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TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1985
MR H.K. CHENG OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS
MR J.C. SHAW OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS
MR W.M. SULKE
PROFESSOR Y.K. CHEUNG OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY
OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE INCLUDE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY, DIRECTOR OF LANDS, DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT.
THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR ONE YEAR INITIALLY, WITH EFFECT FROM JUNE 1,
VIETNAMESE CONTINUE JOURNEY
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TWO GROUPS OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WHO ENTERED HONG KONG WATERS ON APRIL 28 AND MAY 1, VOLUNTARILY CONTINUED THEIR JOURNEYS ON MAY 3, A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED TODAY.
THE FIRST GROUP OF 75 PEOPLE INCLUDED EIGHT CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. OF THE 67 VIETNAMESE REMAINING, 66 CHOSE TO CONTINUE THE IR JOURNEY AND ONE DECIDED TO STAY IN HONG KONG.
THE SECOND GROUP CONSISTED OF 21 PEOPLE, INCLUDING THREE CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. ALL OF THE REMAINING 18 VIETNAMESE OPTED TO LEAVE HONG KONG.
THE TWO GROUPS WERE PROVIDED WITH FOOD, WATER AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS. MINOR REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE FIRST BOAT AND
ITS ENGINE.
THE 11 CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (EIGHT FROM THE FIRST GROUP AND THREE FROM THE SECOND) WERE REPATRIATED TO CHINA ON MAY 3.
THE 84 VIETNAMESE (66 FROM THE FIRST GROUP AND 18 FROM THE SECOND) LEFT HONG KONG WATERS AT 1.15 PM ON THE SAME DAY, AND THE VIETNAMESE MALE FROM THE FIRST GROUP WHO CHOSE TO STAY WAS TRANSFERRED TO CHI MA WAN CLOSED CENTRE.
EIGHT BOATS HAVE CONTINUED THEIR JOURNEYS AFTER ARRIVAL
IN HONG KONG SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CLOSED CENTRE POLICY IN JULY 1982, FIVE OF WHICH WERE THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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