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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1988
TO BE
MOVED TO AREA 46A SERVICES DEPARTMENT
MRS YAU POINTED OUT THAT REFUGEES WOULD CONTINUE TO BE MANAGED BY THE CORRECTIONAL UNTIL THE UNHCR WAS READY TO TAKE OVER.
OF
THE RELAXATION PROGRAMME IN A GRADUAL
"IT DOES NOT MEAN A SPEEDING UP FOR CLOSED CAMPS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE AND SYSTEMATIC MANNER.
IMPLEMENTED
IMPLEMENTATION OF TRE
"A WORKING GROUP ΤΟ MONITOR THE RELAXATION PROGRAMME WILL BE SET UP IN THE CAMP AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THE GROUP, SHE SAID.
MRS YAU ALSO PROVIDED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WITH FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE RELAXATION PROGRAMME AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OPEN CAMP AT AREA 46A.
ON LAW AND ORDER, MRS YAU REASSURED DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS THAT EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE MADE ΤΟ DEVELOP A LAW ABIDING AND RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY FROM THE FIRST DAY THEY MOVED INTO THE CAMP.
POLICE UNIT MANNRD
WOULD BE DEPLOYED
BY
"UNDER PRESENT PLANS, A NEIGHBOURHOOD ONE SERGEANT AND SEVEN CONSTABLES ROUND-THE-CLOCK TO THE PROPOSED CAMP AT AREA 46A.
THE POLICE
"THIS CONSTITUTES A HIGH POLICE PRESENCE. LAW AND ORDER IN CAMP WILL DE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED AND AN APPROPRIATE PRESENCE WILL BE MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES, SHE SAID.
SHE ADDED THAT THE POLICE WOULD WORK WITH THE CAMP MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT A RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE WAS ADOPTED BY THE POPULATION AND TO REASSURE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAD TO FEAR FROM THE PRESENCE OF REFUGEES IN THE COMMUNITY.
TURNING то MEMBERS' CONCERN OVER THE POSSIBILITY OPPORTUNITIES BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS WITH UP OF THE REFUGEE CAMP, MRS YAU SAID THIS WAS UNLIKELY.
THE
REFUGEE NOTHING
OF JOB OPENING
CITING THE RESULTS OF A JOB VACANCY ASSESSMENT CARRIED OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SHE SAID A TOTAL OF 2,329 JOB VACANCIES WERE REGISTERED AT LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICES AT THE END OF LAST MONTH AND 638 NEW VACANCIES WERE REGISTERED DURING AUGUST ALONE.
"THE PATTERN OF VACANCIES IN TUEN MUN INDICATES THAT 56 PBR CENT OF VACANCIES REGISTERED WITH THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ARE IN PRODUCTION AND RELATED FIELDS WHICH INCLUDE BOTH SKILLED AND UNSKILLED JOBS.
"MOST OF THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARE UNSKILLED AND WOULD ONLY BE CAPABLE INITIALLY OF DOING JOBS OF A ROUTINE NATURE SUCH AS ASSEMBLERS AND PACKERS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT MOST OF THEM WOULD BE ENGAGED IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT THE EARLY STAGE OF THE RELAXATION PROGRAMME.
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