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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
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TEXT OF QUESTION :.
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DR JOHN MAREK (WREXHAM)
To ask the Secretary of State/HMG;
what finance has been made available to the Hong Kong authorities for the care and settlement of Vietnamese boat peolpe, over each of the last 5 years.
for answer by
HRB 243/11
(Minister)
for approval by
NOON
(Minister)
ANSWER:
The following funds have been made available to the
Hong Kong Government for the care of the Vietnamese
boat people from the United Nations High Commission
for Refugees (UNHCR)'s general programme:
PQS
REPLY (s)
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989 (to date)
US$ million
4.3
4.8
4.5
9.2
7.0
copy to
Private Secretary
PS/
(Minister
Parliamentary Clerk
to the
In addition to our regular contributions UNHCR's general programme, the Government have also contributed the following funds to UNHCR for specific
Hong Kong purposes:
1988
1989
£1.1 million
--
£7.1 million
We have also pledged this year £4.5 million directly to
the Hong Kong Government for emergency accommodation,
and £5 million towards the cost of a planned Refugee
Processing Centre in the Philippines which would
accommodate Vietnamese refugees now in Hong Kong,
authorised
ARRa
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