MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1989
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ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE TO REPATRIATE 373 ECVII'S
REPATRIATION
OF
THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 373 EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVII'S) TO CHINA.
VERIFIED BY THE
BEEN ALREADY "PARTICULARS OF THESE ECVII'S HAVE THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND THEY ARE NOW READY FOR REPATRIATION, REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, MR MIKE HANSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
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AUTHORITIES ONE LARGE GROUP OR ON
"ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING FINALISED WITH THE CHINESE ON WHETHER THE ECVII'S WILL BE SENT BACK IN SEPARATE DATES.
"DEPENDING ON THE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS,
BE AS EARLY AS SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
THE
REPATRIATION
COULD
"THE 373 ECVII'S ARE ALL FROM GUANGXI PROVINCE, COMPRISING MEN, 112 WOMEN, 66 BOYS AND 61 GIRLS. OF THEM, 51 ARE INDIVIDUALS THE REST FROM 79 FAMILIES.
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AND
"THEY ARE AMONG A TOTAL OF 871 ECVI'S REMAINING IN HONG KONG,"
MR HANSON SAID THEY WOULD BE THE SECOND BATCH OF ECV11'S TO REPATRIATED TO CHINA THIS YEAR.
BE
"ON JANUARY 17, 88 ECVI'S WERE SENT BACK. LAST YEAR, ALTOGETHER 170 WERE REPATRIATED IN FOUR GROUPS,
H HE SAID.
SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR ECVII ARRIVALS. LAST DECEMBER THERE WERE 692.
HK-JAPAN BILATERAL TRADE GROWING STEADILY
HAS
ΤΟ
BEEN GROWING CONTINUE WITH
BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND JAPAN STEADILY IN RECENT YEARS AND THIS GROWTH LOOKS SET THE EMERGENCE OF THE ASIA/PACIFIC REGION AS A DYNAMIC ECONOMIC FORCE.
MR MATTHEW THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRADE,
CHEUNG, TOLD A
HONG LUNCH MEETING OF THE
KONG JAPANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY THIS TODAY (MONDAY).
"JAPAN IS HONG KONG'S
THIRD LARGEST TRADING PARTNER (AFTER
AND SUPPLIER
FIFTH
CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES), ITS SECOND LARGEST LARGEST MARKET, MR CHEUNG SAID.
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