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BACKGROUND & PROFILES

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Under the Disciplined Services Class, 399 places have been allocated to disciplined members of the Customs and Excise Service. A total of 606 applications have been received. This means a success rate of 66%. An anonymised list of these applicants with their provisional points scored under various attributes will be tabled at the coming meeting for members' consideration.

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The methods of allocating Special Circumstances points in the Disciplined Services Class (DSC) have been considered and endorsed by members at the Steering Committee meeting held on 17 January 1991. To recapitulate, Article 22(4) of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) (Selection Scheme) Order 1990 stipulates that the Governor may allocate up to 150 Special Circumstances points to -

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(a) take account of the need to maintain the quality and staffing

levels of personnel in the disciplined services;

(b) take account of the applicant's performance in service or any

honours received by him in connection with that service; and

(c) moderate age or experience points.

With a view to retaining the right mix of experienced personnel in each service, the services have proposed and members advised that Special Circumstances points should be awarded to

(a) moderate age and/or experience (including allocation of points

to recognise managerial or supervisory responsibility);

(b) recognise quality of service, on the basis of performance ratings in the last three confidential reports in the service which an applicant serves; and

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