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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21,

1988

FUNDS APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VBE DETENTION CENTRE

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY (WEDNESDAY Į APPROVED REVISED PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD BY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR FUNDS FOR THE PHASED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETENTION CENTRE FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AT WHITEHEAD, WU KAI SHA.

THE FUNDS, TOTALLY $175.6 MILLION, ARE FOR THE CAPITAL COST FOR THE PHASED CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE 1 AND II OF THE DETENTION CENTRE.

MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT STAGE I OF THE CENTRE, COMPRISING TWO MODULES WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY FOR 4,800 PEOPLE, WOULD INITIALLY.

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BE CONSTRUCTED

THE

IF NECESSARY. AND SUBJECT TO CONTINUOUS REVIEW OF

A SECOND STAGE SUBSEQUENT ARRIVAL PATTERN OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, COMPRISING ANOTHER TWO SIMILAR MODULES WOULD

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BRING THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE CENTRE TO 9,600.

EARLIER PROPOSALS

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THE

THE

RECURRENT EXPENDITURES FOR OPERATION OF THE CENTRE WERE WITHDRAWN AT TODAY'S MEETING BECAUSE FUNDS WOULD NOT BE NEEDED UNTIL THE CENTRE BRCAMB OPERATIONAL AND COULD BE SUBMITTED WHEN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECONVENED IN OCTOBER.

NORWEGIAN DELEGATION IN FIK TO SELECT VR'S FOR RESETTLEMENT

IS

A DELEGATION FROM OSLO

CURRENTLY VISITING FLONG KONG TO SELECT 120 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT IN NORWAY.

THE

DELEGATION

WILL

INTERVIEW POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR RESETTLEMENT FROM AMONG HONG KONG'S LONG-STAYER REFUGEE POPULATION.

RESIDUAL

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WELCOMES THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT'S INITIATIVE IN OFFERING TO RESETTLE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG'S CASELOAD OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

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