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HE SAID ALL DATA RELATING TO UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS WOULD BE DESTROYED AFTER THREE YEARS.
HE ADDED THAT DATA RELATING TO BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE SCHEME WOULD BE HANDED OVER TO THE HOME OFFICE BEFORE JULY 1, 1997 AND WOULD BECOME PART OF THE RECORDS OF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT.
"NO LIST OF NAMES OR PERSONAL DATA DERIVED FROM APPLICATIONS WILL BE PASSED TO THE FUTURE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GOVERNMENT.
"WE DO NOT HAVE A PULL LIST OF BRITISH CITIZENS RESIDENT IN HONG KONG, NOR DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE THE NATIONAL STATUS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS," MR ASPREY SAID.
SUCH SYSTEMS MIGHT, HOWEVER, HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED
IN FUTURE TO EXTEND THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO NON-CHINESE NATIONALS WHO HAD LIVED IN HONG KONG CONTINUOUSLY FOR SEVEN YEARS AND HAD TAKEN HONG KONG AS THEIR PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE, HE SAID.
"BUT THESE SYSTEMS WILL ONLY CONTAIN INFORMATION VOLUNTEERED BY THOSE RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO ESTABLISH THEIR RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG.
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'THEY WILL NOT BE A COMPREHENSIVE STATUS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS.
"NOR WILL THEY INCLUDE INFORMATION ACQUIRED HIS NATIONAL STATUS, HE ADDED.
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POLICE OFFICERS TRANSFERRED ON THE INCREASE
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PRESENT RULES GOVERNING PAY ON TRANSFER, WHEREBY AN OFFICER TRANSFERRING TO ANOTHER POSITION CARRIES HIS FORMER SALARY NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE MINIMUM PAY OF THE NEW JOB IS LOWER, ARE ANOMALOUS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON DAVID CHEUNG, MR ASPREY SAID THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE PROPOSED TO AMEND THE RULES TO REMOVE THE PRESENT ANOMALY.
ON WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT POLICE OFFICERS FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS TO CARRY THEIR PAY ON TRANSFER TO OTHER POSTS, MR ASPREY SAID: "THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY A CIVIL SERVANT IN ONE DEPARTMENT OR GRADE MIGHT DECIDE TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OR GRADE.
"IT IS NEITHER POSSIBLE, NOR DESIRABLE TO SEEK TO PREVENT SUCH TRANSFERS, HE SAID.
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