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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988
FROM "IT IS CLEAR
THE LARGE NUMBER
OF APPLICATIONS BEING FROM RECEIVED AND APPROVED AND THE WIDE VARIETY OF POSTS BEING FILLED
OF AWARE
THE CURRENT OVERSEAS THAT MANY EMPLOYERS ARE ALREADY WELL POLICY AND HOW IT IS APPLIED MR CARTER ADDED.
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"BUT THE SECURITY BRANCH AND WE ARE STUDYING OF THIS POLICY AND WHETHER THIS CAN BE IMPROVED."
THE APPLICATION
JOINT COMMUNIQUE ON VBP TALKS IN LONDON
THE FOLLOWING IS A JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 12, LONDON TIME) BY THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM:
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS AND OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM MET IN LONDON ON OCTOBER 11 AND 12, 1988 FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF TALKS ON SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE TRYING TO ENTER HONG KONG SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S NEW POLICY ON JUNE 16, 1988.
THE DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE IN A FRIENDLY AND CONSTRUCTIVE
ATMOSPHERE.
THE TWO SIDES REVIEWED PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENT I NG THE AGREEMENT REACHED AT THE FIRST ROUND OF TALKS IN HANOL ON AUGUST 3 AND 4 THAT REALISTIC AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO BRING THE OUTFLOW OF BOAT PEOPLE FROM VIETNAM TO AN END WERE URGENTLY REQUIRED.
THEY AGREED THAT SOME PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN STEMMING THE IF OUTFLOW BUT THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO PERSIST IN THESE EFFORTS AND, NECESSARY, TO REINFORCE THEM LN ORDER THAT THEY SHOULD BE FULLY EFFECTIVE.
THE TWO SIDES RECOGNISED THE VALUE OF THE ORDERLY PROGRAMME AS THE MAIN CHANNEL FOR VIETNAMESE WHO WISH VIETNAM IN ORDER TO SETTLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
DEPARTURE TO LEAVE
THEY CALLED ON OTHER COUNTRIES TO INCREASE THEIR EFFORTS TO ACCEPT VIETNAMESE ELIGIBLE FOR RESETTLEMENT FROM HONG KONG.
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