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MY TELNOS 1256 AND 1257: UK CONTRIBUTION TO ACCOMMODATION FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. THE MEDIA HERE HAVE ACCORDED GOOD COVERAGE TO THE HKG ANNOUNCEMENT ON 21 APRIL OF ITS DECISION TO CONTRIBUTE UP TO SIX MILLION POUNDS TO THE UNHCR TO COVER FULL CAPITAL COSTS OF THE
PILLAR POINT REFUGEE CENTRE.
2. OUR STATEMENT WELCOMING THE BRITISH CONTRIBUTION RECEIVED GOOD COVERAGE IN THE MEDIA. OMELCO MEMBER ROSANNA TAM, ALSO WELCOMING THE MOVE, SAID THAT THE AMOUNT ALLOCATED BY BRITAIN THIS TIME WAS AN IMPROVEMENT ON PREVIOUS ALLOCATIONS. HOWEVER, OTHER COMMENTS WERE MORE CARPING, ECHOING THE REMARKS OF POLITICAL COMMENTATOR JIM BIDDULPH WHO, IN A COMMENTARY IN THE SCM POST, SAID IT WAS NICE THAT BRITAIN MADE THE CONTRIBUTION, BUT QUERIED WHETHER THE AMOUNT WAS REALLY ENOUGH.
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