Arb.Det
"1(A)
(a)
(b)
The detention of a person under this
section shall not be unlawful by reason of the period of the detention if that period is reasonable having regard to all the circumstances affecting that person's detention, including
in the case of a person being detained pending a decision under section 13A(1) to grant or refuse him permission to remain in Hong Kong as a
refugee
(i) the number of persons being detained pending
decisions under section 13A(1) whether to grant or refuse them such permission; and
(ii) the manpower and financial resources
allocated to carry out the work involved in marking all such decisions;
in the case of a person being detained pending his removal from Hong Kong -
(i) the extent to which it is possible to make
arrangements to effect his removal; and
(ii) whether or not be the person has declined arrangements made or proposed for his
removal.
(1B)
The detention of a person under this section pending a decision under section 13A(1) to grant or refuse him permission to remain in Hong Kong as a refugee shall not be unlawful by reason that other persons (who may or may not have arrived in Hong Kong after the detainee) who were detained