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19. Within each of the occupational groups, applicants will
be assessed using a points system based
a range of
factors the most important being age (to target the 30-40
year olds), education and experience. British links,
knowledge of English, and service to community will also
count. Dual nationals, who already have an assurance that
they can go to
to another country, will have 200 points
deducted from their totals.
20. Annex C4 gives details of the criteria against which points will be awarded. The "special circumstances" points,
which will be awarded only on the recommendation of the
Steering Group, will be the primary means of dealing with
"bunching" around the pass mark. These will be used to
adjust the profile of certain groups by placing greater
weight on, for example, qualifications or age where those
are particularly important qualities.
Key Entrepreneurs Scheme
21.
This is set out in paragraphs 16-21 of Annex A and is to
cover those major entrepreneurs whose continuing presence in HK
is vital because of the extent of their contribution to the
prosperity and well-being of the territory. The criteria of GAS,
used to select recipients from a pool where a vast number of
people have similar abilities and attributes, would be
inappropriate for the limited number of really key entrepreneurs
who can be quite readily identified. If they were to be included
in the GAS, SO many special provisions would have to be constructed for them (the age criteria would, for example, have
to be disapplied) that the integrity of the scheme would be
weakened.
22.
I therefore recommend that the Governor should be given
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