JVERMENT HOUSE HUNG KUNG.
TUN JO MUV
CONFIDENTIAL
Paper No HK 5/92
British Nationality Scheme
Sub-quota for managers & administrators
in the civil service
Purpose
This paper sets out HKG's views to dispense with the sub-quota for managers and administrators in the civil service in the second phase of the Scheme.
Problem
2.
In the first phase of the British Nationality Scheme (BNS), a sub-quota within the occupational group of managers and administrators (OG1) was set aside for civil servants falling within the OG to protect them from undue competition with their counterparts in the private sector, especially business proprietors. In the event, the success rate of civil servants in OG1 was 24% whereas under-subscription of the quota for non-civil servants had resulted in all qualified applicants in that OG being brought within the quota. Relevant staff associations in the civil service have expressed great concern over this anomaly.
Background
3.
In constructing the points system, it was generally believed that for managers and administrators, income was a better measure of success and value to Hong Kong than simply counting length of experience. It has therefore been taken into account in calculating experience points. As income included, among others, salaries, commissions, profits and dividends, it was envisaged that civil servants in general would be
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