Legislative Council Panel on Security: Quality Migrant Admission Scheme and Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, LC Paper No. CB(2)633/09-10(05), for information 5 January 2010

LegCo Panel on Security paper (Dec 2009 / 5 Jan 2010) on the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme (QMAS, a talent scheme: applications, outcomes and applicant profiles in para 3-5 and Annex I; out of scope) and the CIES: rules (HK$6.5m net assets for two years; HK$6.5m investment), 5,676 principal applicants and 10,871 dependants approved to Nov 2009 by category (top three foreign nationalities named without counts), yearly applications 2004 to Jan-Nov 2009, investment of HK$40,124.8 million by six asset classes (Annex II, adds up), property investment around HK$11.7 billion = under 1% of property transactions 2004 to H1 2009. New: the under-1% share and two term rows.