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number of key personnel are likely to be CofI holders, and some will have already applied for BDTC status.. However, the
procedures for naturalisation as BDTCs are detailed and can take many months and we would not wish to exclude such people from the new citizenship scheme simply on. the grounds that their applications have not been processed.
10. In all cases there will be a requirement that the applicant should be ordinarily resident in Hong Kong. The conditions as to nationality and residence would not, however, apply to the spouses and children of successful applicants; the exclusion from registration as citizens of those dependents who were not British nationals resident in Hong Kong would hinder the purposes of the scheme by encouraging the whole family to come
come to the UK to
establish a common right of abode. In cases where a successful applicant ceased to be ordinarily resident in Hong Kong after gaining citizenship, he or she would not be able to transmit
citizenship to a spouse in a subsequent marriage (although children of the marriage would receive it).
Distribution of Places
11.
Annex B shows how the 50,000 assurances would be allocated between the three component schemes. The majority of places (36,700) will go to the GAS, 7,000 to the DSS and 6,300 to the SSS. Some 14% of places will be held back for a second tranche of allocations nearer to 1997 to cater for those who will by then have moved into key positions. About 65% of all places are expected to go to the private sector.
Selection Methods
12. Details of the proposed methods of selection for each of the component schemes are set out in Annex A. to further refinement but the key points
These may be subject
are, I think, clear.
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