SAVING TELEGRAM
BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TË GRAM NUMBER 259 SAVING OF 18 AUGUST 1981
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS 11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS.
HIK 243/
RECEIVED IN ALARY NO. 51
2 7 AUG 1981
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
No
PA
MO
REQUSTRY
(Action Taken
146 Pass
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 254 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 18 AUGUST 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
CATER
See
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
10,530 (10,492)
53
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
5,012 ( 4,682)
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
D. TOTAL
2,992 ( 2,984)
18,534 (18,158)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 10,097 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,534
RESCU
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS.
THE INCREASE OF 575 SINCE 11 AUGUST
IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 20 BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 13,434 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF
WHICH 219 IN THE PAST WEEK.
LIMITED
HK & GD
FED
SEAD
UND
MR DONALD MR GOODISON
COPIES TO:
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE,
LONDON