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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1994
15 VMS TRANSFERRED
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FIFTEEN
VIETNAMESE
THE
PRISON
REPATRIATION
FROM MIGRANTS (VMS) WERE TRANSFERRED HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING TO VICTORIA IN
ORDERLY PREPARATION FOR THEIR RETURN HOME UNDER THE
PROGRAMME (ORP).
EARLY THIS MORNING, 11 VMS COMPRISING TWO MEN, SEVEN WOMEN TWO BOYS, PRESENTED THEMSELVES FOR TRANSFER FOLLOWING COUNSELLING CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) STAFF.
OTHERS, FOUR
THREE MEN AND ONE WOMAN, WHO CLIMBED ON ROOFTOPS OF THREE HUTS, CAME DOWN SHORTLY BEFORE 10 AM.
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AND
BY
ΤΟ
THE
CENTRE
UNDERGO
AS WAS THE CASE WITH THE 39 VMS WHO LEFT THE DETENTION YESTERDAY, ALL 15 WERE TRANSFERRED TO VICTORIA PRISON PREFLIGHT DOCUMENTATION AND MEDICAL CHECKS PRIOR TO THEIR REPATRIATION ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 25).
THE REFUGEE
PLEASED THAT THE VOLUNTARILY.
CO-ORDINATOR, MR BRIAN
MAJORITY OF THE VAST
BRESNIHAN, MIGRANTS LEFT
SAID
HE WAS THE CENTRE
"THE
DAYS WAS
COUNSELLING WHICH TOOK PLACE OVER THE LAST TWO CLEARLY EFFECTIVE AND MUCH CREDIT IS DUE TO THE STAFF OF CSD."
WAS SMOOTH AND WAS COMPLETED IN LESS
THE OPERATION
HOUR.
IN
THAN ONE
ALL,
END OF THE FIVE VMS WERE MEDICALLY EXAMINED BY THE OPERATION. THREE WERE FOUND TO HAVE MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TREATED. ONE CSD OFFICER THE REMAINING TWO DID NOT REQUIRE ANY TREATMENT. SUSTAINED ABRASIONS TO HIS HAND.
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MR BRESNIHAN SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT REMAINED COMMITTED TO THE ORP. "THE
RESOLVE EXERCISE THIS MORNING WAS A MEASURE OF ITS REPATRIATE ALL SCREENED-OUT VMS TO VIETNAM.
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CONCERTED EFFORTS IN FIGHTING AGAINST AIDS
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THE GOVERNMENT
OF
AND
SPREAD WOULD DO EVERYTHING TO CONTAIN THE AIDS AND WOULD PROVIDE NOT JUST MEDICAL CARE BUT ALSO COUNSELLING A FULL RANGE OF SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH HIV AND AIDS.
SAID
KONG
OF THE
THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS KATHERINE FOK,
HONG THIS WHILE OFFICIATING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE AIDS FORTNIGHT 1994 OPENING DAY TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE PIAZZA HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE.
"WE
CARING
ABOUT AND
SHALL CONTINUE IN OUR EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND
INSTIL IN то
THE COMMUNITY AN INFORMED. COMPASSIONATE APPROACH TO THE DISEASE, MRS FOK SAID.
AIDS,
/THE HONG