NOTE C: BOAT REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN HONG KONG 1976 78.
1976
1977
1978 (TO 7 DEC)
OWN SMALL BOATS
19
434
2,422
RESCUED BY HONG KONG SMALL BOAB
7
30
1,913
(AND OTHERS)
RESCUED BY OCEAN-GOING VESSELS
165
537
818
TOTALS
191
1001 5,153
NOTE: FOR 1978
(1) ''OTHERS'' INCLUDES 55 ON LIFEBOATS AND 578 ON TRAWLERS
FROM TAIWAN:
(2) ''OCEAN-GOING VESSELS''
U.S NAVAL VESSELS.
NOTE D:
NOTE E:
MACLEHOSE
386 ON CARGO SHIPS AND 32 ON
LAND VALUES AND THE COST OF LIVING IN HONG KONG ARE VERY HIGH COMPARED WITH MOST OTHER PLACES OF FIRST ASYLUM.
MOST AREAS OF LAND NOT ALREADY DEVELOPED ARE CURRENTLY (OR WILL SOON) FIGURE IN EXPENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES,
EXCEPT FOR TOTALLY INHOSPITABLE TERRAIN AND COUNTRY PARS
WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL LUNGS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY-
AN EMPTY HECTARE CAN HARDLY BE FOUND. ONE OF THE THREE AREAS USED AS A CAMP FOR THE 'CLARA MAERSK'' REFUGEES IS NOW PART OF A NEW MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY. A SECOND IS A
RECREATION CENTRE IN A COUNTRY PARK AND THE THIRD IS A MUCH-NEEDED SITE FOR A POLICE CADET SCHOOL. THE TOTAL
ESTIMATED COSTS BORNE BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN
SETTING UP AND SERVICING THESE CAMPS WAS ABOUT U.S DOLLARS
ONE MILLION.
OTHER THAN THOSE GIVEN BY THE UNHCR FOR ACCOMMODATION:
MAITENANCE AND PROCESSING FOR ONWARD RESETTLEMENT.
FCO PLEAE PASS SAVING PEKING AND HAND I
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