Supplementary questions to Q. 1
DR CHUNG:- Sir, how many refugees has the UK Government so far
taken or agreed to take?
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY (ACTING):- Sir, about a hundred
refugees have expressed a wish to go to the UK, but so far the United
Kingdom Government has not given any indication that they will accept
any. Perhaps I should add that the United Kingdom Government has
donated £70,000 towards the cost of maintaining the refugee camps.
DR CHUNG:- Sir, will Government step up its efforts to request the
British Government to accept, at least as a token of appreciation of our
Hong Kong problem and as an example for other governments, some of
these Vietnamese refugees?
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY (ACTING): Yes, Sir.