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199 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flight
A group of 199 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam, today (Monday) on the 40th flight under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
All of the returnees, comprising 97 men, 50 women, 24 boys and 28 girls, are from Central and South Vietnam.
The majority of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1991, with the remaining in 1989 and 1990.
The group brought to 3,328 the total number repatriated on ORP flights since November 1991.
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Monitors' Report submitted to CS
The monitors appointed to observe the Orderly Repatriation Programme operation this (Monday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
The two monitors comprised a non-official Justice of the Peace, Mr Chow Chun-fai; and a representative from a non-governmental organisation, Ms Madeleine Slavick from Oxfam.
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Public consultation sessions on special education report
The Board of Education Sub-committee on Special Education has completed a report on the review of local special education.
The report, entitled Report of the Sub-committee on Special Education, offers 70 improvement recommendations, covering 10 areas in special education.
Public consultations are now under way.