FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1992
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ARGYLE STREET DETENTION CENTRE TO BE CLOSED NEXT MONTH
THE
ARGYLE ACCOMMODATE UP ΤΟ VIETNAMESE MONTH.
WOMEN
STREET DETENTION CENTRE, UNTIL
1,000 VIETNAMESE DETAINEES INCLUDING
CLOSED TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER CAMPS, WILL BE
RECENTLY
USED PREGNANT NEXT
TO
IN
THIS FOLLOWS THE GRADUAL REDUCTION IN THE OVERALL VIETNAMESE MIGRANT POPULATION IN HONG KONG AND THE OPENING OF A NEW SECTION THE
TAK VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE DEPARTURE CENTRE FOR VIETNAMESE WOMEN AWAITING TRANSFER TO URBAN HOSPITALS.
ΚΑΙ
THE
ANNOUNCING
CLOSURE TODAY (FRIDAY), THE REFUGEE CO- ORDINATOR, MR CLINTON LEEKS, SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST CENTRE TO CLOSE SINCE THE SIGNATURE OF THE ORDERLY REPATRIATION AGREEMENT WITH VIETNAM LAST OCTOBER.
"THIS
THE REFLECTS
DROP IN THE SIZE OF POPULATION BY ABOUT 8,000 SINCE THEN," HE SAID,
THE
NON-REFUGEE
"WITH THIS REDUCTION, AND WITH THE OPENING OF A NEW SECTION FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AT THE KAI TAK CENTRE, THE ARGYLE CENTRE CAN BE CLOSED, THUS RELEASING ABOUT 60 POLICEMEN FOR NORMAL LAW AND ORDER DUTIES," ADDED.
CURRENTLY, PREGNANT VIETNAMESE WOMEN ARE TRANSFERRED ARGYLE
AT ABOUT 28 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY TO REDUCE THE CENTRE EMERGENCY TRANSFER BY SEA OR AIR AND TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE ON THE MATERNITY FACILITIES IN THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL TIN.
HE
ΤΟ
THE
RISK PRESSURE IN SHA
OF
THE
USED
TO
TAK ΚΑΙ
DEPARTURE CENTRE HAS UNTIL NOW BEEN ACCOMMODATE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT,
THE
THIS DEPARTURE FACILITY FOR REFUGEES WILL NOW BE MOVED TO ADJACENT FORMER NEW HORIZONS SCHOOL BUILDING, RENAMED THE NEW HORIZONS VIETNAMESE REFUGEE DEPARTURE CENTRE.
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"THERE HAS BEEN A VIETNAMESE CENTRE OF SOME KIND AT ARGYLE OVER A DECADE, MR LEEKS SAID.
FOR
"THE
FACILITIES THERE ARE NOW VERY OLD AND GIVEN ITS CAPACITY OF ONLY ABOUT 1,000, TO KEEP THE CENTRE OPEN WILL NOT HELP TO THIN OUT THE
NOT POPULATION AT OTHER DETENTION CENTRES AND IS CERTAINLY MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY OF USING OUR RESOURCES."
THE
NOW
TAKE
THE CIVIL AID SERVICES, WHO HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE ARGYLE CENTRE 1988 SINCE
AND THE KAI TAK DEPARTURE CENTRE SINCE
WILL 1990, REDEPLOY THEIR MANPOWER TO CONTINUE RUNNING KAI TAK AND ALSO TO ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ADJACENT NEW HORIZONS DEPARTURE CENTRE.
THE EXISTING KAI TAK DEPARTURE CENTRE WILL BE RENAMED THE TAK VIETNAMESE MIGRANT TRANSIT CENTRE.
/APART FROM
KAI