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CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 100100Z
FM FCO 091545Z FEB 79
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 137 OF 9 FEBRUARY
PQ: BOAT DWELLERS.
CONFIDENTIAL
See 23
HKK 360/2
INDEX
No
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1. MR ROBERT PARRY MP (LABOUR LIVERPOOL, SCOTLAND EXCHANGE) HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING TWO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 15 FEBRUARY:-
TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS:-
(A) OVER WHAT PERIOD REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE BOAT
PEOPLE AT YAU MA TEI TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT: TO WHAT DEPART-
MENTS: AND WHAT REPLIES WERE GIVEN:
(B) HOW MANY BOAT PEOPLE HAVE DROWNED IN HONG KONG OVER THE PAST
FIVE YEARS: AND HOW MANY OF THEM WERE CHILDREN.
2. GRATEFUL FOR INFORMATION ON WHICH TO BASE A REPLY BY 1309OOZ.
OWEN
FILES.
HKYGD.
CONFIDENTIAL
COPIES TO HONG KONG GOUT OFFICE
& GRAFTON ST
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