THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1988
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SCHOOL AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VBF AT ERSKINE CAMP
FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT OPENING OF
HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS TO MAKE LIFE EASIER PEOPLE IN ERSKINE CAMP, SAI KUNG, ARE CONTINUING WITH THE A SCHOOL AT THE CAMP AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF SOME JOBS.
AMONG THE
INMATES
IN SUITABLE
ARE BEING
AT
PEOPLE BOAT QUALIFIED SCHOOL TEACHERS EMPLOYED TO TEACH CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS. LAUNDERERS ARE WORK IN THE CAMP LAUNDRY; A BARBER SHOP HAS BEEN SET UP.
EMERGING
THAT
BOAT THE
PEOPLE SIGNS ARE FAVOURABLY TO THEIR UNFORTUNATE SITUATIONS AT ERSKINE.
ORGANISED
AS
ARE ADAPTING
THE BOAT PEOPLE
YET OF FIRM
THE
FAIR
TWO MONTHS SINCE IT OPENED ITS DOORS TO
CENTRE A CAMP HAS QUICKLY BECOME DISCIPLINE.
DISTURBANCES SO FAR HAVE BEEN MINOR AND MOST OF THE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCEPTED THEIR RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENT.
APPROACH
BUT IT IS A COMMANDANT OF THE CAMP SUPERINTENDENT VIANNEY WILLY-FURTH SAID:
TO THE SITUATION IS NOT A SOFT "OUR APPROACH BALANCED APPROACH AND IT IS ALREADY BEARING POSITIVE RESULTS."
BEEN TRANSFORMED SINCE IT OPENED IN EARLY AUGUST THE CAMP HAS
IN SAI JUNGLE OVERGROWN FROM A GROUP OF DERELICT NISSEN HUTS IN AN KUNG TO AN ORDERLY AND HABITABLE CAMP.
THE TERRITORY IT IS THE ONLY CAMP IN SUPERVISION OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.
TO BE
UNDER RUN
THE
THE FEEDING DAILY LIVES AND FAMILY
WITH THE PRELIMINARY WORK COMPLETE IN HOUSING AND
WOMEN SINGLE NEW ARRIVALS EFFORTS ARE NOW BEING MADE TO IMPROVE THEIR AT THE CAMP. HYGIENE AND THE SEPARATION OF GROUPS HAVE BEEN AMONG THE PRIORITIES.
THE AUGUST.
AFTER THE FIRST INTAKE OF 1,200 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT
AT
END OF THE HASTILY PREPARED CAMP A FURTHER 400 ARRIVED THERE HAVE BEEN SIX BIRTHS SINCE THE CAMP OPENED.
"THE VIETNAMESE
IN BEHAVED HAVE
AN
THEY OF
WHEN
SAID MR WILLY-FURTH:
PERIODS OF TENSION ORDERLY MANNER, APART FROM TWO BRIEF FIRST ARRIVED AND WHEN WE HAD TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ARRIVAL A FURTHER 400 PEOPLE.
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'WE HAD TO MOVE SOME TO MAKE WAY FOR WERE VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT
KNOW WHAT
AND THEY THE NEWCOMERS
HAPPENING WAS
TO
THEM.
"BUT THINGS QUICKLY RETURNED TO NORMAL."
/EARLY DISTURBANCES