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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1990

FOR KONG

SIR DAVID INVITED

CONFERENCE TO SEE DELEGATES of the THEMSELVES AND MAKE THEIR OWN JUDGEMENT ON THE COMMUNITY OF HONG AS THERE WAS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR FIRST-HAND INFORMATION.

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WALK BOWLED

"I HOPE THAT YOU WILL HAVE TIME OFF FROM CONFERENCING TO IN OUR STREETS - WALK CAREFULLY AS THE UNWARY ARE LIKELY TO BE

AND I HOPE YOU OVER BY HONGKONGERS RUSHING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS WILL ALSO TAKE IN SOME OF THE SENSE OF PRIDE WHICH PEOPLE HERE, IN WHAT THEY HAVE BUILT.

"HONG

HAVE

A NOISY, CROWDED,

KONG IS A REMARKABLE PLACE. IT IS BOISTEROUS, UNRULY AND WORLDY-WISE; IT IS ALSO VITAL PROOF OF WHAT THE HUMAN SPIRIT, UNFETTERED BY

OF BUREAUCRATIC THE DEADENING HAND CONTROL, CAN ACHIEVE," SIR DAVID SAID.

STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION ON THE

BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) (SELECTION SCHEME) ORDER 1990

THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT MADE THIS (MONDAY) EVENING BY THE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD TSANG, ON THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) (SELECTION SCHEME) ORDER 1990:

"THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO BRIEF YOU ON THE DRAFT BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) (SELECTION SCHEME) ORDER 1990 WHICH IS BEING LAID BEFORE PARLIAMENT TODAY.

YOU WILL RECALL THAT THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990 PROVIDING FOR THE GRANT OF BRITISH CITIZENSHIP TO 50,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG BECAME LAW ON JULY 26. THE ACT PROVIDES FOR THE GOVERNOR TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SELECTION SCHEME TO BE SET OUT IN AN ORDER IN COUNCIL. THE DRAFT ORDER LAID BEFORE PARLIAMENT TODAY HAS EMBODIED THE SELECTION SCHEME APPROVED THE GOVERNOR.

BY

THE DRAFT ORDER CONTAINS FOUR PARTS. PART I EXPLAINS THAT THE SCHEME WILL ACCEPT FOUR CLASSES OF APPLICANTS GENERAL OCCUPATIONAL CLASS (GOC), DISCIPLINED SERVICES CLASS (DSC), SENSITIVE SERVICE CLASS (SSC) AND ENTREPRENEURS CLASS (EC), PART II STIPULATES THE SELECTION METHOD FOR THE GENERAL OCCUPATIONAL CLASS, WHICH IS BASED ON A POINTS SYSTEM. IT PROVIDES FOR APPLICANTS APPLYING IN THE GOC TO BE RECOMMENDED PROVIDED THAT THE NUMBER OF POINTS ALLOCATED TO THEM IB SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO BRING THEM WITHIN THE QUOTA PRESCRIBED FOR THE RELEVANT OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS. PART III DEALS WITH THE DSC, THE sst AND THE BC. SELECTION OF CANDIDATES UNDER THE DSC WILL FOLLOW A POINTS SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THAT FOR THE GOG. THE BROAD CRITERIA FOR SELECTING SSC AND EC CANDIDATES ARE ALSO SET OUT IN PART III. PART IV DEALS WITH VARIOUS MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, SUCH AS THE POWER TO SELECT EQUALLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.

/THE ORDER