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HKK 2431
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G KONG 322655Z OCT 79
PAST
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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1522 OF 30 OCTOBER,
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INDEX
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INFO PRIORITY: MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON
UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON ROUTINE : MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK.
1.
MY TELNO.1477: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
8030
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 ON 30 OCTOBER: (PREVIOUS WEEK'S
FIGURES IN BRACKETS):
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
40,828 (39,884)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
22,204 (24,223)
C.
TOTAL
223) 63,032 (64,107).
1831
2.
72,973 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF 12 SINCE 23 OCTOBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF ONE SMALL BOAT.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 15,673 (14,561 REVISED) REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,112 (729) IN THE PAST WEEK.
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