North Lantau Express Way, and the £610 million airport platform contract.
Nationality
27.
Because of concern about the exodus of talented people
from Hong Kong (up to 60,000 departures a year) the British
Government felt that special measures had to be devised to give key people in the public and private sectors of the
community the confidence to remain in Hong Kong. These
measures took the form of the British Nationality (Hong Kong)
Act 1990, which came into force on 7 November 1990. Under this scheme full British citizen passports are being offered to a maximum of 50,000 key personnel (plus spouses and children under 18) both in the public and private sectors, without the beneficiaries having to leave the territory and
take up residence in Britain to acquire citizenship. The
Selection Scheme under the Act operates in two tranches. The
projection is for 38,000 places to be allocated in the first tranche which closes at the end of 1993. The remaining places
will be allocated in the second tranche. The second tranche
opens in January 1994 (enabling those who have moved into key
positions since 1991 to apply).
28.
The three month period for applications for British citizenship under the first tranche ended on 28 February 1991.
The total number of applications received was over 66,500, ie
the scheme was over 50% oversubscribed. Nearly 91,000
registrations had been authorised under the Selection Scheme
by the middle of August 1993 (34,283 principal beneficiaries
and 56,249 dependants as at 21 August).
29. The Government are confident that the scheme has
successfully targeted the key people whose presence is
essential for the future success of the territory, ie key
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