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GOVERNMENT SECRETORIOT.
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Selection of sponsors (Para. 11 of your "Suggested Outline")
6.
The
been resolvea.
difficulties in defining "British firms" have not since firms with subsidiary companics or trading partnere in the UK are not necessarily firms registered in the
UK, we propose that the word "British" be deleted. Since the
Secondment Scheme is
we
Suyycəl Lhat it organisations.
intended for firms in the private sector, should not be made available to other HMG
Verification of
"Suggested Outline")
7.
sponsors'
background (Para.
13 of your
It will be difficult 11 not impossible for HKD tu verify the business connections of firms.
Disqualification of secondees (Para. 17 of your "Suggested
Outline)
8.
unreasonable
be
While we appreciate your intention to protect secondees from losing the opportunity to acquire citizenship upon
termination of employment, there could difficulties in implementation. This would entail investigating case to see whether the secondee concerned has been
unreasonably terminated. In any case, I do not think that the Governor should be involved in passing such
judgments.
into every
reasonably or
Determination of allotted places (Para. 2 of your "Possible
Administration Model”)
9.
It is mentioned that the allocation of places to each
sponsor will take into account the number of places requested,
the number of staff employed and other factors. It will be
necessary to know how this procedure operates.
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