WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1987
RECENT ARRIVALS NOT VRS
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) REITERATED THAT PERSONS OF VIETNAMESE ORIGIN ARRIVING IN HONG KONG AFTER BEING SETTLED IN CHINA WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO STAY IN HONG KONG AS THEY ARE NOT REFUGEES BUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT ARRANGEMENTS FOR REPATRIATING SUCH PERSONS TO CHINA ALREADY EXISTED AND MANY SUCH PEOPLE HAD BEEN SENT BACK OVER THE YEARS.
"THE RECENT ARRIVALS ARE BEING PROCESSED TO ESTABLISH THEIR IDENTITY AND ORIGIN AND IF THEY ARE FOUND ΤΟ HAVE COME FROM CHINA THEY WOULD ALSO BE REPATRIATED, HE SAID.
"THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAD BEEN CONTACTED IN THIS CONNECTION. ANY REFUGEES WHO HAD COME DIRECT FROM VIETNAM WOULD BE PLACED IN EXISTING CLOSED CENTRES," HE ADDED.
SINCE JUNE 20, 1987, 3,040 PERSONS OF VIETNAMESE ORIGIN, WHO ARE SUSPECTED TO HAVE COME FROM CHINA HAVE ARRIVED BY BOAT IN HONG KONG. THEY ARE BEING EXAMINED BY THE IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES. ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM TEMPORARILY.
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NT POLICE REGION TO SPLIT
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THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS ACCEPTED THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FORCE'S PROPOSAL TO SPLIT THE NEW TERRITORIES REGION INTO TWO.
THE SPLIT WAS PROPOSED AS PART ENTIRE COMMAND STRUCTURE OF THE FORCE, REGIONS AND MARINE.
OF A REVIEW OF THE COVERING THE THREE LAND
SPLIT ARE PUT AT $125.5
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE NT MILLION IN CAPITAL SPENDING AND, ON FULL IMPLEMENTATION, $57.1
MILLION ANNUALLY IN RECURRENT SPENDING.
A BRIEFING PAPER PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE EXPLAINED THAT THE NT REGION HAS DEVELOPED CONSIDERABLY, AND NOW HAS A POPULATION OF 1.8 MILLION. WITH THE GROWTH OF NEW TOWNS IT IS ESTIMATED THE POPULATION WILL RISE TO 2.5 MILLION BY 1993, OR MORE THAN TWICE THE CURRENT POPULATION OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
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