CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3808
OF 121145Z OCTOBER 88
CONFIDENTIAL
011501
MDHIAN 7265
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4/14.10
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YOUR TELNO 2641 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE : POSSIBLE UK RESETTLEMENT
COMMITMENT
MY TELNO 2633 CONTAINS DETAILED INFORMATION ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TRAINING FOR REFUGEES AS OF EARLY JULY.
2. THE CURRENT SITUATION IS THAT PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS AT SAN YICK AND SHAM SHUI PO REFUGEE CENTRES HAVE TEMPORARILY REDUCED THE SCOPE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR ADULTS. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL SPACE WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE TO RESUME PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES AT THESE TWO CENTRES. THIS BECOMES POSSIBLE WITH THE TRANSFER NEXT WEEK OF SOME 1,400 SAN YICK RESIDENTS TO TUEN MUN AREA 46A AND THE AVAILABLITY OF TWO EXTRA HUTS AT SHAM SHUI PO BY END OF THIS YEAR.
3.
BY NOVEMBER, ALL REFUGEE CHILDREN WILL BE ATTENDING VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH CLASSES AT REFUGEE SCHOOLS. UNHCR HAS SET ITSELF AMBITIOUS TARGETS FOR IMPROVING GENERAL EDUCATION STANDARDS IN REFUGEE SCHOOLS. THESE INCLUDE HIGHER ENGLISH STANDARDS.
4.
PARA 6 OF MY TELNO 2633 MAKES THE POINT THAT MOST RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES PROVIDE THEIR OWN LINGUISTIC AND ORIENTATION PROGRAMMES PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AND IN THE COUNTRY OF RESETTLEMENT. THIS PROVIDES BETTER CONTROL ON STANDARDS TO MEET THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES. WOULD UK WISH TO CONSIDER A SIMILAR SYSTEM?
5.
WE SHALL BE APPROACHING THE UNHCR ON THE BRC'S PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE INVOLVEMENT OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN HONG KONG WITH INDIVIDUALS SELECTED FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THE UK. WE DO NOT FORESEE ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEM IN TERMS OF ARRANGING A STEPPED UP PROGRAMME FOR THOSE SELECTED FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THE UK, PARTICULARLY IF THIS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE IN THE RESETTLEMENT QUOTA IN THE U. K · IT COULD BE CARRIED OUT BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNHCR.
WILSON
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