MR. SOHMEN:
Sir, I am a little confused. If we
just use vocational training to keep the Vietnamese refugees occupied then we could use other forms of training or
not
л
education. Why do not we think about using the results of
the training for something that could be productive, in the closed camps?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, many of the things
which
are
productive.
undertaken in the closed camps are
even
Quite a lot of out-work is undertaken and
by this I mean factories outside arranging for work to be done by the refugees inside the closed camps which can then subsequently go back and be sold and be of use to the public. Amongst other things, some electronic out-work is undertaken so it not just laundry and making clothes.
MR. PETER POON:
Sir,
since vocational training is
intended for the benefit of Vietnamese refugees, has Government considered recovering part of the cost of providing such training from the earnings of the refugees at all?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: That is a suggestion, Sir, which
the Government has not considered.
DR. HO:
Are
the
programmes
with
of vocational training currently in our camps designed in accordance' the requirements or the requests of the major resettlement countries with a view to improving their
resettlement prospects?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY:
I am afraid I do not have the answer
to that question, Sir, I shall reply in writing to Dr. HO.
ARA (See Annex III)
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