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(C) RECURRENT EXPENDITURE. OUR DIFFICULTIES HERE STEM FROM UNHCR'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. WE HAVE AGREED THAT UNHCR'S REIMBURSEMENT OF HKG'S EXPENDITURE 1989/90 SHOULD BE ABOUT HKD 165 MILLION BUT UNHCR HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE CANNOT RELY ON GETTING ANY MORE THAN HKD 90 MILLION. OUR PRESENT SUSPENSE ACCOUNT ARRANGEMENT IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WILL BE REIMBURSED IN FULL. IF UNHCR CANNOT MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS IN FULL WE WILL HAVE CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY IN COVERING RECURRENT COSTS UP TO THE END
OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR.
3. ONCE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A MANDATORY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME OUR POSITION WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE STRENGTHENED. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ARGUE THAT ALL THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE CPA WERE BEING IMPLEMENTED AND THAT THIS OFFERED THE BEST HOPE OF A LONG TERM RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, FINANCE COMMITTEE MIGHT BE MORE AMENABLE TO A REQUEST FOR FUNDS. HOWEVER, WE WILL NOT BE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT SUCH A CASE UNTIL LATE 1989 OR EARLY 1990, I.E. ONCE, HOPEFULLY, THE MANDATORY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME HAS BECOME
ESTABLISHED.
FOR THE PRESENT, WE NEED TO COMPLETE OUR ACCOMMODATION PROGRAMME AND MAKE A START ON PREPARING A CONTINGENCY RESERVE FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULTIES IN PRESENTING A CASE TO THE TREASURY BUT IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE SITUATION HERE WE
NEED URGENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
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