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June. And I am glad to say that the
Vietnamese Government have now invited a team
of British and Hong Kong officials to visit
Hanoi and discuss the return of boat people
from Hong Kong. These talks are expected to
take place next week. We do not know how much
headway can be made: but this is a step in the
right direction.
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In the meantime we are monitoring the effects
of the new policy with great care. Arrivals
of boat people in Hong Kong continue to run at
a disturbingly high rate. But the message
must now be sinking in. There is no future in
Hong Kong for economic migrants: they should
not put to sea from Vietnam.
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