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out-competed by business proprietors in the same OG on this basis. sub-quota within the overall quota for OG1 was therefore created for civil servants in the first phase of the Scheme based on their strength on the common date by virtue of article 10(5) of the Schedule to the British Nationality (Hong Kong) (Selection Scheme) Order 1990.

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Arguments

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In the light of experience, there seem to be no grounds for keeping a separate quota for the civil servants falling into OG in the second phase of the Scheme. It would be difficult to justify from the equity point of view the creation of a sub-quota for civil servants if they were performing administrative and managerial duties similar to If it was accepted that those of their private sector counterparts.

income was such a good indicator of success and value of managers and administrators, it should be taken into account in calculating experience If the concern had been undue points for civil servants as well. competition with business proprietors, the answer should have been the creation of a sub-quota for salaried executives in both the public and private sectors.

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The need for a sub-quota for business proprietors however, not borne out by the experience in the first tranche. income profile of private sector applicants in OG1 in the first phase of the Scheme is at the Annex. It shows that business proprietors did not do very well when compared with the OG as a whole : 76% of them earned an average of less than $200,000 a year (the lowest level in the points scale for earnings in OG1) as against 59% of the entire OG.

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