THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988
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UNHCR INVITES HK TO ATTEND MAJOR MEETING
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INVITATION ASYLUM
FROM THE SEEKERS IN
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED AN
MEETING ON INDOCHINESE UNHCR TO TAKE PART IN A SOUTHEAST ASIA TO BE HELD IN BANGKOK ON OCTOBER 27 AND 28.
REPRESENTATIVES
PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING WILL INCLUDE ASEAN AND MAJOR RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES AND THE UNHCR.
OF
THE
LEADING PART FORM
PROCESS THE MEETING WILL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDOCHINESE ASYLUM SEEKERS NEXT YEAR.
FROM
TO AN
SECRETARY
REFUGEE FOR
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL COMPRISE MR MIKE HANSON, CO-ORDINATOR, AND MR ALAN SECURITY.
FUNG, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT
21 HILL FIRES IN COUNTRY PARKS
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THERE WERE 21 HILL FIRES IN THE COUNTRY DAY OF THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL.
YESTERDAY, PARKS
THE
THE COUNTRY PARKS PROTECTION OFFICER FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR C.W. LAI, SAID THIS (THURSDAY)
HECTARES OF 97 THESE FIRES HAD DAMAGED A TOTAL OF 1,000 TREES.
OF
THE AGRICULTURE
MORNING PARK AREAS
AND THAT AND
SUPPORT OF
"WE HAVE MOBILISED 250 FIRE CREW MEMBERS, WITH THE ADDITIONAL 120 CIVIL AID SERVICES MEMBERS, IN FIGHTING THE FIRES.
"ALL FIRES WERE PUT OUT BEFORE MIDNIGHT,
HE SAID.
A TOTAL OF 52 HILL FIRES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE LAST MONTH, DAMAGING A TOTAL OF 214 HECTARES OF PLANTATIONS 8,100 TREES.
IN
THE COUNTRY
PARKS
AND
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