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HE SAID DESPITE ITS OWN OVER-FOPULATION PROBLEMS, HK HAD FOR HORE THAN THREE, YEARS
TAKEN A HUMANITARIAN STAND IN PROVIDING TEMPORARY ASYLUM FOR THE REFUGEES. A REAL DANGER
WAS THAT MANY OF THEM WERE COMING TO LOOK UPON HK AS A PLACE FOR FERMANENT RESIDENCE AND
OTHERS MIGHT BE TRINKING OF JOINING THEM.
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"THIS MUST BE DISCOURAGED AT ALL COSTS AND ALL REASONABLE STEPS TAKEN TO DENER FURTHER
ARRIVALS," MR. LOBO STRESSED,
"UNPLEASANT THOUGH IT MAY BE," HE SAID, "THE CONFINEMENT OF NEWCOMERS TO CLOSED CAMPS
IB SEEN AS A NECESSARY STEP TOWARDS THIS END. THIS IS NO MORE THAT MANY COUNTRIES HAVE
DONE FROM THE OUTSET."
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