THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1991
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PARTICULARLY "THIS IS
IMPORTANT FOR US AS MOST OF OUR H HE ARRIVALS IN 1990 AND SO FAR IN 1991 HAVE COME FROM SOUTH VIETNAM. SAID.
ALREADY TO
MR LEEKS POINTED OUT THAT SOME 6,400 VOLUNTEERS HAD GONE BACK IN ORDER TO BUILD NEW LIVES FOR THEMSELVES IN VIETNAM OR APPLY TO EMIGRATE LEGALLY UNDER THE ORDERLY DEPARTURE PROGRAMME.
"WE HOPE THAT MANY OF THE OTHER THOUSANDS OF SOUTHERNERS ALREADY IN DETENTION CENTRES WILL FOLLOW SUIT, RATHER THAN WASTE THEIR HOPE TIME LANGUISHING IN A DETENTION CENTRE IN HONG KONG WITHOUT ANY OF RESETTLEMENT.
"OUR MESSAGE TO ANY OTHERS CONSIDERING SETTING OUT FOR PROSPECTS HONG KONG IS FOR THEM TO THINK AGAIN, IN VIEW OF THE BLEAK THEY FACE," HE SAID.
A TOTAL OF 123 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE LEFT ON TODAY'S REPATRIATION FLIGHT.
THE 29 SOUTHERNERS WERE MADE UP OF 19 MEN, FOUR WOMEN, TWO BOYS AND FOUR GIRLS.
THE 94 OTHERS IN THE GROUP COMPRISED 40 MEN, 19 WOMEN, 20 BOYS AND 15 GIRLS.
SINCE
THIS WAS THE 47TH FLIGHT UNDER THE UNHCR PROGRAMME, BRINGING TO
6,510 THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE RETURNED TO VIETNAM THE PROGRAMME BEGAN IN MARCH 1989.
ARRANGEMENT FOR INT'L VALUE ADDED SERVICES
* * * *
FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH U.S. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
OFFICIALS,
SPOKESMAN
INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE TODAY
SAID
VALUE ADDED DATA AND FACSIMILE SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE U.S.
THIRD PARTIES USING MAY NOW BE PROVIDED TO LEASED
A GOVERNMENT (THURSDAY).
CIRCUITS
(IPLC'S),
IPLC'S ON
LEASED AT THE
"THE SERVICES INVOLVED WILL BE PROVIDED THE NORMAL FLAT RATES FROM HONG KONG TELECOM INTERNATIONAL LTD AT
CARRIERS AT THE U.S. HONG KONG END AND FROM THE U.S. INTERNATIONAL END.
OPEN THE WAY FOR "IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL
INTERNATIONAL THE COMPETITIVE PROVISION OF A WIDE RANGE OF AFFORDABLE
BUSINESS AT THE SOPHISTICATED VALUE ADDED SERVICES TARGETTED THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE SAID THE ARRANGEMENT APPLIED ONLY TO PROVIDED BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE U.S.
USER,
VALUE ADDED SERVICES
"HOWEVER, WE