WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1992
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GOVT TO REVIEW QUOTAS BEFORE SECOND NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME
THE GOVERNMENT WILL REVIEW THE QUOTAS FOR THE VARIOUS AND OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS BEFORE APPLICATIONS FOR THE NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME ARE INVITED FOR THE SECOND PHASE.
CLASSES BRITISH
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU, AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
FOR THE VARIOUS CLASSES AND BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG
MR ASPREY SAID THE QUOTAS OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS HAD BEEN SET BY THE KONG) (SELECTION SCHEME) ORDER 1990.
"THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THE ORDER FOR THE UNUSED QUOTA IN ONE OCCUPATIONAL GROUP TO BE REALLOCATED TO ANOTHER.
HE SAID ANY UNUSED PLACES WOULD BE CARRIED SECOND PHASE OF THE SCHEME.
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FORWARD TO THE
MR ASPREY SAID AS AT MARCH 21 THIS YEAR 12,078 PERSONS, INCLUDING 4,087 PRINCIPAL APPLICANTS AND THEIR 7,991 DEPENDENTS, HAD BEEN REGISTERED AS BRITISH CITIZENS UNDER THE SCHEME.
REJECTED BECAUSE
CORRESPONDINGLY, 3,141 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN THE APPLICANTS DID NOT SCORE SUFFICIENT POINTS TO BRING THEM WITHIN THE QUOTA OF THEIR SELECTED OCCUPATIONAL GROUP.
A BREAKDOWN OF THE PRINCIPAL BENEFICIARIES BY CLASS AND BY
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP IS AS FOLLOWS:
GENERAL OCCUPATIONAL CLASS
NO. OF
PRINCIPAL BENEFICIARIES
1,375
MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS
50
INFORMATION SCIENCE PROGESSIONALS
24
NEWS EDITORS AND JOURNALISTS
93
MEDICAL DOCTORS
331
PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS
25
NURSES AND MIDWIVES
417
LEGAL PROFESSIONALS
113
TEACHING PROFESSIONALS (POST-SECONDARY)
138
/EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS