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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1989

THE

"THIS RESPONSIBILITY HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT VIGOROUSLY, WITH CLOSE INVOLVEMENT OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

NEW INITIATIVES. BUT WITHIN THE PROPER CONSTITUTIONAL

"

"WE ARE RECEPTIVE TO ANY SUGGESTION FOR THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE CARRIED OUT FRAMEWORK.'

THE

NO

FOR ROOM

DOUBTING THAT MR LEE SAID THIS REPLY LEFT

STATE, WAS RESPONSIBLE UNITED KINGDOM, BEING HONG KONG'S SOVEREIGN IR POLICIES APPLICABLE TO HONG KONG ON THE V8P PROBLEM.

FINDING

TO

ΤΟ THE UK, THIS INTRACTABLE

IT WAS THEREFORE ONLY RIGHT FOR HONG KONG TO LOOK

A SOLUTION AS BEING RESPONSIBLE PROBLEM.

FOR

"BUT I AM AFRAID THE GENERAL FEELING THIS REGARD IS ONE OF DISCONTENT," HE SAID.

AMONG THE COMMUNITY IN

THAT MR LEE SAID

UK'S THE

REFUGEES WAS DISMAL.

RECORD

IN THE

RESETTLEMENT

OF

THE

TAKEN FEWER THAN 1,000 OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE UK HAD VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG WHEREAS DURING THE SAME PERIOD UNITED STATES AND CANADA HAD RESETTLED 5.900 AND 5,300 RESPECTIVELY.

FAILED

ΤΟ COUNTRIES

ACCEPT MORE TO TAKE A LEAD?"

HE

"CAN WE EXPECT OTHER RESETTLEMENT REFUGEES WHEN OUR SOVEREIGN STATE HAS ASKED.

TO

AS A CRUCIAL OPPORTUNITY HE DESCRIBED THE GENEVA CONFERENCE WHERE THE COUNTRIES REPRESENTED COULD ARRIVE AT A DURABLE SOLUTION THE PROBLEM.

OF REPATRIATION

IN THIS RESPECT, MANDATORY RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES WERE THE TWO CRUCIAL TAKE THE LEAD IN THIS RESPECT, HE SAID.

NON-REFUGEES AND MATTERS. THE UK MUST

COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT SHOULD AGREE

IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE OTHER RESETTLEMENT MORE OF THOSE CLASSIFIED AS REFUGEES, THE UK GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE ITS INTAKE QUOTA FROM HONG KONG SO THAT COULD BE SET FOR OTHER COUNTRIES ATTENDING THE GENEVA CONFERENCE.

THAT HONG

KONG

PEOPLE

A CLEAR EXAMPLE

GENEVA TO

LOOKED ΤΟ THE SAID MR LEE CONFERENCE AS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PRODUCE A DURABLE SOLUTION TO THE VBP PROBLEM.

INDEED, THE

HE SAID IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE FOR THE UK AND, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO IGNORE THE FEELINGS AND WISHES OF THE KONG PEOPLE.

HONG

TO THE PEOPLE OF RESPONSIBILITY AS THE

"WE URGE THE UNITED KINGDOM TO DEMONSTRATE

ITS BASIC HONG KONG THAT IT IS FULFILLING SOVEREIGN STATE, HE CONCLUDED.

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