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CLOSED CAMPS
8.
(DEFENSIVE) REGRET THAT PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES DO NOT MAKE
IT POSSIBLE TO DISCONTINUE CLOSED CAMP POLICY. DECLINE SINCE
1982 IN RATE AT WHICH VIETNAMESE HAVE ARRIVED IN HONG KONG,
COMPARED WITH THAT FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN REGION AS A WHOLE, IS WE BELIEVE DUE LARGELY TO CLOSED CAMP POLICY. IN HMG'S VIEW,
ABOLITION OF THE POLICY WOULD CAUSE SHARP RISE IN LEVEL OF ARRIVALS, AND CONSEQUENTLY AN UNMANAGEABLE RISE IN THE CAMP
POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
RESCUE AT SEA
9.
ON THE RESCUE AT SEA RESETTLEMENT OFFERS (RASRO) SCHEME,
AM GLAD TO REPORT THAT HONG KONG WAS A RASRO REGIONAL TRANSIT CENTRE IN HONG KONG, AND THE CENTRE IS NOW OPERATIONAL.
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