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Last question!
Mr. Hartling, you were quoted in
China as saying that 80% of the Indo-Chinese refugces in China are happy and the other 20% would rather, or are not happy. presumably. Can you put a figure on Hong Kong?
First of all, if I was quoted that
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there were 10% or 15%, some percentage who would like to go to
another country; I cannot put any percentage on Hong Kong because the situation is different, they are here in transit so to say,
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