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the DISCIPLINED SERVICE SECTION (DSS) and
the SENSITIVE SERVICE SECTION (SSS)
each of which is described below. In selecting people to be recommended for citizenship within these sections, the Governor
would have the assistance of a STEERING GROUP (the advisory
committee provided for in the Bill) which would be chaired by the
Chief Secretary of the Hong Kong Government, would include independent representatives of the community and which would work
closely with the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the
Commissioner of which would be a member of the Group.
Distribution of Places
4. It is currently envisaged that selection of citizenship
recipients would operate in two tranches. The majority of places
would be distributed in the first tranche, as quickly as
administrative processes in Hong Kong permitted, so that early
confidence could be given to key personnel who might otherwise
leave. Except in the case of the Key Entrepreneurs Section a
second tranche (about 13% of the overall total) would be reserved
for allocation nearer to 1997, to cater for those who would by
then have moved into key positions, and to give any who had
failed to secure a place in the first round a second chance.
People would be able to submit only one application in each
tranche. It is expected that the majority of the places would
be given to people in the private sector.
5. The distribution by Section could be expected to be as
follows (although the figures for the second tranche might be
adjusted to take account of any shortfall in the first):
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