CONFIDENTIAL
ANNEX A
(a) Emergency Accommodation
1. The Chief Secretary gave his approval on 9 August for expenditure of up £4.5 million to pay for the hire of ferries, the
supply of tents and the construction of accommodation at the Sek
Kong, High Island and Whitehead camps.
2.
The Hong Kong Government estimates that further expenditure of
up to £5.6 million is now required on 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 High Island camp 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
o build a reception centre at Tai A Chau in order to provide
-200 additional places for new arrivals (a doubling of existing
reception centre capacity).
3. The total required for completion of these various projects is
based on the following estimate:
High Island
Sek Kong
Ferries
Tai A Chau improvement
works
£3 million
£1.125 million
£0.6 million
£0.823 million
TOTAL
EELADN
£5.548 million
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