TNAG-2205-FCO40-3162-Immigration-policy-changes-to-rules-1990 — Page 92

professional,

technical,

administrative

and managerial

category. This is disproportionately high since this

category represents only 5.5% of the population of Hong

Kong as a whole. In recent years over 90% of all emigrants

have gone to Australia, Canada, or the United States of

America."

At the top of page 3, the draft could be taken to imply that all

key people will be able to qualify for citizenship. I would

suggest a slight redraft of lines 3-7, as follows:

"to selected people in Hong Kong who play key roles in the

Territory's continuing administration and prosperity. This

will given an assurance for the future without the

recipients needing to leave Hong Kong. The UK Government believes that this will encourage key people to stay in the

Territory, to the benefit of Hong Kong as a whole".

The date in line 2 of the next paragraph should be 26 July, the

day on which the legislation received Royal Assent. It has not

yet been brought into force, though we expect the necessary Order to be made later this year.

Line 5 of the same paragraph should refer to "minor children".

We suggest that the second sentence of this paragraph should

read:

"The principal

beneficiaries will also, provided they

remain in Hong Kong, be able to pass British citizenship to a future spouse married before these special arrangements came to an end in 1997; and under the normal operation of British Nationality law, will be able to pass citizenship

to future children. There will be no special arrangements to benefit grandchildren or other members of the family."

Page 4, paragraph 2: once Parliament has approved the selection scheme, it is intended that the application process in Hong Kong will be launched as quickly as possible. Applications will be