198 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flights
Two groups totalling 198 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam today (Tuesday) on the 95th and 96th flights under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
The majority of the returnees, comprising 127 men, 38 women, 19 boys and 14 girls, were from North Vietnam. Fifty of the returnees were from Central and South Vietnam.
Many of the returnees arrived in Hong Kong in 1996, with the remaining in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994 and 1995.
The two groups brought to 9,700 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, Mr Michael Cheng Tak-kin; and representative from a non-government organisation, Miss Amy Chak from Oxfam, Hong Kong,
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International Conference on Drug Education in Schools
The Director of Education, Mrs Helen C P Lai Yu, today (Tuesday) shared Hong Kong's experience on drug education in schools with representatives from the Pacific Rim countries at the International Conference on Drug Education in Schools.
Organised by the Education Department, the two-day conference is the first of its kind ever held in Hong Kong.