WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1988
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GOVERNOR CONCERNED ABOUT GROWING VR PROBLEM
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TODAY WILSON,
{WEDNESDAY) EXPRESSED
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID CONCERN ABOUT THE GROWING VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM FACING HONG KONG.
"INCREASED ARRIVALS OVER
HAVE
THE LAST TWO YEARS AND
IN RESULTED
HONG KONG'S
DWINDLING REFUGER
RESETTLEMENT PROSPECTS POPULATION RISING SIGNIFICANTLY IN 1979," HE SAID.
1987 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
MA WAN AND OF OVERCROWDING IN
SIR DAVID, WHO WAS VISITING CLOSED CENTRES AT CHI
PROBLEM CONCERN THE HEI LING CHAU, NOTED WITH THESE CENTRES, PARTICULARLY IN HEI LING CHAU.
SHORT AND LONG
HE WAS BRIEFED ON MEASURES BEING TAKEN IN THE TERM TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION A FOURTH CLOSED CENTRE.
OF
THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THEIR EFFORTS ΤΟ MITIGATE THE
PRAISED MEANWHILE, HE AND ALL OTHER AGENCIES INVOLVED FOR EFFECTS OF THE OVERCROWDING AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
THE INTERNATIONAL WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND
THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG WAS GRATEFUL TO COMMUNITY FOR ITS CONTINUING ASSISTANCE RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES IN HONG KONG THROUGH THE GOOD OFFICES OF UNHCR AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IT SUPPORTS.
COMMUNITY
AT THE
THE
TO
A
ΤΟ
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SAME TIME "I URGE THE INTERNATIONAL INCREASE THEIR EFFORTS TO FIND A LASTING SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM ÁS WHOLE THROUGH THE CREATION OF ACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RETURN VIETNAM OF THOSE WHO LEAVE FOR ECONOMIC AND NOT POLITICAL REASONS, SAID.
LADY WA-SHEK,
WILSON,
AND
HIS VISIT BY SIR DAVID WAS ACCOMPANIED DURING
MR CHAN SERVICES, CORRECTIONAL COMMISSIONER FOR PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR NIGEL FRENCH.
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