TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1989
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LORD GLENARTHUR VISITS VR CENTRES
THE MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, LORD GLENARTHUR, SPENT THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON IN TUEN MUN VISITING THREE CENTRES FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR GEOFFREY BARNES, LORD GLENARTHUR ARRIVED BY HELICOPTER AT THE PILLAR POINT VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CENTRE WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 1,600,
HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER, TUEN MUN, MR JOHN HUI, ON THE EXPANSION WORK AT THE CENTRE, SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN ABOUT MARCH, WHICH WOULD DOUBLE THE PRESENT REFUGEE POPULATION AT PILLAR POINT.
LORD GLENARTHUR VISITED DORMITORIES TO SEE LIVING CONDITIONS AND LOOKED IN ON THE WORK BEING CARRIED OUT BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES THE CENTRE.
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HE ALSO VISITED A CHILDREN'S SCHOOL, A CLINIC AND SAW THE SPACES AROUND THE CENTRE WHICH PROVIDE AMPLE ROOM FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
TRAVELLING BY CAR, LORD GLENARTHUR WENT ΤΟ THE SAN YICK VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CENTRE IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN WHERE
HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE CENTRE'S FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK.
THE 11-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING HOUSES 2,854 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY MOVE OUT OF THE BUILDING WHEN OTHER ACCOMMODATION BECOMES AVAILABLE,
LORD GLENARTHUR VISITED THE DORMITORIES, RECREATION AREA, WORKSHOP, SICK-BAY, CLASSROOMS, KITCHEN AND THE OFFICE OF THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND.
THE FINAL STOP FOR LORD GLENARTHUR WAS AT THE TUEN MUN REFUGEE CENTRE WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 2,970 VIETNAMESE.
HE VISITED THE CANTEEN AND WORKSHOP WHICH MANUFACTURES LAMPS,
MINI-SUPERMARKET, A DORMITORY, CLASSROOM AND LANGUAGE LABORATORY.
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