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4.
Scheme :-
More specifically, the following OGS were taken out from the
(a)
(b)
those with an average emigration rate of about 1% or less, screening out in effect all relatively low-level occupations as follows -
secretarial and clerical workers;
sales workers;
transport and related workers;
skilled and semi-skilled workers; and
service workers.
those which could not reasonably be argued to be crucial
to Hong Kong's stability and prosperity, including
social work associate professionals;
writers (other than news editors and journalists) and creative artists;
archivists and librarians; and
religion professionals.
Proposed arrangements for the second phase
OGs/AOs included in the first phase
5.
The occupation profiles of 1991 working emigrants at the Annex show that the total number of working emigrants in OGs/approved occupations (AOs) included in the first phase of the Scheme has increased substantially by 32.3% since 1987-89, and that the average emigration rate for these OGs/AOs as a whole has also increased from 2.7% in 1987-89 to 3.41% in 1991. The emigration rates of all individual OGs/AOs remain at a
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