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QUOTAS FOR FIRST PHASE OF

BRITISH NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME ANNOUNCED

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY

(MONDAY)

QUOTAS ALLOCATED TO

THE 20 SPECIFIED

ANNOUNCED

OCCUPATIONAL

DETAILS

OF

GROUPS CLASS

VARIOUS THE THE WILL

AND DURING

MMAREN

APPROVED OCCUPATIONS IN THE GENERAL OCCUPATIONAL

PHASE OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME, WHICH

FROM DECEMBER

31, 1993, BOTH

FIRST

EXTEND INCLUSIVE.

THIS FOLLOWS

DECEMBER

1.

1990

то

A DIRECTION ISSUED BY THE HOME

SECRETARY

DATES

UNDER

BE

SECTION 1(3) OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990, SPECIFYING THE TIMESCALE AND THE NUMBER OF HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS TO

OF PHASE RECOMMENDED FOR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP DURING THE FIRST SCHEME.

THE

ΤΟ BE

IN THE SPECIFIED

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT OF THE 32,700 PLACES RECOMMENDED FOR APPLICANTS IN THE GENERAL OCCUPATIONAL CLASS FIRST

TO THE 20 PHASE, 32,300 OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS.

HAVE

BEEN

ALLOCATED

HAVE BEEN

IN

THE QUOTAS FOR THESE 20 OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS, WHICH DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PEOPLE WORKING EACH GROUP AND THEIR ESTIMATED EMIGRATION RATE, ARE AS FOLLOWS

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP

ESTIMATED GROUP SIZE

QUOTA

MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS

245,000

14,927

BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS

ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS

26,900

961

70,900

3,872

7,100

1,261

ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS

5,500

298

ENGINEERS AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS

15,600

1,869

ARCHITECTS, PLANNERS AND SURVEYORS

9,000

434

ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS

32,700

1,031

INFORMATION SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS

7,000

1,870

NEWS EDITORS AND JOURNALISTS

3,300

160

MEDICAL DOCTORS

5,400

469

PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS

640

40

NURSES AND MIDWIVES

25,400

1,334

/OTHER MEDICAL