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GUARDIAN ARTICLE ON THE NATIONALITY SCHEME
1. APS/LORD CAITHNESS, CURRENTLY IN MELBOURNE, HAS ASKED US TO PASS ON THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT IN SECOND TUR:
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PARAS 1 AND 2: COMBINE AND AMEND AS FOLLOWS:
''I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT A FUNDAMENTAL INACCURACY IN GERALD SEGAL'S COMMENTARY OF 5 MARCH ON OUR NATIONALITY SCHEME FOR HONG KONG. MR SEGAL IS WRONG TO STATE THAT 250,000 PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG HAVE BEEN OFFERED PLACES. THE TRUE SITUATION IS THAT THERE ARE PLACES FOR 50,000 HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND THEIR FAMILIES AVAILABLE UNDER THE SCHEME: 43,500 NOW, IN THE FIRST TRANCHE, AND THE REST ARE TO BE ALLOCATED CLOSER TO 1997. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR THIS FIRST TRANCHE WAS 65,623. MR SEGAL CLAIMS THAT LESS THAN 10 PER CENT OF THE AVAILABLE PLACES HAD BEEN APPLIED FOR. IN FACT THE SCHEME WAS OVER SUBSCRIBED BY MORE THAN 50 PER CENT.''
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