Question No. 14
Expenditure on Vietnamese refugees since 1979
Written Reply by
The Hon G.T. Barnes, J.P., Secretary for Security to a question from Hon. Mrs Rita Fan, OBE, JP for the
Legislative Council meeting of 9 March 1988
14. MRS. FAN asked:
Question
Will the Government inform this Council how much taxpayers' money has been spent on Vietnamese refugees since 1979 when Hong Kong became a place of first
asylum, together with the yearly expenditure up to March 1988 ?
Written Reply
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY:
Sir,
le
Total Government expenditure on Vietnamese
refugees from January 1979 to date was approximately $900 million.
$900M This can be (largely) broken down by years as
follows :