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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1987

REPATRIATION OF EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE 11'S BEGINS

IMMIGRANTS

BY

508 LEAVING FOR

THE REPATRIATION OF EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL SEA BEGAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WITH THE FIRST GROUP OF GUANGXI ON THE FERRY LO SHAN THIS EVENING.

125 WOMEN AND 145 CHILDREN, THE GROUP, COMPRISING 238 MEN,

PIER AT 6 PM BOARDED THE LO SHAN AT THE LOK ON PAI DESALTING PLANT FOR THEIR 40-HOUR JOURNEY TO BEI HAI.

MR NIGEL

FRENCH, CO-OPERATION

THOSE

PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, SAID THE REPATRIATION PROGRAMME, CONDUCTED WITH THE FULL

CHINESE

SERVED AS AUTHORITIES,

A

ΤΟ DETERRENT OF THE CONTEMPLATING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO THE TERRITORY.

STATUS CONFIRMED BY MR FRENCH SAID.

"ALL ECVII'S IN HONG KONG WHO HAVE THEIR THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WILL BE SENT BACK,"

ANOTHER 1,400 ECVII'S WILL BE REPATRIATED BY SEA TO GUANGXI THREE MORE VOYAGES, THE LAST TO LEAVE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

IN

AT

PRESENT

THERE

ARB ABOUT

TERRITORY.

1,500 ECVII'S

STILL IN

THE

STAR FERRY GRANTED NEW ROUTE, HYF FARE INCREASE APPROVED

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO GRANT THE STAR FERRY COMPANY THE FRANCHISE TO OPERATE A NEW PASSENGER FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN TSIM SHA TSUI AND WAN CHAI.

THE NEW SERVICE WILL OPERATE FROM KOWLOON POINT PIER ΤΟ THE WAN CHAI FERRY PIER AT A FARE OF $1 FOR ADULTS AND 50 CENTS FOR STUDENTS OR CHILDREN. THE FARE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE MAINTAINED FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.

IN MAKING THE DECISION, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ALSO DIRECTED THAT THE SERVICE SHOULD START NOT LATER THAN APRIL NEXT YEAR.

BY THE

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ALSO APPROVED AN APPLICATION HONGKONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY (HYF) FOR FARE INCREASES FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR.

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