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THE MANAGEMENT OF OPERATIVE COSTS WILL
"ONCE THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE CAMPS HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE UNHCR ALL BE MET FROM UNHCR FUNDS," HE SAID.
"THIS WILL
SAVE THE
MILLION PER YEAR."
GOVERNMENT
OF EXPENDITURE
ABOUT $150
THAT SINCE
MR BARNES SAID
816 REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM HAD BEEN ACCEPTED FOR PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN HONG KONG.
1975, A
OF TOTAL
OF THESE, 701 HAD REUNIFICATION,
BEEN ACCEPTED ON THE GROUNDS
OF FAMILY
A LOCAL
SETTLEMENT
THE REMAINING 115 HAD BEEN ACCEPTED UNDER SCHEME FOR ETHNIC CHINESE INTRODUCED IN APRIL 1986.
IN
MR
POINTED ADDITION,
BARNES
OUT
HONG THAT RESETTLED OVER 13,000 DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDOCHINA IN HALF OF THE 1970'S FOLLOWING THE FALL OF SAIGON.
KONG ALSO THE LATTER
KONG RESIDENTS AND DEPENDENTS THEY INCLUDED FORMER HONG HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO RETURNED BY SPECIAL CHARTERED FLIGHTS.
OF
CASES, THERE
SCHEME FOR ETHNIC
WHILE THERE WAS NO QUOTA ON FAMILY REUNIFICATION WAS A SET QUOTA OF 250 UNDER THE LOCAL SETTLEMENT CHINESE WHO MET CERTAIN CRITERIA.
LEGISLATION, VIETNAMESE REFUGEES NOT CONSIDERED TO BE ORDINARILY
CURRENT HE SAID THAT UNDER AND BOAT FEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE RESIDENT HERE.
PERMANENT
IT WAS THEREFORE NOT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO QUALIFY AS
OF RESIDENTS EVEN IF THEY STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD
SETTLEMENT SCHEME SEVEN YEARS, UNLESS THEY QUALIFIED UNDER THE LOCAL FOR ETHNIC CHINESE,
HOWEVER, CHILDREN BORN TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEE KONG PRIOR ΤΟ JANUARY
1,
1983 AUTOMATICALLY DEPENDENT TERRITORY CITIZENSHIP (BDTC) BY VIRTUE OF WERE ELIGIBLE FOR RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG.
PARENTS IN HONG BRITISH ACQUIRED
THEIR BIRTH AND
THIS CATEGORY REMAINING "THERE ARE 138 CHILDREN IN
HE SAID. KONG AND NO FURTHER ADDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
IN HONG
WHEREBY
CHILDREN
MR BARNES EXPLAINED NATIONALITY ACT 1981 CAME
BORN
THAT
JANUARY 1 ON
1983. THE BRITISH INTO FORCE AND ABOLISHED THE PRINCIPLE BDTC IN HONG KONG
ACQUIRED AUTOMATICALLY
↑
STATUS.
IN HONG IN HONG
"CHILDREN BORN OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND BOAT PEOPLE KONG SINCE JANUARY 1, 1983 DO NOT ACQUIRF THE RIGHT OF ABODE KONG AT BIRTH AND HAVE THE SAME STATUS AS THEIR PARENTS," HE SAID.
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