Hong
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AT THE SAME TIME WE MUST MAKE QUITE
SUME THAT THE POLITICAL
OBJECTIVES ARE ACHIEVED WHICH IS TO STEM THE FLOW OF REFUGEES FROM VIETMAN WHO ARE LEAVING BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND
TREATMENT WHICH THEY GET IN THAT COUNTRY. I AM SURE THAT WE SPOULD-CONTINE TO ENCOURAGE VIETNAM TO PURSUE MORE HUMANE POLITIES AND IFURTHER ACTION IN THE UN WOULD HELP WE SHOULD
CERTAINLY CONSIDER IT.
G# APART FROM FURTHER DISCUSSIONS IN THE UN WHAT OTHER PROGRAMME WOULD YOU SUGGEST TO ENCOURAGE VIETNAM TO PURSUE MORE
HUMANITARIAN POLICIES QUESTION MARK.
A: WELL, I THINK THAT THE POLITICIAL OBJECTIVE WILLBE ACHIEVED BY THE GENERAL FEELING IN THIS CONFERENCE OF ALL COUNTRIES ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN VIETNAM AND THAT THIS WILL BE BROUGHT HOME TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVING REGARD TO WORLD "EELING ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED WILL CHANGE THEIR POLICIES. I THINK THAT T THIS IS THE ONLY THING ONE CAN HOPE FOR.
* WHAT WOULD YOU REGARD AS BEING A GOOD START IN TERMS OF TOTAL NUMBERS RESETTLED FROM HONG KONG IN 6 MONTHS QUESTION MARK.
A: HONG KONG ON THE WHOLE HAS COME OFF RATHER BADLY. COUNTRIES, CENEROUS COUNTRIES WHO HAVE TAKEN IN REFUGEES HAVE TAKEN FEWER FROM HONG KONG THAN FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND ONE OF MY OBJECTS HAS BEEN TO PERSUADE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES TO ACCEPT THA -T HONG KONG HAS A VERY SPECIAL POSITION. I THINK THAT NEARLY TWO- THIRDS OF ALL THE BOAT PEOPLE ARE IN HONG KONG AND I THINK THAT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE NUMBERS START TO DIMINISH VERY RAPIDLY
GIE WOULD NOT CONSIDER THAT A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION HAD BEEN REACHED. SO I WOULD NOT LIKE TO PUT A FICURE ON IT BUT SO FAR THE NUMBERS HAVE
NOT GONE DOWN AND THE NUMBERS HAVE NOT RISEN. PERHAPS THE GOVERNOR WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST A WORD ABOUT THAT QUESTION MARK.
GOVERNOR: THE SITUATION IS THAT WE RECEIVED 35PER CENT OF ALL BOAT REFUGEES THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE ONLY HAD OFF-TAKE OF ABOUT 13 PER CENT WHICH GIVES YOU SOME IDEA,OR PUT IN MORE ABSOLUTE TERMS, 66,003 IN, 5,833 OUT.
QUESTION: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AS AN OFF-TAKE TO SATISFY
HONG KONG AS A FAIRLY GOOD START UESTION MARK.
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