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FM HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
нке HKB 243 11
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3163
OF 25122OZ SEPTEMBER 89
INFO PRIORITY HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON
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MIPT: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: UK FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
THE DETAILED INFORMATION YOU HAVE REQUESTED ON ITEMS
A-D OF PARAGRAPH 5 OF SECOND TUR FOLLOWS BY FAX TO STONE, HKD. THE BROAD POSITION REACHED ON EACH OF THE ITEMS A-E OF OUR TELNO 2923, AND ON REMAINING EXPENDITURE IS AS FOLLOWS.
2. ITEM A-HIGH ISLAND. THE INCREASED COSTS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF A CHANGE IN THE DESIGN. WE HAD
ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO CONSTRUCT A TENTED CAMP FOR EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION. OUR EXPERIENCE WITH SEK KONG HAS LED US TO REVISE THESE PLANS AND WE NOW INTEND TO USE PREFABRICATED
STRUCTURES RATHER THAN TENTS. BESIDES THE PROBLEMS POSED BY TYPHOONS, THERE HAVE BEEN SERIOUS MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS WITH THE TENTED ACCOMMODATION AT SEK KONG. THE HIGH ISLAND CAMP WILL NOW BE NEARER THE WHITEHEAD MODEL THAN A SEK KONG TYPE
EMERGENCY CAMP. WE HAVE THEREFORE TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL COSTS OF LIGHTING, PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS, STAFF ACCOMMODATION, A FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM AND QUITE A SOPHISTICATED WATER/SEWAGE
TREATMENT UNIT.
3. ITEM B-SEK KONG. THE COST INCREASES FOR THE SEK KONG CAMP
ARE PRIMARILY DUE TO THE NEED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW FENCE.
WE HAD HOPED TO AVOID THIS BUT IT QUICKLY BECAME APPARENT
THAT THE EXISTING FENCE WAS INADEQUATE. IN ADDITION, FLOODING AT THE SITE HAS LED US TO CONCLUDE THAT WE NEED TO
PROVIDE A CONCRETE BASE FOR THE TENTS.
4.
ITEM C-FERRIES. WE HAD PLANNED TO MOVE THE VBP NOW ON THE
FERRIES TO THE NEW ACCOMMODATION AT HIGH ISLAND IN EARLY SEPTEMBER BUT DELAYS TO THIS PROJECT MADE THESE MOVES
IMPOSSIBLE. THE HIGH ISLAND CAMP WILL NOT BE READY FOR OCCUP-
ATION UNTIL LATE OCTOBER AND WE WILL HAVE TO GO ON USING THE
FERRIES UNTIL THEN. AS A CONTINGENCY, WE HAVE ALSO ESTIMATED THAT WE WILL NEED FUNDS TO COVER AN ADDITIONAL 50 DAYS HIRING
OF THE FERRIES UP TO THE END OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
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