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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 515 OF 27 MARCH, 1981.
FOR FORD FROM HEYWOOD.
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24 YOUR TELNO 294 RECEIVED IN F.C.O. SERIES: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION OF LIKELY EXTENT OF HONG KONG
CONTRIBUTION OF POUNDS 200,000 (TWO HUNDERED THOUSANDPOUNDS) PE YEAR.
2. BARRIE DENTON, DIRECTOR OF RESETTLEMENT, OCKENDEN VENTURE WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE RECENT U.K. SELECTION TEAM PUT THE FIGURE VER MUCH LOWER. HE QYOTED POUNDS 15,000 (FIFTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS) PER YEAR FOR MANAGEMENT COSTS AND ABOUT POUNDS 10,000 )TEN THOUSANDPOUNDS) PER YEAR FOR EMPLOYMENT OF TEACHERS. AROUND
POUNDS 25,000 (TWNETY FIVETHOUSANDPOUNDS) PER YEAR ALL TOLD. THE FIGURE FOR EDUCATION ASSUMES SOME INTENSIVE LANGUAGE TRAINING
IN HONG KONG BEFORE DEPARTURE.
3. MIFT HAS POINTS YOU MAY FIND USEFUL IN ANSWERING BBC
''TODAY'' PROGRAMME.
MACLEHOSE
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