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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

布政司署

香港下亞風車道

本署檔號 OUR REF:

**** Your Ref :

852 521 7058

P.02

GOVERNMent secreTARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

CONFIDENTIAL

22 February 1990

Mrs. E. J. Grimsey,

Immigration and Nationality Department,

Home Office,

Lunar House,

40 Wellesley Road,

Croydon CR9 2BY,

United Kingdom

нсо

HCO 340/4

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

1 1 APR 1990

DESK OFFICER INDEX

PA

REGISTKY

Action Taken

UK Secondment Scheme

Thank you for

note on the proposed UK

of the views of the

reflected

your letter of 20 February 1990 and the

Secondment Scheme (UKSS). You are aware Governor on the UKSS, which he has also

to FCO in his telegram no. 635. On your proposed

arrangements for the UKSS, we have the following

comments which we have not been able to clear with the Governor

given the shortage of time.

detailed

2.

doubtless

Citizen.

As the UKSS is intended to run parallel to the GAS, a

secondee may apply under the GAS. If he succeeds, he will wish to opt for immediate registration as British

In that event, we propose that the sponsoring firm

should be allowed, up to 31 December 1991, to nominate another

secondee as replacement, assuming that the 5 years would expire

before 1 January 1997. In other words, after 31 December 1991,

no replacement should be permitted and any vacant places in the

UKSS should be reallocated to the GAS.

CONFIDENTIAL