CONFIDENTIAL
Staffing and financial implications Registration of BDTCs as BN (0)s
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Annex D
It is expected that the launching of an advertising campaign in
September 1992 will boost up the demand for BN (0) passports and the daily
applications for passports
applications.
will
increase by 50% i.e. up to 1 500
Immigration Department will need 43 additional posts to cope
with the workload, The expenses incurred will be about $5.1 million.
2.
Assuming an Order in Council prescribing cut-off date for BN (0)
registration would be in place before mid 1993, 2 phased registration
commence on 1 July 1993 and end on 31 December 1996, inviting
we estimate that 70% of the 3.3
programme will
HKBOTCS by age groups to register as BN (0)S.
million HKBDTCS would apply for
for EN (0)
passports will go up
workload.
Whe exact
passports. The daily demand for
to about 2 300 which is 1 300 in exceed of existing
costs will hinge on the implementation of Information
Systems Strategy by Immigration Department in late 1994 which will have
effect on manpower requirement for the process and production of BN (0)
Based On the present mode of operation, Immigration Department
will require a further 67-additional posts. The estimated costs for the
programme will be $47.3 million.
revenue derived from the passport fees.
passports.
The expenses are recoverable from the
3.
TO enable the right of abode endorsement be made in BN (0) passports,
special arrangements will be made for children under age 11 responding to the
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