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118 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flight
A group
of 118 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam, today (Thursday) on the 48th flight under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
All of the returnees, comprising 43 men, 29 women, 24 boys and 22 girls, are from North Vietnam.
The majority of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1989, with the remaining in 1988 and 1991.
The group brought the total number repatriated on ORP flights to 4,369 since November 1991.
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Monitors' Report submitted to CS
The monitors appointed to observe the Orderly Repatriation Programme operation this (Thursday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
The two monitors comprised a non-official Justice of the Peace, Mr Joseph Chow Ming-kuen, and a representative from a non-government organisation. Mr Chan Sui-jeung from Caritas-Hong Kong.
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