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c) a Disciplined Services Scheme (DSS) based on a points
system; and
d) a Sensitive Services Scheme (SSS) under which persons
occupying particularly sensitive posts would
nominated for citizenship.
be
Details of each component are set out below. A separate quota is proposed for the disciplined services because the GAS, which is designed to give priority to groups with high emigration rates, would afford them only a small number of places. Staff in these services are not emigrating in significant numbers, but they are resigning to take up less exposed occupations, or ones where the opportunities for emigration are higher. Their role in the run up to 1997 is vital, and a separate scheme, offering
reasonable number of assurances,
The is justified.
SSS
requires a totally different method of selection from the points systems which will operate in the GAS and DSS and has therefore also been separated out from the main scheme.
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Eligibility
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The intention remains that eligibility for consideration under the Scheme will be restricted to those holding British nationality (see paragraph 5 of Annex A). Included in this category are British Overseas citizens, British Protected Persons and British Subjects whose stay in Hong Kong is not subject to any conditions or who have applied for BDTC status before the date of the Bill's enactment.
9.
The Foreign Secretary and I think it right that eligibility should be extended to include Certificate of Identity (CofI) holders who, although not yet British nationals, have applied for BDTC status by the date of the Bill's enactment. A significant number of key personnel are likely to be CofI holders, and some
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