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will not however be
asked to implement SCORRI'S
the closed camp policy be
because we consider it to be a necessary
recommendation that
discontinued,
deterrment to further arrivals from Vietnam.
26. These decisions will be announced in a Home Office
White Paper in response to SCORRI due to be published on 26 September. (The White Paper will also contain
the
the
Home
recommendations
Office's
response
to
other
in the report, which relate to the
problems of the Vietnamese in Britain, and UK Asylum
procedures.)
at
27. Immediately after publication of the White Paper
we shall be
be launching a diplomatic campaign aimed persuading other countries to increase their intake of
refugees from Hong Kong.
As well as instructing
diplomatic posts to approach their host governments (both those which traditionally take large numbers of
refugees from Hong Kong, ie US, Canada, and Australia, and those others which have hitherto only accepted
refugees on an irregular basis), we shall be briefing
Ministers and senior officials to raise the matter in
bilateral
multilateral meetings whenever
opportunities arise. We shall also be asking UNHCR to
mak e parallel approaches to these countries on our
behalf.
and
Hong Kong Dollar Finance for Commercial Contracts
28. ECGD have authority to guarantee fixed rate
project finance in "standard" currencies (including sterling and the United States dollar) but must seek
Treasury
financing in "non-standard"
currencies (such as the Hong Kong Dollar). Fixed rate
project finance in these currencies is not authorised
unless evidence exists of a similar arrangement being
offered by a competing contractor.
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