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"WE SHALL SEEK TO BRING THIS ABOUT THROUGH PUBLICITY VIETNAM. WE ARE CO-OPERATING WITH THE UNHCR AND THE VIETNAMESE IN PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTARY TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ΤΟ BE SHOWN VIETNAM.
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"THE CLEAR MESSAGE OF THE DOCUMENTARY WILL BE THAT THE DAYS OF AUTOMATIC RESETTLEMENT ARE OVER; THAT A VOYAGE ΤΟ HONG KONG WILL RESULT IN A LONG PERIOD OF DETENTION, AND FOR MOST EVENTUAL RETURN TO VIETNAM; AND THAT THERE ARE OTHER ASSURED AVENUES FOR EMIGRATION VIETNAM, SPECIFICALLY THE ORDERLY DEPARTURE PROGRAMME THROUGH OVER 80,000 PEOPLE SHOULD OBTAIN RESETTLEMENT IN 1990."
MR ASPREY SAID THERE HAD BEEN GREATER NUMBERS VOLUNTEERING RETURNING TO VIETNAM IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
"BUT WE HAVE YET TO REACH OUR INITIAL RETURNEES PER MONTH. AND WE SHALL NOT BE CONTENT LAURELS WHEN WE DO REACH THAT TARGET. WE WILL SEEK NUMBER WELL BEYOND 1,000 PER MONTH."
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TARGET OF 1,000 TO REST ON OUR TO INCRESAE THE
HE ADDED THAT HE WAS PLEASED то SEE THAT THE COUNSELLING EFFORTS OF THE UNHCR WERE GRADUALLY RESULTING IN MORE PEOPLE COMING FORWARD TO VOLUNTEER TO RETURN TO VIETNAM.
91 VBP RETURN TO VIETNAM
A GROUP OF 91 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE TODAY THURSDAY) RETURNED TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 35 MEN, 23 WOMEN, 11 BOYS AND 22 GIRLS, THEY WERE
THE 43RD BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 5,920 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY.
STATEMENT ON GURKHA DEPLOYMENT
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THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY FOR
SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, TODAY (THURSDAY):
AS PERSONNEL OF THE GURKHA TRANSPORT REGIMENT WILL LEAVE FOR THE UK TONIGHT TO JOIN OTHER UNITS OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE GULF, I SHOULD LIKE TO WISH THEM GOOD FORTUNE, AND A SAFE AND EARLY RETURN TO HONG KONG.
THE BEST WISHES OF OUR COMMUNITY GO WITH THEM. THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES HERE IN HONG KONG, WILL BE VERY MUCH IN OUR THOUGHTS IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.
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