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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988

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UNHCR INVITES HK TO ATTEND MAJOR MEETING

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INVITATION ASYLUM

FROM THE SEEKERS IN

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED AN

MEETING ON INDOCHINESE UNHCR TO TAKE PART IN A SOUTHEAST ASIA TO BE HELD IN BANGKOK ON OCTOBER 27 AND 28.

REPRESENTATIVES

PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING WILL INCLUDE ASEAN AND MAJOR RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES AND THE UNHCR.

OF

THE

LEADING PART FORM

PROCESS THE MEETING WILL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDOCHINESE ASYLUM SEEKERS NEXT YEAR.

FROM

TO AN

SECRETARY

REFUGEE FOR

THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL COMPRISE MR MIKE HANSON, CO-ORDINATOR, AND MR ALAN SECURITY.

FUNG, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT

21 HILL FIRES IN COUNTRY PARKS

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THERE WERE 21 HILL FIRES IN THE COUNTRY DAY OF THE CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL.

YESTERDAY, PARKS

THE

THE COUNTRY PARKS PROTECTION OFFICER FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR C.W. LAI, SAID THIS (THURSDAY)

HECTARES OF 97 THESE FIRES HAD DAMAGED A TOTAL OF 1,000 TREES.

OF

THE AGRICULTURE

MORNING PARK AREAS

AND THAT AND

SUPPORT OF

"WE HAVE MOBILISED 250 FIRE CREW MEMBERS, WITH THE ADDITIONAL 120 CIVIL AID SERVICES MEMBERS, IN FIGHTING THE FIRES.

"ALL FIRES WERE PUT OUT BEFORE MIDNIGHT,

HE SAID.

A TOTAL OF 52 HILL FIRES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE LAST MONTH, DAMAGING A TOTAL OF 214 HECTARES OF PLANTATIONS 8,100 TREES.

IN

THE COUNTRY

PARKS

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