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MR. CHEONG-LEEN : Sir, is there any community education
programme for the Vietnamese refugee? And has any thought
been given to borrowing some of the campaign ideas from
the Fight Crime Committee adaptable to these camps so that
the refugees themselves could learn how to maintain the
peace?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY : I am grateful for my hon.
Friend's suggestion there, Sir. My branch maintains close
liaison with the centre management at Kai Tak, as well as
the police, on the crime situation in the open centre with
a view to seeking preventive advice, not only from
from the
police but from other sources. There is additionally an
on-going anti-drug abuse campaign at
campaign at the open centre and
the UNHCR employs a team of qualified social workers who
provide counselling to refugees in the open centre. So
every effort is made
assist, if this is at all
possible, the refugees
to
in
the centre to stay on
the
straight and narrow path.