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218 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flights
Two groups totalling 218 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam, today (Tuesday) on the 57th and 58th flights under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
All of the returnees, comprising 101 men, 51 women, 40 boys and 26 girls, are from North Vietnam.
The majority of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1989, with the remaining in 1991, 1995 and 1996.
The two groups brought the total number repatriated on ORP flights to 5,487 since November 1991.
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Monitors' report submitted to CS
The monitors appointed to observe the Orderly Repatriation Programme operation this (Tuesday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
The two monitors comprised a non-official Justice of the Peace, Mrs Justina Leung Ngai Mou-yin; and representative from a non-government organisation, Ms Phoenix Leung from Oxfam, Hong Kong.
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