THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1989
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AT LOK MA CHAU, SIR DAVID WAS TOLD BY THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, THAT 95 PER CENT OF THE BRIDGE COMPLETED AND THAT THE NEW BORDER
WORKS HAD BEEN LINK WOULD THE TRAFFIC SITUATION AT SHA TAU KOK AND MAN KAM TO.
SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE
THE
SIR DAVID LEARNT THAT, BASED ON A DAILY OPENING OF A HALF HOURS,
TWELVE AND THE OPENING OF LOK MA CHAU WOULD PROCESSING CAPACITY FROM THE PRESENT 13,000 VEHICLES TO A TOTAL OF 28,
INCREASE 750 VEHICLES A DAY.
LATER, HE MADE A TOUR OF THE BRIDGE AND A COMPLEX WHICH WILL HOUSE CUSTOMS, IMMIGRATION AND POLICE FACILITIES.
NEW BORDER CONTROL
REPORT INDICATES VBP HEALTH IS SATISFACTORY
THE SECURITY BRANCH TODAY (THURSDAY)
RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE HEALTH AND A CHAU WERE
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WHICH INDICATED THAT NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ON TAI SATISFACTORY AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF DETERIORATION IN EITHER.
THE REPORT GAVE THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMENTS, FOLLOWING ON AN EARLIER REPORT BY
A STUDY, THE UNITED NATIONS REFUGEES (UNHCR) COVERING
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CONDITIONS CENTRES.
OF BOAT PEOPLE IN DETENTION
ACCOUNT
ON CONDITIONS AT TAI A CHAU, THE "ACCORDING TO THE OBSERVATIONS OF OUR
DEPARTMENT COMMENTED: MEDICAL WORKING THERE SINCE ITS OPENING,
STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN AND HAVING TAKEN INTO HEALTH STATUS ON ARRIVAL,
THEIR THE ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIVE SHORT STAY THERE, THE HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL
CONDITIONS AND THEIR BOAT PEOPLE IS SATISFACTORY AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF
STATUS OF THE OF EITHER.
DETERIORATION
"AS REGARDS FOOD, ON THE AVERAGE, PROVIDING 1,960 KCAL IS SATISFACTORY.
THE PRESENT
DIET SCALE
FURTHER
INVESTIGATION. SYSTEM OF FOOD ACCEPTANCE OF THE BOAT PEOPLE HAD
THE DEPARTMENT SUGGESTED, HOWEVER, THAT BY THE ADMINISTRATION BE CONDUCTED INTO THE ACQUISITION AND DELIVERY, AS WELL AS THE BOAT PEOPLE'S THE FOOD, IN VIEW OF THE UNICR'S COMMENTS THAT BEEN RECEIVING ONLY HALF OF THE DIET SCALE.
COMMENTED THAT
BY AT PRESENT, FROM THE RECOMMENDED BY THE
AS REGARDS DETENTION CENTRES, THE DEPARTMENT COMPARISION, THE DIET SCALE WHICH THE VBP HAD NUTRITIONAL POINT OF VIEW, WAS SUPERIOR TO UNHCR, AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE CONTINUED.
THAT
/AS TO