BY BAG UNCLASSIFIED
F
THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
SAVING TELEGRAM
HKK
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVINGS 362 OF 4th OCTOBER 1983 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND WASHINGTON
INDEX
11 OCT 1983
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REGISTRY jAction Taker.
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM 352 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 4 OCTOBER 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CENTRES
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
C. UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
D.
E. TOTAL
7 492 (7 508)
39
(80)
282
(275)
5 929 (5 958)
13 742 (13,821)
THE NUMBERS UNDER DETENTION REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY, AND THOSE DETAINED SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF
NEW CLOSED CENTRE POLICY ON 2.7.82.
2.
529 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THERE HAVE
BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 20 SEPTEMBER.
Auth
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 3 073 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF
WHICH 93 IN THE PAST WEEK.
YOUDE
MINIMAL
HKD
SEAD
UND
THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED
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