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conditions in camps, the crude death rate among them, at 7.3
per thousand for 1979, was not significantly higher than the rate
of 5.2 per thousand for the Hong Kong population itself.
The group endorsed the Government's policy that the
refugees should not be given better facilities than those provided
to the Hong Kong population, but that they should nevertheless be
treated humanely.
The group recognised, however, that the arrangements
made in 1979 were essentially an emergency relief operation. Now
that the number of refugees remaining in Hong Kong, albeit still
high, has been reduced to more manageable proportions, some
improvements in facilities are desirable in the light of experience
gained last year.
The group has put forward a number of recommendations
in this direction.
One of the most important recommendations is that
special medical and health care should be given to refugee children
under seven years of age, who are particularly vulnerable to
disease.
This is to be achieved through detailed medical
examinations of young children very soon after arrival and through
systematic immunisation programme
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