WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1989
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COMMUNITY ASKED TO BE PATIENT
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PATIENT
BRITISH AND
AND
SENSITIVE
HONG KONG
то
REPATRIATION
BE THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY SHOULD
PUBLIC OPINION WHILE THE INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BRING ABOUT OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THE URGENT MANDATORY
THIS THE HON MARTIN BARROW SAID (WEDNESDAY) IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON TODAY ( REPATRIATION OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.
SAYING HE WOULD ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THE OR EXCESSIVE HASTE IN
BARROW BOAT
MR MOTION,
THE HANDLING
SAID PRECIPITATE ACTION PEOPLE ISSUE WOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN AROUND THE WORLD.
ALL HE SAID: "WE ARE
COMMITT 'D что ACHIEVING A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS HONG KONG AND IT IS NOW MORE THAN EVER IMPORTANT THAT KONG HAS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT.
HONG
"HONG KONG IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING TRADING ENTITIES. MORE THAN ANY OTHER ECONOMY. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON EXTERNAL RELATIONS.
"WE CAN NEVER TURN INWARDS.'
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MR BARROW SAID THAT FURTHER DEBATE AT THIS TIME COULD GENERATE EXACERBATE THE INCREASED DISQUIET AMONG HONG KONG PEOPLE, AS WELL AS ALREADY COMPLICATED SITUATION INTERNATIONALLY.
ENCOURAGE PATIENCE AMONGST THE RHETORIC HEARD IN RECENT MONTHS,
ΤΟ A BETTER COURSE WOULD BE COMMUNITY AND ELIMINATE SUGGESTED.
THE
HE
MR BARROW ALSO URGED EVERYONE TO DISCOURAGE THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN AN EARLY DECISION TO ABOLISH THE FIRST ASYLUM POLICY, "NOTHING COULD BE MORE DAMAGING TO HONG KONG'S INTERESTS.
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SHORT
ADDING THAT AND LONG-TERM
MANDATORY REPATRIATION SENSIBLE, HUMANE
MANDATORY
18 REPATRIATION
THE ONLY
HUMANE AND SENSIBLE,
BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM, RESPONSIBLE WAY OF DEALING WITH THE VIETNAMESE THE HON MIRIAM LAU SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE BOAT PEOPLE, IN CLEAR
AS NON-REFUGEES,
AND
SHE SAID WE MUST IMPRESS ON UNEQUIVOCAL TERMS, THAT ONCE THEY WERE SCREENED OUT THEIR ONLY DESTINY WAS TO RETURN HOME.
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