HKD 340/4
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29 OCT 1990
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PS/Lord Caithness
I submit a self-explanatory draft reply.
ARPani
A R Paul
22 October 1990
Malcolm J Matthews Esq
Managing Director
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd
Leighton Centre
77 Leighton Road
Hong Kong
File:
854
Thank you for your letter of 9 October about the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act. As you may know,
the Order in Council setting out the selection scheme was presented to Parliament on 15 October.
You suggest expanding the age range to which maximum
points will be awarded to include people already over 40.
I agree that there is a bias in favour of people in the
30-40 years age group, but it is not correct that people
over 40 are virtually excluded from the scheme. Priority
has been given to those aged between 30-40, because they have a particularly high emigration rate and because they
are likely to be in key positions around 1997. But
people over 40 may reasonably be expected to earn more
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