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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
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17 febuary
Head of HKD
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37 Mr Keith Best (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs, what information he has about statements made by the Chinese Govern- ment about the status of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong after 1997; and how many such refugees are expected still to be in camps at that date.
Mu Tim Renton
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ANSWER:
I have no information about any such statement by the Government of the People's Republic of China. China has provided permanent asylum for some 265,000 refugees from
Vietnam. This is an admirable record. It is our strong hope that no refugees will remain in Hong Kong in 1997.
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