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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1987

HE TOLD THE CONVENTION THAT THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE IN HONG KONG AWAITING RESETTLEMENT WAS AGAIN RISING. THERE SOME 9,200, WHICH IS THE SECOND LARGEST GROUP OF VIETNAMESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE HIGHEST PROPORTION OF, LONG-STAYERS.

REFUGEES

ARE NOW REFUGEES

"SIXTY PER CENT OF THESE REFUGEES HAVE BEEN IN HONG KONG FOR OVER THREE YEARS AND 12 PER CENT FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY,

INCREASED BY THE SITUATION IS WORSENING; ARRIVALS THIS YEAR HAVE

BY 48 PER PER CENT, WHILE THE RESETTLEMENT RATE HAS DECREASED COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR,' HE SAID.

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ON UK'S RESETTLEMENT PROGRMME, AMBASSADOR SANKEY POINTED OUT THAT IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ALREADY FURTHER 468 SETTLED IN BRITAIN, UK WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ACCEPTING A REFUGEES WITH RELATIVES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

"HONG KONG ITSELF, DESPITE SEVERE IMMIGRATION PRESSURES, SINCE APRIL 1986 OFFERED OVER 250 PLACES TO LONG-STAYING REFUGEES, ADDITION TO THE 14,500 AB9SORDED SINCE 1975," HE SAID.

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GOVERNOR TO GIVE SUMMARY OF ADDRESS ON TV

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL APPEAR ON TELEVISION TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) EVENING TO GIVE A SUMMARY OF HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS DELIVERED EARLIER IN THE DAY AT THE OPENING OF THE 1987-88 SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THE PROGRAMME, PRODUCED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, WILL BE BROADCAST ON BOTH OF HONG KONG'S COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS.

FOR ENGLISH VIEWERS, SIR DAVID WILL

APPEAR ON TVB PEARL AT

8 PM, AND ON ATV DIAMOND AT 8.30 PM, BOTH SLOTS AFTER THE

STATIONS' NEWSCASTS.

FOR CHINESE VIEWERS, THE GOVERNOR CAN BE SEEN ON TVB JADE 7 PM AND ON ATV GOLD AT 6.55 PM.

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