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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21,
1988
FUNDS APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VBE DETENTION CENTRE
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY (WEDNESDAY Į APPROVED REVISED PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD BY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR FUNDS FOR THE PHASED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETENTION CENTRE FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AT WHITEHEAD, WU KAI SHA.
THE FUNDS, TOTALLY $175.6 MILLION, ARE FOR THE CAPITAL COST FOR THE PHASED CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE 1 AND II OF THE DETENTION CENTRE.
MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT STAGE I OF THE CENTRE, COMPRISING TWO MODULES WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY FOR 4,800 PEOPLE, WOULD INITIALLY.
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BE CONSTRUCTED
THE
IF NECESSARY. AND SUBJECT TO CONTINUOUS REVIEW OF
A SECOND STAGE SUBSEQUENT ARRIVAL PATTERN OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, COMPRISING ANOTHER TWO SIMILAR MODULES WOULD
ΤΟ DEVELOPED
BRING THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE CENTRE TO 9,600.
EARLIER PROPOSALS
FOR
BE
THE
THE
RECURRENT EXPENDITURES FOR OPERATION OF THE CENTRE WERE WITHDRAWN AT TODAY'S MEETING BECAUSE FUNDS WOULD NOT BE NEEDED UNTIL THE CENTRE BRCAMB OPERATIONAL AND COULD BE SUBMITTED WHEN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECONVENED IN OCTOBER.
NORWEGIAN DELEGATION IN FIK TO SELECT VR'S FOR RESETTLEMENT
IS
A DELEGATION FROM OSLO
CURRENTLY VISITING FLONG KONG TO SELECT 120 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT IN NORWAY.
THE
DELEGATION
WILL
INTERVIEW POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR RESETTLEMENT FROM AMONG HONG KONG'S LONG-STAYER REFUGEE POPULATION.
RESIDUAL
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WELCOMES THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT'S INITIATIVE IN OFFERING TO RESETTLE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG'S CASELOAD OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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