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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987

LEADING "HONG KONG IS PLAYING A

ROLE WITHIN THE REGION IN HELPING TO CO-ORDINATE INTERNATIONAL ACTION AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING, SIR DAVID SAID.

"IT IS PARTICULARLY PLEASING TO NOTE THAT OUR CLOSE LIAISON REDUCED WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN THIS FIELD HAS SIGNIFICANTLY THE ILLEGAL IMPORT OF MANDRAX.

**

OF

LOCAL SIR DAVID SAID THE

PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE WAS BEING CONTAINED, PARTICULARLY AS REGARDS HEROIN. "WE ARE ALSO DEALING THE RISING PROBLEM

THE ABUSE OF PSYCHOTROPIC

WITH

SUBSTANCES,

HE

ADDED.

น

V INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION NEEDED TO SOLVE VR PROBLEM

CAN

A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

NUMBER OF COUNTRIES, ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY A CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT BY A

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TOLD (WEDNESDAY).

SOLUTION WOULD DEAL WITH THE "I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL DIPLOMACY BEFORE WE CAN

LONG-TERM NOTING THAT SUCH A PROBLEM AT ITS SOURCE, SIR DAVID SAID:

AND PATIENT REQUIRE A GREAT DEAL OF TIME EXPECT TO ACHIEVE RESULTS."

KONG

HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM BORE A FOR THE CONTINUING EXODUS OF PEOPLE WHICH AFFECTED NOT JUST HONG BUT ALSO ALL THE COUNTRIES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA.

KONG ALONE,

THE PROBLEM CERTAINLY COULD NOT BE SOLVED BY HONG AND IT ALSO REQUIRED THE CO-OPERATION OF THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES.

IS

IT "SO FAR THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM HAS SAID NO MORE THAN

BASIS. EXPERIENCE PREPARED TO CONSIDER REPATRIATION ON A CASE BY CASE

# SIR DAVID SAID. HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IS A VERY RESTRICTIVE DEFINITION,

GOVERNMENT, AND THE BRITISH BUT HE ASSURED MEMBERS THAT THE GOVERNMENT, WOULD CONTINUE TO SEEK A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WHICH HAD BEEN PRESENT FOR FAR TOO LONG.

INFLOW REFUGEE THE

WAS

SIR DAVID SAID COPING WITH UNDERSTANDABLY A MATTER OF GREAT PUBLIC CONCERN.

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