2. MAY ARRIVALS INCLUDE 1,443 REFUGEES FROM THE FREIGHTER ''SEN ON'
WHICH BEACHED IN HONG KONG ON 26 MAY AND 1,003 RESCUED BY THE
BRITISH-REGISTERED ''SIBONGA''. HMG HAS ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE LATTER AND TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FIRST GROUPS WILL
BE MADE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
3. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FIGURE GIVEN IN REFTEL FOR THOSE
AWAITING RESETTLEMENT AT 31 DECEMBER 1978 SHOULD HAVE BEEN
5,391. ERROR REGRETTED.
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