WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1988
76 MORE BOAT PEOPLE SEEK BEPATRIATION
HAVE
ARRIVED IN HONG KONG REPATRIATION TO
ANOTHER 76 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, WHO
VOLUNTARY REQUESTED AFTER JUNE 16 THIS YEAR, VIETNAM SINCE MID-SEPTEMBER.
SENT
BACK.
PEOPLE "THIS BRINGS TO 254 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE BOAT
THE SCREENING POLICY AND WHO HAVE COME AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
ΤΟ ASKED
BE WHO HAVE
SPOKESMAN GOVERNMENT
TODAY
(WEDNESDAY SAID.
"
A
H
IN THE FIRST HALF OF SEPTEMBER, THERE REQUESTS. THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WERE SOME મ
SIMILAR
"LAST MONTH, 69 SUCH REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED.
MOST
"OF THE LATEST 76 REQUESTS.
HAVE COMF FROM VIETNAMESE DETENTION CENTRE AND SOME BOAT PEOPLE STAYING IN THE HEI LING CHAU OTHERS FROM THE ERSKINE TEMPORARY HOLDING CENTRE.
'THEIR DETAILS HAVE BEEN PASSED TO THE UNHCR FOR PROCESSING.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO PASSED TO THE UNHCR
WHO ARRIVED IN HONG NAMES OF 16 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, JUNE 16 AND HAVE ASKED FOR VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION.
THE
KONG BEFORE
SINCE 1978, A TOTAL OF 26 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HAVE RETURNED TO VIETNAM.
HONG KONG IS RECOGNISED AS IMPORTANT MARKET
VOLUNTARILY
THE
AS
A
THE CENTRE OF MINISTER AT THE D.C. MR PETER LO
AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN WERE
RECOGNISING INCREASINGLY
HONG
MARKET KONG AS
ITS
RIGHT, IN OF IMPORTANCE
A
OWN SPRINGHOARD INTO CHINA, AND FOR ITS IDEAL LOCATION AT THE ASIA-PACIFIC A REGION OF DYNAMIC GROWTH, THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IIOWEVER,
I
KONG MARKET REMAINED IN U.S. EXPORTS TO
MANY SECTORS OF THE HONG VIRTUALLY UNTAPPED DESPITE A 31 PER CENT INCREASE THE TERRITORY IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1988, MR LO SAID.
/MR LO ....***