MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1989
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WILL,
"I WELCOME THIS ATTEMPT TO SEEK A COMMON THE BASIC LAW DRAFTERS. IT WILL ALSO HELP US IN DECIDING ON THE SPEED OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE YEARS IMMEDIATELY AHEAD," HE SAID.
HELF
RIGHT
AS ONE
SIR DAVID DESCRIBED THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THE HONG KONG ADMINISTRATION HAD TO FACE.
WE
BY
"WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND, IN PARTICULAR,
ARE
OVERWHELMED BEING THE COUNTRIES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA WHO PROBLEM, TRY TO FIND THE WAY FORWARD, I ASK FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING OUR DILEMMA.
AND
THE OF
AND
"I ASK YOU ALSO TO LOOK AT THE
BY EMOTIONS UNCLOUDED
PROBLEM MEMORIES OF THE DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIP WITH VIETNAM, HE SAID.
STRAIGHT,
UNITED
WITH MINDS STATES' OWN
WHICH ALL THESE YEARS HAD SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG,
FACED OF PEOPLE MOUNTING PROBLEMS OF HOW TO HOUSE AND FEED THESE THOUSANDS
IT COULD EVEN WHO REALLY WANTED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, HAD DONE WHAT
UNFAIR THAT WE THOUGH, TO OUR OWN POPULATION, IT SEEMED DESPERATELY
PEOPLE WITH NO CONNECTION SHOULD LE ALLOWING IN THOUSANDS OF
WITH TURNED HONG KONG AND NO WISH TO STAY THERE WHEN EVERY DAY WE NORMALLY
WHO OFTEN HAD CLOSE FAMILY BACK TO CHINA 40-50 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THE TERRITORY.
WHO
"THERE IS A GROWING FEELING THESE YEARS OF
IN GENEROSITY HAVE ARRIVED FROM VIETNAM DEALING WITH THOSE
NOT HAVE
ONLY
ALSO BROUGHT US
BUT
CRITICISM AND PROBLEM, CONTINUING A
WORLD; WHEREAS THOSE WHOSE MISUNDERSTANDING FROM MANY PARTS OF THE
BOTH LESS OF A PROBLEM AND POLICIES HAVE BEEN HARSHER HAVE
LESS
CRITICISM," HE SAID.
SIR DAVID
SAID THAT
WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
GENEVA EARLIER THI'S YEAR, ALL REFUGEES MUST RETURN
HAD
LOOKED AT THE PROBLEM, AS IT DID AT WERE AGREED THAT ULTIMATELY THOSE WHO WERE NOT TO THEIR HOMES.
BUT WE MUST ALWAYS BE A SMALL
"IF PEOPLE VOLUNTEER TO DO SO THAT IS EXCELLENT : FACE THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER WHO VOLUNTEER WILL MINORITY.
RESETTLEMENT AS "FOR THE MAJORITY, IF THERE IS NO PROSPECT OF
BE A PROGRAMME FOR ORDERLY REFUGEES ELSEWHERE, THERE WILL HAVE TO
WAY THEY RETURN TO THEIR HOMES, WITH ARRANGEMENTS FOR MONITORING THE ARE TREATED AFTER THEIR RETURN.
"THIS IS A
VIEW NOW INCREASINGLY
AGENCIES CLOSEST TO THE PROBLEM, OXFAM, SAVE THE BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL.
SHARED BY THE VOLUNTARY THE CHILDREN FUND AND
THEM
WHERE WHATEVER TAKEN, FRUSTRATION
THE
WILL
A LARGE NUMBER OF "IT CANNOT BE RIGHT TO KEEP PEOPLE,
CAMPS FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR, CHILDREN, INSIDE FACILITIES AND WHATEVER PERIODICALLY TURN TO VIOLENCE,
THE
PRECAUTIONS HE SAID.
/ON THE