FROM HONG KONG BILL UNIT
04.19.1990 11:13
NO. 2 P. 8
7.
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Applicants in the general allocation section would be marked on
points system, taking account of age, experience,
Qualifications, special circumstances, proficiency in English,
British links and community service. Age is important because
the scheme is intended to reflect Hong Kong's future need for
personnel, and emigration is particularly high in the 30-40 age
range. Points for special circumstances would be a means of e.g.
recognising exceptional individual achievement or of giving extra
weight to occupations suffering higher emigration rates than
others within the same group. As to British links, this will
include service with a British firm and the Bill does not,
therefore, contain provisions for a secondment scheme as
originally envisaged. How best to give assistance to British
companies will no doubt feature in our detailed discussions on
the Bill.
A points system is not familiar to us in Britain, but it is well
understood in Hong Kong as a result of its use by the Australian
and Canadian immigration authorities: and considerable work has
gone into devising one which would be as fair and objective as
possible, with the Governor's advisory committee playing an
important and impartial role. The Independent Commission Against
Corruption, which will be represented on the Advisory Committee,
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