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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1988

THE GOVERNOR WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE HUNG HOM BAY RECLAMAT LON AND THOSE ASPECTS OF THE METROPLAN THAT RELATE

THE KOWLOON CITY

DISTRICT.

ΤΟ

HIS VISIT THE FINAL EVENT OF

WAS A TEA

AT RECEPTION

THE TALK ΤΟ KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, WHERE HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.

RELAXATION AIMED AT EXPEDITING RESETTLEMENT: SIR DAVID

CLOSED CAMPS FOR EASIER FOR THEM TO GET THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON,

THE GRADUAL LIBERALISATION OF CONDITIONS IN VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IS AIMED AT MAKING IT RESETTLEMENT OPPORTUNITIES OVERSEAS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

VISITING KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT, SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER SIR DAVID SAID WHAT THE REFUGEES WANTED WAS RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS.

"SECONDLY, WE WANT THE PEOPLE TO BE LOOKED AFTER THAT THAT IS A CARE ON THE UNCHR AND NOT ON TILES COMMUNITY,

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BY UNHCR

HE SAID.

SO

"AND THIRDLY, WE WANT CONDITIONS TO

BE REASONABLE

FOR THOSE

PEOPLE.

"BUT IT'S A GRADUAL PROCESS WHICH WILL NOT, DISRUPTION TO PEOPLE IN THE AREAS WHERE THOSE CAMI'S STRESSED.

I THINK, ARE,

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CAUSE ANY SIR DAVID

RESOLVED BEFORE

ASKED WHETHER THE

1997,

PROBLEM

SIR DAVID SAID, IMPORTANT IN THIS CONTEXT AT ALL.

WOULD BE REFUGEES VIETNAMESE OF

1997 THINK

IS *I DON'T

"THIS IS A PROBLEM WHICH HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG WANT TO GET IT SETTLED AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN,

TIME. WE

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BE EXPLAINED.

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STILL

US IF IT IS

WITH DISAPPOINTMENT, PURELY BECAUSE IT BECAUSE THERE IS ANY MAGIC TO THE DATE

BY

1997.

THAT

WILL

A IS

LONG

PERIOD OF

A TIME.

GREAT NOT

1997,

HE SAID.

THE GOVERNOR