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THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1988
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'WE'RE ABOUT THIRD OR FOURTH TABLE," HE SAID.
IT VARIES
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IN THE
LEAGUE
SECRETARY OF WE HAVE то TRY AND
"THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH WAS RAISED WITH THE STATE WHEN HE WAS HERE AND AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH LOOK AT IN THE ROUND WITH ALL THE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN MEET THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM."
LORD GLENARTHUR ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CORRECTIONAL DEPARTMENT, THE UNHCR AND ALL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR HELPING TO TACKLE THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM.
SERVICES
THEIR WORK IN
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LORD GLENARTHUR VISITS BOAT PEOPLE DETENTION CENTRE AND CAMP
OFFICE
THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, LORD GLENARTHUR, ON THE SECOND OF HIS VISIT, TOURED THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
DAY DETENTION HEI LING CHAU AND
CENTRE AT (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
SHAM SHUF PO THIS
VISITED A REFUGEE CAMP AT
THE
LORD AND LADY GLENARTHUR FLEW TO HEI LING CHAU BY ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY,
HELICOPTER, MR GEOFFREY COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK; AND THE ACTING
BARNES ; DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR M.Y. LEUNG.
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AT THE DETENTION CENTRE THEY WERE TOLD THAT PROCESS FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE BEGAN YESTERDAY THE NEW POLICY ON THE STATUS OF NEW ARRIVALS FROM INTRODUCED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE BOAT PEOPLE
MIGRANTS OR GENUINE REFUGEES.
THE SCREENING TWO WEEKS AFTER VIETNAM WAS WERE ECONOMIC
MR NIGEL NATIONS HIGH
ALSO IN THE PARTY WERE THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, FRENCH, AND THE CHARGE DE MISSION OF THE UNITED COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES, MR FAZLUL KARIM.
2,400, REQUIRED. THE
LORD GLENARTHUR WAS TOLD THAT THE CENTRE'S CAPACITY WAS BUT ACCOMMODATION COULD BE STRETCHED ΤΟ
IF CURRENT POPULATION IN THE CENTRE WAS ABOUT 1,000.
3,000
AT THE SHAM SHUI PO CLOSED CAMP, LORD GLENARTHUR ON LIVING CONDITIONS, VARIOUS FACILITIES PROVIDED, AND MANPOWER REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND SERVICE THE CAMP.
WAS BRIEFED THE INCREASED
THE CAPACITY OF THE CAMP IS 4,500 BUT WHEN REFUGEES WERE THERE, THE FINAL COUNT TODAY WAS MORE THAN 5,000.
MOVED
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