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#HINESDAY, MAY 15, 1985
OR PO SAID THE RECENT REPORT BY THE HOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD RELAX THE FAMILY REUNION CRITERIA FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
+ WHOLE-HEARTEDLY ENDORSE THIS RECOMMENDATION, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, THIS MEASURE ALONE WAS NOT ENOUGH.
+ IF THE UNITED KINGDOM REALLY WANTS TO SOLVE THE VIETNAMESE KEFUGEE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG, IT SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER ACCEPTING A REASONABLY LARGE NUMBER OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG ON TOP OF THE FAMILY REUNION CATEGORY.
+THIS LEAD BY THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL BE CATALYTIC IN EFFECT,
+THE MAJOR RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES FOR OUR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES .HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD FURTHER REDUCE THE IR RESPECTIVE
RESETTLEMENT OFFERS IF THE UNITED KINGDOM IS NOT SEEN TO BE PLAYING ITS FULL PART.
+ON THE OTHER HAND, IF THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASES ITS INTAKE, THEY WOULD FOLLOW SUIT,+
DR HO SAID BRITAIN HAD ALWAYS CLAIMED THAT IT HAD A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS HONG KONG, AND HAD TIME AND AGAIN ASSURED HONG KONG THAT IT WOULD DISCHARGE THIS RESPONSIBILITY CONSCIENTIOUSLY.
+HONG KONG IS AT PRESENT UNDER TREMENDOUS STRAIN IN TACKLING THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM: IS IT NOT THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIME NOA FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM TO DEMONSTRATE TO US ITS CONCERN AND SINCERITY BY REMOVING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR REFUGEE BURDEN?+ HE ASKED.
DR HO ALSO SAID UNDER THE PRESENT CONDITIONS IN VIETNAM, THE ABOLITION OF THE CLOSED CAMP POLICY WAS DEFINITELY NOT IN THE
INTEREST OF HONG KONG.
+ IT IS TANTAMOUNT TO OPENING THE FLOODGATES AND INVITING AN ENDLESS INFLUX OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES TO HONG KONG, HE SAID.