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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1988

REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR BOUND FOR TALKS IN BANGKOK

THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, MR MIKE HANSON, WILL LEAVE FOR BANGKOK TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO TAKE PART IN A MEETING WHICH WILL CHART THE COURSE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES NEXT YEAR.

ASEAN

PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING WILL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM COUNTRIES, THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP

(COMPRISING U.S.A., CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN), AND THE UNHCR.

OF THE UK TEAM,

MR HANSON WILL BE PARTICIPATING AS A MEMBER WHICH HAS BEEN INVITED AS AN OBSERVER.

THE MEETING WILL BE HELD FROM SEPTEMBER 16 TO 17.

DB MEMBERS VISIT VR CENTRE

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SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS VISITED THE SHAM SHUI PO CLOSED CENTRE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO OBTAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LIVING THERE.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GREGORY LEUNG, THEY WERE FIRST BRIEFED ON THE REASONS LEADING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO RELAX THE CLOSED CENTRES BY THE. PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MRS CARRIE YAU.

FOLLOWING THE BRIEFING, MEMBERS TOURED THE CENTRE AND HAD A LOOK AT THE FACILITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND SOME VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

THE SHAM SHUI PO CLOSED CENTRE INCLUDING 3,287 MALES AND 1,860 FEMALES.

BY THE

CORRECTIONAL

NOW HOUSES 5,147

VIETNAMESE,

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