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2.

Statistical breakdown of

overseas agreement officers who qualify

as potential 'permanent residents'

1.

No. of officers who have worked for the Government

5 years or

more and are thus

for eligible for

naturalisation

Citizens:

as

British

Dependent Territories

Rank

No.

D4 & above

10

D3

D2

D1

20

51

47

Senior Professional

254

Others

194

Sub-total :

576

Police

Superintendent ranks

44

Inspector ranks

234

Others

16

Sub-total :

294

Judiciary

All ranks

Total

35

905

In addition to the 905 above (or 870 excluding judicial officers), the following types of overseas officers can also qualify as potential permanent residents :

(a)

(b)

(e)

(a)

A

officers who are wholly or partly of Chinese race who have lived in Hong Kong for 7 years or more;

officers who are children of expatriate officers and who were born in Hong Kong;

officers who have married local spouses and lived in Hong Kong for 3 - 5 years; and

officers who have lived in Hong Kong before joining the public service.

rough estimate is that there may be about 100 of those officers in the service.

[S W: STAT IS – 1]