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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1988

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SCHOOL AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VBF AT ERSKINE CAMP

FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT OPENING OF

HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS TO MAKE LIFE EASIER PEOPLE IN ERSKINE CAMP, SAI KUNG, ARE CONTINUING WITH THE A SCHOOL AT THE CAMP AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF SOME JOBS.

AMONG THE

INMATES

IN SUITABLE

ARE BEING

AT

PEOPLE BOAT QUALIFIED SCHOOL TEACHERS EMPLOYED TO TEACH CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS. LAUNDERERS ARE WORK IN THE CAMP LAUNDRY; A BARBER SHOP HAS BEEN SET UP.

EMERGING

THAT

BOAT THE

PEOPLE SIGNS ARE FAVOURABLY TO THEIR UNFORTUNATE SITUATIONS AT ERSKINE.

ORGANISED

AS

ARE ADAPTING

THE BOAT PEOPLE

YET OF FIRM

THE

FAIR

TWO MONTHS SINCE IT OPENED ITS DOORS TO

CENTRE A CAMP HAS QUICKLY BECOME DISCIPLINE.

DISTURBANCES SO FAR HAVE BEEN MINOR AND MOST OF THE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCEPTED THEIR RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENT.

APPROACH

BUT IT IS A COMMANDANT OF THE CAMP SUPERINTENDENT VIANNEY WILLY-FURTH SAID:

TO THE SITUATION IS NOT A SOFT "OUR APPROACH BALANCED APPROACH AND IT IS ALREADY BEARING POSITIVE RESULTS."

BEEN TRANSFORMED SINCE IT OPENED IN EARLY AUGUST THE CAMP HAS

IN SAI JUNGLE OVERGROWN FROM A GROUP OF DERELICT NISSEN HUTS IN AN KUNG TO AN ORDERLY AND HABITABLE CAMP.

THE TERRITORY IT IS THE ONLY CAMP IN SUPERVISION OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.

TO BE

UNDER RUN

THE

THE FEEDING DAILY LIVES AND FAMILY

WITH THE PRELIMINARY WORK COMPLETE IN HOUSING AND

WOMEN SINGLE NEW ARRIVALS EFFORTS ARE NOW BEING MADE TO IMPROVE THEIR AT THE CAMP. HYGIENE AND THE SEPARATION OF GROUPS HAVE BEEN AMONG THE PRIORITIES.

THE AUGUST.

AFTER THE FIRST INTAKE OF 1,200 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT

AT

END OF THE HASTILY PREPARED CAMP A FURTHER 400 ARRIVED THERE HAVE BEEN SIX BIRTHS SINCE THE CAMP OPENED.

"THE VIETNAMESE

IN BEHAVED HAVE

AN

THEY OF

WHEN

SAID MR WILLY-FURTH:

PERIODS OF TENSION ORDERLY MANNER, APART FROM TWO BRIEF FIRST ARRIVED AND WHEN WE HAD TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ARRIVAL A FURTHER 400 PEOPLE.

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'WE HAD TO MOVE SOME TO MAKE WAY FOR WERE VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT

KNOW WHAT

AND THEY THE NEWCOMERS

HAPPENING WAS

TO

THEM.

"BUT THINGS QUICKLY RETURNED TO NORMAL."

/EARLY DISTURBANCES