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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 16 NOVEMBER 1988
Speech by the Hon G T Barnes JP
Secretary for Security
Vietnamese Refugees and Boat People
Sir, a major problem for our crowded community this
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year has been the arrival of nearly 18,000 Vietnamese refugees
and boat people, none of whom was turned away and all of whom
have had to be provided with typhoon-proof accommodation.
should like to pay tribute to the disciplined services,
auxiliary services, Government departments, UNHCR and
voluntary agencies who have coped so well with this influx.
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The solutions to the Vietnamese problem lie outside
Hong Kong. We can only do so much ourselves, and that must be
within the framework of the screening policy introduced on 16
June and the associated processes of repatriation,
resettlement, and the liberalisation of the former closed
camps.
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Resettlement