THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1991
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"THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF CO-OPERATION GOING ON BETWEEN OUR POLICE FORCK AND THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU IN GUANGDONG. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CO-OPERATION CONTINUE BECAUSE IF WE HAVE PROBLEMS AND THEY SPREAD ACROSS THE BORDER, OR IF THEY HAVE PROBLEMS IN GUANGDONG AND THEY SPREAD ACROSS OUR BORDER, IT'S A PROBLEM FOR BOTH OF US," HE SAID.
TURNING TO THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANT PROBLEM, SIR DAVID SAID THIS WAS A VERY WORRYING PROBLEM AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE "WE ARE BACK INTO A SITUATION WHERE THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE COMING HERE ARE VERY DIFFICULT FOR HONG KONG TO COPE WITH.
"THE ANSWER TO THIS IS THE SAME AS THE ANSWER IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AFTER PEOPLE WHO ARE GENUINE POLITICAL REFUGEES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RESETTLED, HE SAID.
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DO THAT WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SENDING BACK ΤΟ THEIR HOMES IN VIETNAM, PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT REFUGEES, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK AT AND WE'VE GOT TO FIND A SOLUTION ΤΟ TO," HE ADDED.
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I HOPE THAT THE DISCUSSIONS WHICH WILL BE HELD SOON, BETWEEN THE UK, WITH HONG KONG TAKING PART, AND VIETNAM WILL HELP PRODUCE SOME FORWARD MOVEMENT ON THAT ISSUE BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO FIND ANSWERS TO THIS PROBLEM, SIR DAVID SAID.
GOVERNOR ATTENDS OLD KAIFONGS ' BIRTHDAY PARTY
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MORE THAN 100 ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT HAD A SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOUR AT THEIR BIRTHDAY (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
AND WESTERN PARTY THIS
ON HAND TO WISH THEM A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND GOOD HEALTH' WAS THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WHO WAS VISITING THE DAY CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY RUN BY THE KENNEDY TOWN KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION.
HE CHATTED WITH THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES AND WAS BRIEFED BY THE CHAIRMAN, MR CHOW YIN-SUM, ON THE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE ASSOCIATION.
DURING HIS VISIT TO THE DISTRICT, SIR DAVID ALSO INSPECTED CONSTRUCTION OF THE HILLSIDE ESCALATOR LINK AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE $186 MILLION PROJECT BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL ENGINEER, MR WONG WAH-LUN.
HE ALSO CALLED ON THE CARITAS CENTRE RUN BY THE ROMAN CHURCH IN CAINE ROAD WHERE HE MET TRAINEES OF A PRINTING TOURED A KINDERGARTEN AND VISITED AN EARLY EDUCATION AND CENTRE FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN UNDER SIX.
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