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TELEGRAM NUMBER 797 OF 23 JULY
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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YOUR TELNO 568 OF 22 JULY
PQS: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
A. THE FIGURES ARE :
HKK 243 11
R46410!
(1) 1979 ARRIVALS: 74483 (INCLUDING 5735 FROM CHINA) OF WHOM
64258 HAVE BEEN RESETTLED.
(2) 1980 ARRIVALS: 11173 (INCLUDING 4385 FROM CHINA) OF WHOM
6085 HAVE BEEN RESETTLED.
(3) 1981 ARRIVALS: 11886 (INCLUDING 3416 FROM CHINA) OF WHOM 7041 HAVE BEEN RESETTLED.
(4) TOTAL REMAINING IN HK TODAY IS 11837 (INCLUDING 5 FROM 1978
AND 487 FROM CHINA).
B. PROPOSED REPLY AGREED.
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C. THE FIGURES ARE : 6517 FOR ONE YEAR (INCLUDING 409 FROM CHINA),
4785 FOR TWO YEARS (INCLUUDINGG 799 FROM CHINA), 1793 FOR THREE YEAR (INCLUDING 8 FROM CHINA).
D. WE SUGGEST YOU AMEND AS FOLLOWS : ''THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS
ENSURED THAT ITS LEGISLATION ON THIS SUBJECT IS COMPATIBLE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS''. WE TOOK ACTION ON YOUR
·TELNO 488 AS RECORDED IN MY TELMO 699 OF 38 JUNE. WE SHALL 135 KEEP OUR DETENTION PROCEDURES UNDER REVIEW. NO DETAINEE HAS YET SOUGHT TO TEST THE LAWFULNESS OF HIS DETENTION.
2. YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW THAT SIR PATRICK WALL VISITED ARGYLE STREET REFUGEE RECEPTION CENTRE ON 8 JULY AND WAS FULLY BRIEFED BY US ON CURRENT REFUGEE PROBLEMS.
3. THE DEPARTURE FIGURES IN A ABOVE TAKE ACCOUNT OF HONG KONG BORN CHILDREN. THUS THE ARRIVALS, DEPARTURES AND PRESENT POPULATION FIGURES DO NOT EXACTLY CORRESPOND.
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HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON
MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVISER
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