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FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1990
CAMP VIOLENCE MUST BE DEALT WITH FIRMLY: GOVERNOR
HONG KONG CANNOT ALLOW VIOLENCE TO BECOME A WAY OF LIFE IN THE CAMPS FOR THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, NOR CAN WE ALLOW THOSE IN THE CAMPS ΤΟ FASHION LETHAL WEAPONS WHICH ARE A THREAT то FELLOW INHABITANTS OF THE CAMPS AND TO THE STAFF WHO RUN THEM, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
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"WE MUST BE PREPARED TO HANDLE THIS PROBLEM WITH HUMAN [TY FIRMNESS, THE GOVERNOR SAID WHEN ADDRESSING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY,
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'RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN A GOOD DEAL OF TENSION IN THE CAMPS. THIS HAS MADE MANAGEMENT OF THE CAMP'S MORE DIFFICULT, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
SLR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM HAD AROUSED STRONG EMOTIONS, UNDERSTANDABLY 80.
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'INEVITABLY IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID THE PROBLEM OF PEOPLE
THERE WERE THREE KEY ELEMENTS ARRIVING HERE BY BOAT FROM VIETNAM.
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"THOSE WHO ARE GENUINE REFUGEES MUST BE RESETTLED.
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"THOSE WHO ARE FOUND NOT TO BE RETURNED ΤΟ THEIR HOMES IN VIETNAM JUST AS WK RETURN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA.
"AND, WHILE THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT THEIR OWN HOMES TO SEEK A BETTER LIFE OVERSEAS ARE HERE IN OUR TERRITORY, WE MUST DO OUR BEST TO LOOK AFTER THEM IN A WAY WHICH IS BOTH HUMANE AND SECURE," HE SAID.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT 1989 WAS A YEAR OF TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND HAD BROUGHT NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN ITS MORE TRADITIONAL, BUT NO LESS IMPORTANT, WORK OF CARING FOR OFFENDERS.
"THERE [S NOW SERIOUS OVERCROWDING IN SERVICES INSTITUTIONS, LARGELY AS A RESULT OF THE IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA NOW SERVING SENTENCES.
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"THE LAW IN THIS MATTER 18 AN IMPORTANT DETERRENT AGAINST FURTHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THE ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT OF NEW ARRIVALS.
'BUT I AM CONSCIOUS THAT IT ALSO PLACES EXTRA DEMANDS UPON THE DEPARTMENT'S SKILLS AND RESOURCES," THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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