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180 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flights
Two groups totalling 180 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam today (Wednesday) on the 65th and 66th flights under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
All of the returnees, comprising 92 men, 50 women, 23 boys and 15 girls, are from North Vietnam.
The majority of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1989, with the remaining in 1988, 1991, 1995 and 1996.
The two groups brought to 6,305 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 (Wednesday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
The two monitors comprised a non-official Justice of the Peace, Professor Joseph Cheng Yu-shek; and representative from a non-government organisation, Ms Debra Chow Mei-nor from Caritas, Hong Kong.
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Respect Our Teachers English Essay Contest
Schools are reminded to submit their students' entries to "Respect Our Teachers English Essay Contest" on or before November 15, 1996
The contest, jointly organised by the Committee on Respect Our Teachers Campaign and the Education Department and sponsored by Hongkong Standard, aims at arousing the awareness of respecting teachers and promoting their image.