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own sub-quota. In practice the distinction has turned out to be
unnecessary. The income level of those who have applied from the
private sector has been generally quite low and it is thought
that civil servants would have been more than able to hold their
The distinction has also meant in practice that because of
under-subscription in the private sector all qualified applicants in that occupational sub group have been successful whereas the success rate for qualified civil servants has been only 24%.
Hong Kong now wish therefore to make it a fairer competition by
abolishing the sub-quota and having public and private managers
and administrators compete on the same footing.
7. A problem has emerged with the earnings scale used under the
Scheme to determine the number of points gained for experience
by private sector managers and administrators. It does not differentiate applicants sufficiently and has resulted in too
much bunching around particular levels. For the second tranche
Hong Kong would like to take into account the income levels
encountered in the first tranche. This would invole a slight re-
arrangement of the scale, the addition of two more steps and more
even spacing between steps.
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8. A minor adjustment also needs to be made to the different
levels of qualification applying to "accounting associate
professionals. The qualifications listed for this group in the
Order do not reflect the new exemption policies of the
accountancy professional bodies. This therefore needs to be
amended and the points scale brought into line.
9. It is also thought that the scheme gives insufficient points
for exceptional merit or outstanding achievement awards, whether
occupation-related, for voluntary work or for acts of bravery or gallantry. They would like to see the 20-30 points available for such achievements uplifted to 50 points. They would similarly
prefer, in the light of experience in the first tranche, to see
somewhat more importance attached to public or community service.
Extremely few applicants have managed to score any meaningful
number of points under this heading and that situation is
considered to be wrong.