Supplementary to Question No. 12 in the Legislative Council on 10th August 1983
Mrs. Chow :
Sir, of the 544 births (the figure given in (a)
in the answer), how many are recorded in the
Jubliee Transit Centre and what are the up-to-date
figures on pregnancies?
Secretary for Security:- The figure for the Jubliee Centre, Sir, is 156.
The present position on pregnancies is that there
are about 125 Vietnamese refugees in the Jubliee Centre who are pregnant.
Mrs. Chow :
Secretary for Security:-
Sir, is it true that the only family planning
service available in this particular centre is a
once a week visit by the Medical and Health Department to administer IUDs and that there is no family planning and birth control education programme being conducted there? And if not, will it be introduced?
Sir, as I said in my answer to the question, Cari tas are now running a family life education programme in the centre.
His Excellency the President:- With respect that does not
answer the question, Secretary for Security .
Secretary for Security:-
Mrs. Chow :
That is the only family planning service which
is available within the Centre itself to the
refugees.
With due respect to the Secretary for Security,
there is a vast difference between family planning programme and family life education programme.
May I ask whether the Government intends to introduce a family planning programme in this
centre bearing in mind the tremendous birth
rate we are facing now and the pregnancy rate?
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