TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1985
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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE CONTINUE ON WAY
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A GROUP OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, WHO ENTERED HONG KONG WATERS ON MAY 23. VOLUNTARILY DECIDED TO CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY ON MAY 27, A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED TODAY.
THE GROUP ORIGINALLY CONSISTED OF 61 PEOPLE
25 WOMEN AND EIGHT CHILDREN.
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28 MEN,
THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE LEFT GUANGNING, NORTH VIETNAM, ON APRIL 22 AND TO HAVE STOPPED OVER IN CHINA BEFORE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG,
FOUR MEN IN THE GROUP WERE FOUND TO BE CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND WERE REPATRIATED TO CHINA ON MAY 25.
THE REMAINING 57 VIETNAMESE CHOSE TO CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY EASTWARDS.
THEY WERE PROVIDED WITH FOOD, WATER AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS. MINOR REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THEIR BOAT AND ITS ENGINE.
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THIS WAS THE NINTH BOAT TO LEAVE HONG KONG SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CLOSED CENTRE POLICY IN JULY 1982 AND THE SIXTH BOAT TO LEAVE THIS YEAR.
GOVERNOR TO OPEN NEW CHINA FLEET CLUB
THE GOVERNOR.
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SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPEN ING OF THE NEW CHINA FLEET CLUB PREMISES IN WAN CHAI ON THURSDAY EVENING (MAY 30).
HE WILL ARRIVE AT THE CLUB AT 6.10 PM AND WILL BE GREETED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLUB, CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER GOTTO, RN, AND THE GENERAL MANAGER, MR PHIL BALDWIN,
THE GOVERNOR WILL THEN DOT THE EYES OF A LION, AND CUT THE RIBBON AT THE CLUB'S MAIN ENTRANCE, BEFORE UNVEILING A PLAQUE.
AFTER BEING GREETED IN THE LOBBY BY THE CLUB'S TRUSTEES, MR MARTIN BARROW AND MR MICHAEL SANDBERG, SIR EDWARD WILL BE ESCORTED INTO THE RECEPTION HALL TO OFFER A TOAST AND CUT A CAKE.
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