recommendations by Governor
Power to refuse 'diperduts 'a character.
4.9 It will be the duty of the Governor to select HK BDTC's and BNO's under the Scheme [and, possibly, other residents with an underlying claim to BDTC status - further consideration to be given to how this category could be defined ] and to recommend to
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