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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989
THE FUTURE
OF THOSE
HAVE
AFTER
SECONDLY, THERE ARE THE 10,000 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WHO
WHO, JUNE ARRIVED SINCE
LAST YEAR. SCREENING, PROVE NOT TO BE REFUGEES, MUST LIE IN VIETNAM, AND ONLY IN HAVE HELD TWO VIETNAM.
WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WE TOGETHER
THE ROUNDS
TO DISCUSS THE OF TALKS WITH
VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT
ON THE NEED REPATRIATION
FOR OF THESE PEOPLE. COMPREHENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS TO COVER ALL THOSE WHO ARE NOT REFUGEES.
WE HAVE AGREED
TO THEIR TREATMENT OF
TO FINALISE WE ARE
AUTHORITIES NOW PRESSING THE VIETNAMESE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE REPATRIATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY ASKED RETURN TO VIETNAM. UNHCR ARE CLOSELY INVOLVED AND HAVE REACHED OWN AGREEMENT WITH THE VIETNAMESE ON THE HUMANITARIAN THOSE
WHO RETURN. THOUGH WE DO NOT YET HAVE A DATE I THAT THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS WILL GO BACK SOON.
AM
CONFIDENT
MANY VIETNAMESE IN THAT CONTEXT I AM GOVERNMENT IS
I AM VERY CONSCIOUS THAT THE PRESENCE OF SO HERE IMPOSES FINANCIAL AS WELL AS OTHER BURDENS. PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THREE NEW STEPS WHICH THE BRITISH TAKING.
FIRSTLY, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS PLEDGING A FURTHER 1 MILLION HONG POUNDS TO UNHCR, SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED FOR THEIR OPERATIONS IN KONG. THAT IS OF COURSE IN ADDITION TO THE 1 MILLION POUNDS WHICH ANNOUNCED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
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WE
SECONDLY, IN RESPONSE TO UNHCR'S RECENT APPEAL, HMG IS PLEDGING TOWARDS THE 125,000 US DOLLARS THAT'S ABOUT 1 MILLION HK DOLLARS
DUE TO START BUDGET FOR
REPATRIATION PROGRAMME WHICH IS UNHOR'S
THAT I UNDERSTAND
IS THE HONG SHORTLY.
ALSO GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING MAKING AN APPROPRIATE CONTRIBUTION.
KONG
KEY
THE
THIRDLY, TRAINING, PARTICULARLY LANGUAGE TRAINING, IS A ELEMENT IN THE ABILITY OF REFUGEES TO ADAPT TO THEIR NEW LIVES IN WEST AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN RESETTLED. WITH THIS IN MIND, WE ARE MAKING A DONATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING EQUIPMENT WORTH 2,500 FOR THE USE OF REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AWAITING RESETTLEMENT.
THESE ARE CONCRETE, PRACTICAL MEASURES.
POUNDS
IN THE FINALLY, LET ME SAY THAT WE ARE PLAYING OUR FULL PART
THE PROBLEM OF PREPARATIONS FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
GOES WELL IF ALL VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN THE REGION AS A WHOLE.
PRESSING HONG THAT WILL TAKE PLACE LATER THIS YEAR, AND WE SHALL BE
NOT LEAST KONG'S
AND WE ARE PLAYING OUR PART, INTERESTS VERY HARD.
BOUND CLOSELY
UP WITH THE TO RESOLVE THE CAMBODIAN ISSUE WHICH IS WHOLE PROBLEM.
/I HAVE
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