SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,
1989
DIFFICULT TASK IN VBP CAMPS HANDLED WELL: GOVERNOR
THE AUTHORITIES IN THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE CAMPS HAVE HANDLING WELL THE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TASK OF DEALING WITH CONTROL AND GOVERNOR. SIR DAVID HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE DETENTION CENTRES, THE WILSON, SAID TODAY SATURDAY).
BREN
UNITED KINGDOM,
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON HIS RETURN FROM THE SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD BEEN KEEPING VERY CLOSE TOUCH WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HONG KONG WITH THE BOAT PEOPLE ISSUE.
BEEN
FACED, "I'M FULLY AWARE OF ALL THE DIFFICULTIES THAT HAVE BEEN
DIFFICULT HEALTH BOTH IN TERMS OF CONTROL IN THE CAMPS AND THE VERY
THE GOVERNOR SAID. PROBELMS WE'VE BEEN HAVING,
"WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT DISCIPLINE IN THE CAMPS 18 AND THAT MEANS, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, THAT THE BOAT PEOPLE MUST BE SELF-DISCIPLINED. THAT'S IN THEIR OWN INTERESTS,"
"BUT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, AND
WHERE
MAINTAINED,
THEMSELVES
HE SAID.
APPROPRIATE,
THE
MUST BE
POLICE WILL ALSO BE DOING THEIR PART. AND THE HEALTH ISSUE DEALT WITH AND IS BEING DEALT WITH AS QUICKLY AND AS EFFECTIVELY AS IT CAN BE, HE ADDED.
**
ON THE
:
SAID QUESTION OF MANDATORY REPATRIATION, SIR DAVID
THAT WE'RE WORKING "THE OBJECTIVE REMAINS PRECISELY WHAT IT WAS,
GENUINE REFUGEES TOWARDS RESETTLING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEFINED AS AND RETURNING TO VIETNAM THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE, AFTER A VERY EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS OF SCREENING, FOUND NOT TO BE GENUINE POLITICAL REFUGEES.
"
"WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS IN PLACE YET, BUT THAT REMAINS THE OBJECTIVE," HE ADDED.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HOPED THAT THIS COULD BE DONE BEFORE END OF THIS YEAR.
THE
ON A QUESTION ABOUT THE MORALE OF THE POLICE IN VBP CAMPS,
CONFIDENT DAVID SAID: "THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT TASK TO DO. I AM THEY WILL DO IT EFFFECTIVELY. OF COURSE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING AN EXTREMELY GOOD JOB UP TO NOW, AND I'M SURE THEY WILL GO ON DOING SO."
SIR
THAT
BUT
THAT
THE GOVERNOR SAID SOME POSSIBLE NEW LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS WERE TASK OF BEING WORKED ON TO PROVIDE HELP TO THE AUTHORITIES IN THEIR RUNNING THE CAMPS.
'WHERE WE FIND THERE IS A GAP IN THE EXISTING LEGISLATION WE WILL PLUG THAT GAP." HE SAID,
THEN
/SIR DAVID