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203 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flights
Two groups totalling 203 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam today (Tuesday) on the 93rd and 94th flights under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
The majority of the returnees, comprising 158 men, 30 women, seven boys and eight girls, were from North Vietnam. Only eleven of the returnees were from Central and South Vietnam.
Most of the returnees arrived in Hong Kong in 1996, with the remaining in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991.
The two groups brought to 9,502 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 (Tuesday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
The two monitors comprised a non-official Justice of the Peace. Mrs Katherine Chau Ma Pui-kin; and representative from a non-government organisation, Ms Helene Curran from Christian Action.
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