EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION
CONFIDENTIAL
ANNEX A
1. The Hong Kong Government have asked us to pay the costs (up to
£5.6 million) of improvements to emergency accommodation because it
has proved necessary:
(i) to erect much more substantial perimeter fences around the
camps to prevent the inmates from escaping.
(ii) to build the camp at High Island on a more permanent basis than
originally envisaged because of the continued high level of
arrivals.
(iii) to ensure that the camps can withstand severe weather
conditions eg by building raised concrete bases for the tents
at Sek Kong.
(iv) to use ferries for a longer period than was originally
anticipated, thus raising the hire costs; and
(v)
to build a reception centre at Tai A Chau in order to provide 1200 additional places for new arrivals (a doubling of existing
reception centre capacity).
2. The total required for completion of these various projects is
based on the following estimate:
High Island
HK$
36.00 million
Sek Kong
HK$
13.50 million
Ferries
HK$
7.20 million
Tai A Chau improvement
works
HK$
9.88 million
HK$
66.58 say 67 million
TOTAL IN POUNDS
£
5.6 million
A detailed breakdown of individual items of expenditure is attached.
The
Work on some of these projects has already begun, drawing on
funds set aside for stages 3 and 4 of the Whitehead project.
3.
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