BY BAS
UNCLASSIFIED
SAVING TELEGRAM
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO TY FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGA Á NUMBER 246 SAVING OF 5 AUGUST 1981
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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, OSLO
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 242 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 4 AUGUST 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
10,711 (11,024)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
4,538 (4,091)
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
D. TOTAL
2,950 ( 3,378)
18,199 (18,493)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 9,332 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,502
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 600 SINCE 28 JULY
IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 527 IN 20 BOATS AND THE MV 'JOHN
BAKKE', NORWEGIAN FLAG, WHICH PICKED UP 73 REFUGEES
IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 12,916 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF
WHICH 469 IN THE PAST WEEK.
CATER
LIMITED
HRAND
FED
SEAD
UND MR DONALD MR GOODISON
UNCLASSIFIED
See (51)
COPIESTO'
HONG KONG GOV: OFFICE,
LONDON,
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT ADVANCED