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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1989
"I HOPE THAT IMAGE HAS BEEN DISPELLED FOR IT HAS SHOWN ITSELF NOT ONLY TO BE EFFICIENT BUT TO BE HUMANE AND DISCERNING. HE SAID.
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"IT HAS SCREENED IN A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF ASYLUM SEEKERS REFUGEES THAN ANY OTHER SIMILAR BODY IN THE SOUTH EAST ASIA REGION.
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"THIS IS NO REFLECTION UPON THE EXCELLENT WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WHOSE WORK AS OBSERVED BY THE BOARD IS SEEN TO BE METICULOUS AND FAIR.
'EVERY EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO DEMONSTRATE то THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN THE CAMPS THAT THE BOARD IS NOT A GROUP OF FACELESS BUREAUCRATS.
"WITH OUR NEW POLICY OF 'REACHING OUT! THE VARIOUS BOARDS CONDUCT MANY OF THE REVIEW HEARINGS IN THE CAMPS THEREBY ENABLING SOME OF THOSE SEEKING REVIEWS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES TO THE BOARD BY GIVING VERBAL EVIDENCE AND HAVING SUCH EVIDENCE TESTED.
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MR BLACKWELL POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG AS A PORT ASYLUM IN SOUTH EAST ASIA WAS NOW BEARING THE BRUNT OF A MOVEMENT AND AMONG THOSE VAST NUMBERS OF MIGRANTS WAS PROPORTION OF REFUGEES.
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"IT IS THE FINDING OF THOSE WHO ARE GENUINE. REFUGEES WHICH IS THE TASK OF THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION AND THE REFUGEE STATUS REVIEW BOARD, HE SAID.
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"WE CANNOT DEPRIVE THE ASYLUM SEEKERS OF THEIR RIGHTS TO HAVE THEIR CASES REVIEWED BUT THE BOARD IS DETERMINED то CARRY OUT THE REVIEWS AS QUICKLY AND AS FAIRLY AS POSSIBLE 80 THAT WHEN THE POLITICIANS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON THE QUESTION OF REPATRIATION, THE STATUS OF THOSE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WHO WILL THEN BE IN HONG KONG WILL HAVE BEEN CLEARLY AND FINALLY DETERMINED,"
THE REVIEW BOARD SYSTEM NOW CONSISTS OF FOUR BOARDS EACH HEADED BY A DEPUTY CHAIRMAN. THE TARGET OF THE BOARDS IS TO DEAL WITH 400 REVIEWS A WEEK.
50 FAR. THE BOARDS HAVE DEALT WITH ALTOGETHER 710 CASES. THESE, 669 CASES INVOLVING 1.583 BOAT PEOPLE WERE REJECTED, REMAINING 41 CASES INVOLVING 136 BOAT PEOPLE WON THEIR APPEAL.
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