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MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1988

FROM

WHEN ASKED ABOUT AN INCREASED SHARE

THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES IN THE COSTS OF THE UPKEEP OF REFUGEES, SIR DAVID REPLIED: "AS WE HAVE SAID, WE ARE STARTING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE UNHCR OVER THE QUESTION OF SHARING COSTS.

"WE BELIEVE THAT, AS IN OTHER

COUNTRIES WHERE THE UNHCR DO SHARE A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THE COST OF LOOKING AFTER PEOPLE SCREENED IN AND SCREENED OUT AS REFUGEES, SO IN HONG KONG WE SHOULD NOT BE AN EXCEPTION TO THAT BROAD GUIDELINE.

"THAT IS WHY WE ARE

ENTERING INTO DISCUSSION NOW WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AND WE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD BE FRUITFUL AND HONG KONG'S SHARE OF THE COSTS WILL BE REDUCED."

ASKED ABOUT THE UNHCR'S ROLE IN THE RUNNING OF HONG KONG'S REFUGEE AFFAIRS, SIR DAVID SAID THE UNHCR WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT.

"THEY ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED NATIONS BODY HERE AND THEIR ROLE IS VERY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF FINDING RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR THOSE WHO ARE SCREENED IN AS REFUGEES, HE SAID.

CS HIGHLIGHTS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, MANPOWER TRAINING

THE INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AND MANPOWER TRAINING

IN COMPONENT

PUBLIC SPENDING AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO KEEP ON THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

IS

LARGEST RISING,

HE SAID INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA HAD RISEN FROM 15 PER

18 PER CENT LAST THE TOTAL PUBLIC SECTOR EXPENDITURE IN 1983-84 TO YEAR.

CENT

OF

THIS HE

PHYSICS

"IN OUR FORECAST OF PLANNED TRENDS IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, SHARE IS EXPECTED TO GROW EVEN FURTHER IN THE MEDIUM TERM FUTURE,

AT SAID

THIRD CEREMONY OF THE OPENING THE

ASIA CONFERENCE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

PACIFI

OF 200 WORLD

SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES THE CONFERENCE, ONE OF THE LARGEST ITS KIND EVER HELD IN HONG KONG, IS BEING ATTENDED BY OVER RENOWNED PHYSICISTS, INCLUDING THREE NOBEL LAUREATES.

/SIR DAVID