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Minutes(74)22nd Meeting
REGISTRY No.st ♡ JUNG 77
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MINUTES OF THE 22nd MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
Held in the Council Chamber
ON TUESDAY,
, 18th JUNE 1974
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PRESIDENT : His Excellency the Acting Governor,
Mr Denys Tudor Emil ROBERTS, CRE, QC, JP
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(c) Illegal Immigrants from S. Vietnam
The Acting Governor informed the Council of the
background to the removal from Hong Kong of a group
He ruid of illegal immigrants from South Vietnam.
that on there occasions it was only to be expected
that relatives of those removed should show some
dintrong but the disturbing feature won the ability
of nome of the crowd to break into a restricted toren,
The airport Genernd. Manugur together with the police
were examining how this look plue and what measurën
nhon bl be taken to prevent future recurrences,
Hie Y.K. Kmn pointed out that the Government had
an absolute right to remove illegal immigrants and
suggested that this case thould not be regarded as
a procedent for seeking assurances from countries
to which illegal immigrants were removed concerning
their treatment on their return.
The Director of Information Servicen muid
that the illegal immigrants had received very
little sympathy from the left-wing press and
that there had been no warmth in the response
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by NCNA to representation.. mnde by re
thoge rumoved.