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RTHK video (under preparation) for use on a selective basis with key contacts by HKG Offices;
all HKG offices will be provided with detailed briefing notes and Q/A brief for dealing with contacts/media queries; and
all outgoing speakers on the overseas speakers programme will be given a special brief to explain the policy.
We will seek to stress overseas the following aspects :
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the source of the problem is in Vietnam which must be pressured to stop disorderly departures and to accept the return of its citizens;
Hong Kong does not support push offs;
resettlement must continue for those VRS already in HK and for those later screened in;
Over time, it is intended further to improve and gradually to liberalise conditions for those in existing closed camps;
screened out IIs will be detained under humane conditions pending repatriation;
the new policy is accepted by UNHCR and major resettlement countries (if they agree); and
later: local resettlement may be expanded, but is not a replacment for resettlement
overseas.
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