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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,
1980
AT TOUCH DOWN AT THE TSIM BEI TSUI POLICE POST. THE PRINCESS WAS MET BY THE ACTING DISTRICT COMMANDER OF POLICE (MARINE)
MR DAVID HOLROYD WHO SHOWED HER HOW A POLICE SMALL BOAT UNIT WORKED IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS.
THE PARTY THEN FLEW OVER THE MAI PO MARSHES TO MAN KAM TO.
THEY WERE MET BY THE COMMANDER GURKHA FIELD FORCE, BRIGADIER IAN CHRISTIE, THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER, MR MICHAEL ILLINGWORTH, THE OFFICER COMMANDING THE 6TH QUEEN ELIZABETH'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES, LT. COL. CHRIS BULLOCK AND THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE (FRONTIER), MR JOHN GREENE. THE ROYAL COUPLE WAS GIVEN A DETAILED BRIEFING ON THE BORDER OPERATIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BY THESE OFFICERS.
SIR MURRAY TO MEET LORD CARRINGTON IN TOKYO
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL LEAVE FOR TOKYO ON MONDAY FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, THE RT. HON. LORD CARRINGTON.
SIR MURRAY WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG THE FOLLOWING DAY
(TUESDAY).
MORE RESETTLEMENT PLEDGES NEEDED
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY CALLED FOR FIRM PLEDGES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES STILL IN HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AFTER A TOUR OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS REFUGEE TRANSIT CENTRE AT KAI TAK, SIR MURRAY STRESSED THAT THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WAS AN INTERNATIONAL ONE AND IT WAS UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SOLVE IT.
AT PRESENT, HE NOTED, HONG KONG HAD FAR MORE BOAT REFUGEES THAN ANY OTHER PLACE OF FIRST ASYLUM.
+THIS IS QUITE WRONG. MORE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FOR US, SIR MURRAY SAID.
HE SAID HONG KONG WAS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE HOST COUNTRIES WHO HAD RESETTLED VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG-- THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS WHO HAD TAKEN SMALLER NUMBERS.
+BUT EXCEPT FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO HAVE TAKEN THE IR REFUGEES ENTIRELY FROM HONG KONG, OTHERS HAVE PREFERRED TO TAKE FAR MORE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, HE SAID.
/SIR MURRAY