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TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1989
THE
FIRST BATCH OF APPEAL CASES FROM VBP
GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL
TODAY
THE
CONSIDERED (TUESDAY) CASES FROM EIGHT VIETNAMESE FIRST BATCH OF APPEALS TOTALLING SEVEN BOAT PEOPLE (VBP) WHO HAD BEEN REFUSED REFUGEE STATUS AFTER SCREENING.
AND FIVE WOMEN, THE IN ALL SEVEN CASES COMPRISING THREE MEN
OF DIRECTOR
IMMIGRATION COUNCIL CONFIRMED THE DECISION REFUSE THEM REFUGEE STATUS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.
THE
ΤΟ
THESE VBP WILL REMAIN IN DETENTION CENTRES
PENDING
RETURN TO
VIETNAM.
SINCE THE SCREENING POLICY WAS INTRODUCED IN THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETED SCREENING FOR 1,594 VBP.
JUNE LAST YEAR,
OF THEM, 1,429 VBP WERE SCREENED OUT AS NON-REI UGEES, REMAINING 165, OR 10.4 PER CENT, WERE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS.
OF THOSE VBP SCREENED OUT, 1,298 HAVE OBJECTED TO THE TO REFUSE THEM REFUGEE STATUS.
AND THE
DECISION
MAJOR CAMPAIGN ON REHABILITATION
A MAJOR REHABILITATION EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED NEXT REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN"
UNTIL DECEMBER.
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THE "IN TOUCH WITH MONTH AND CONTINUE
WILL
INCLUDE
TWO
HIGHLIGHTS CAMPAIGN COMPETITIONS, A THREE-DAY REHABILITATION EXHIBITION, AND DISTRICT PROGRAMMES WHICH WILL LAST TWO WEEKS.
TERRITORY-WIDE
A SERIES
OF
A PRESS CONFERENCE THE CENTRAL ORGANISING
DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN WERE ANNOUNCED AT GIVEN TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CO-CHAIRMEN COMMITTEE, MR KWOK KA-CHI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MISS MARION FANG.
WELFARE, AND
COMPETITIONS WOULD
MR KWOK SAID ONE OF THE TWO TERRITORY-WIDE BE A "DESIGN AWARD FOR THE MOST ACCESSIBLE BUILDING FOR THE DISABLED",
THE OTHER WOULD BE
A YOUTH
RELATED TO REHABILITATION.
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PROJECT
ON A TOPIC
OF
INTEREST
BOTH COMPETITIONS WOULD BE LAUNCHED WOULD BE ANNOUNCED LATER IN THE YEAR.
NEXT MONTH, AND RESULTS
THE ANNOUNCEMENT