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LDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1985
HONG KONG'S HELPING EFFORTS 'WELL KNOWN TO ALL'
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ALTHOUGH HONG KONG COULD DO VERY LITTLE TO ASSIST VIETNAMESE CEFUGEES, THE EFFORTS ALREADY MADE WERE WELL KNOWN TO ALL, UNOFFICIAL
EMBER, THE HON WONG LAM, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE PROELEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, MR WONG SAID ANY PERSON WITH AN IMPARTIAL MIND, WHEN COMMENTING ON THE WAY IN WHICH HONG KONG HAD HANDLED THE ISSUE, SHOULD TAKE A VIEWPOINT OF SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING.
+APART FROM SYMPATHISING WITH HONG KONG'S LIMITATION IN THIS REGARD, HE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE KEY TO A SOLUTION LIES IN PREVENTING THE RECURRENCE OF A REFUGEE INFLUX, AND IN ASSISTING THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AT PRESENT STAYING IN HONG KONG TO RESETTLE IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES,+ HE SAID.
+WHAT WE NEED IS INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE RENDERED THROUGH PRACTICAL ACTION, MR WONG SAID.
CALL FOR BRITAIN TO TAKE 5 000 VRS
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A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HE WOULD BE SATISFIED IF THE UNITED KINGDOM ACCEPTED 5 000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
THE HON ALLEN LEE WAS SPEAKING DURING AN ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
HE QUOTED BRITISH LABOUR PARLIAMENTARIAN, MR CLIVE SOLEY, AS CALLING ON THE UNITED KINGDOM TO ACCEPT 10 000 OF THE REFUGEES SO THAT OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE CANADA, THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA WOULD TAKE THE REST AND CAMPS IN HONG KONG COULD BE CLOSED.
WHILE WELCOMING MR SOLEY'S STATEMENT, MR LEE SAID HE HOPED BRITISH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REALISED THAT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA HAD TAKEN A MUCH GREATER NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG THAN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IT WAS ABOUT TIME THE UNITED KINGDOM DID ITS PART ABOUT THIS SAD SITUATION+
+I ILL