FROM HUNG RUNG BILL UNIT
04,12,1330
BU,
The same assurance will also
tizenship of a third country. extend to the widows of former servicemen who served in the
defence of Hong Kong during the Second World War under the
Government
nationality.
of
Hong Kong,
irrespective
of the
husband's
Mr Speaker, it would not have been reasonable to ask the House to approve an enabling Bill such as this without revealing how
the Government envisaged that the resulting powers would be used.
I therefore turn now to the explanatory note which I have laid
before the House.
The
The note describes the selection scheme which the Government has
in mind for the grant of British citizenship under the Bill. outline scheme is the product of extensive discussions with the
originally Hong Kong Government, and is based on principles proposed by them. The final details will not be settled until
the Government and the Hong Kong Government, who will be
submitting the draft scheme to me have had an opportunity to
take account of views expressed by Parliament.
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The scheme we envisage would be divided into four separate
sections. 72% of the 50,000 places would be allocated under a general section open to people from a wide range of walks of life who had a key role in maintaining Hong Kong's prosperity and
successful administration. They would come from the following
seven broad areas of work: business and management, accounting, engineering, information services, medicine and science, law and
places to the various
education.
The distribution of