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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

(ii)

particularly

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in the

professions,

the

older

person has. grearer rime/upyvilumily _to_acquire

better qualifications/training;

(iii) older persons also have more opportunity to

acquire more

points

for,

.g.

longer

Crown

service/service

in

British

firms,

Or

participation in a wider range of public/

community service budies.

Thus, if a heavier weighting is not given to age

points,

vide

applicants scoring

moxe

points

under

these

other

attributes

may predominate

and thus

defeat the object of selecting those who are in the

best age to contribute to Hong Kong "in the run-up to

1997 and beyond.

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Q. 3 Why choose age 30 - 40 as the prime age band?

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Fun

A. 3 In keeping with objective of the Scheme [see A. 1

above], used the year 2000 as the target date.

Those aged 30 40 now (1990) will reach their prime

50) in the (ayed 40

Year 2000, and will in the

up to that time be at their most energetic in their

occupations. Also, analysis of emigranto profila

40 is the primary age band of

show that 30

economically active emigrants.

GUMFDENTIAL'