9. JUBILEE BUILDINGS HAVE BECOME A SOURCE FOR REFUGEE ACCOMMO –
DATION QUITE BY CHANGE. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS MADE A CON-
SIDERABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE COSTS OF UNHCR BY MAKING THESE PREMISES AVAILABLE. THE LAND HAS A VERY HIGH VALUE AND WILL EVENTUALLY BE REDEVELOPED, PROBABLY AS A MAJOR NEW URBAN PARK OF
GREAT BENEFIT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. NO OTHER SIMILAR LOCATIONS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME AVAILABLE, HOWEVER, IF THE NUMBERS OF REFUGEES IN HONG KONG SHOULD EXCEED THE CAPACITY OF THE VARIOUS
TRANSIT CENTRES IN USE NOW OR BEING PREPARED.
MACAU.
18. ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE SOME TIME AGO BETWEEN THE MACAU
AUTHORITIES AND THE US CONSULATE-GENERAL FOR CERTAIN REFUGEES
WHO HAD BEEN ACCEPTED FOR SETTLEMENT IN THE US BUT WHO WERE
STILL WAITING FOR FINALISATION OF THEIR VISAS TO BE ACCOMMODATED
TEMPORARILY IN MACAU, A FORMER ORPHANAGE IS BEING USED AT
PRESENT. IT HAS RROM FOR UP TO 80% REFUGEES AND A FURTHER
300 CAN BE ACCOMMODATED IN A FORMER ARMY BARRACKS ON COLOANE
ISLAND. DIRECT ARRIVALS IN MACAU (UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 300) ARE BEING HOUSED ON ILHA VERDE. AT PRESENT APPROXIMATELY 202 EX-HONG
KONG REFUGEES ARE HOUSED IN MACAU: A FURTHER 250 WILL BE
TRANSFERRED THERE IN A DAY OR TWO.
MACLEHOSE
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