RESTRICHED
AUSTRALIA (JUNE 78-
JUNE 79) 11,500
204
1.8%
4. HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON REFUGEES JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1979: IN MILLION DOLLARS H.K. (U.S. DOLLARS IN BRACKETTS):
COMMITTED TO DATE
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
39 (7.6) 15 (2.9)
ACCOMMODATION
PROJECTED TOTAL TO DEC
121 (24)
102
(20)
5. AT PRESENT THERE ARE 50,000 REFUGEES IN GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
AND 15,000 IN 3 UNHCR CAMPS. UNHCR PLAN TO. INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THEIR PRESENT CAMPS TO 28,000 BY THE END OF OCTOBER AND TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE KAI TAK NORTH CAMP (15,000) ON 1 AUGUST. THERE ARE DETAILED PLANS FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION TO INCREASE TO 67,000 BY THE END OF OCTOBER (EXCLUDING KAI TAK NORTH) WITH CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR A FURTHER 54,000. WE HOPE THERE WILL BE A
MARKED INCREASE IN ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR OF CAMPS OFFERED BY THE
GOVERNMENT AND OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CARE AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
OF ALL REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
UNHCR STAFF AND PROCESSING
6. UNHCR NOW HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF 5 (4 GENEVA-BASED ONE OF WHOM ARRIVED ON 12 JULY) AND 38 INVERVIEWERS AND ASSISTANTS.
AS A RESULT OF GOVERNMENT PUSHING AND ASSISTANCE THE LATTER WILL BE INCREASED SHORTLY TO 70 AND UNHCR HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION OF ALL REFUGEES IN HONG KONG BY 10 AUGUST. AT 12 JULY 14,333 REFUGEES. HERE HAD THEIR PARTICULARS REGISTERED BY UNHCR FOR PRESENTATION TO THIRD COUNTRIES.
EMPLOYMENT
7. 7,200 REFUGEES HAD JOBS AT 11 JULY. THE AVERAGE WAGE WAS H.K. DOLLARS 25.00 PER DAY.
LEGAL POWERS TO DEAL WITH TRAFFICKING IN REFUGEES
8. (A) UP TO 4 YEARS IMPRISONMENT AND FORFEITURE OF ANY VESSELS
BRINGING EXCESS PASSENGERS TO HONG KONG.
2
RESTRICTED
./(8) UP TO
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