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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1989
HONG
IT SHOULD ACCEPT FOR RESETTLEMENT MANY MORE REFUGEES FROM
AND ALSO PAY THE KONG AND THEREBY ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO FOLLOW SUIT,
AND BOAT PEOPLE LION'S SHARE OF THE COST OF THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HERE.
THAT SAID
PRESS THE MR ARCULLI ALSO
BRITAIN SHOULD
FROM HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ACCEPT MANY MORE REFUGEES
BURDEN, WELL
THE FINANCIAL AS BEAR
FAIR SHARE THEIR
OF
ASYLUM PARTICULARLY THOSE COUNTRIES THAT DID NOT HAVE A FIRST PORT OF POLICY OR THOSE THAT DID NOT ACCEPT REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT.
AS
HE SAID BRITAIN SHOULD ALSO
PRESS THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT SUCH FURTHER ACTION TRADE SANCTIONS, TO PREVENT A FURTHER
TO ACCEPT MANDATORY REPATRIATION, AND ALSO TAKE AGAINST VIETNAM, INCLUDING OUTFLOW OF PEOPLE.
BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM A 'TIME BOMB'
THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
PEOPLE AND BOAT
IN HONG BE MORE EXCRUCIATING THAN ΤΟ KONG IS A TIME BOMB, AND NOTHING CAN
IN ANTICIPATE THE EXPLOSION OF SUCH A BOMB, THE HON DAVID CHEUNG SAID THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN
THE MOTION DEBATE
BOAT PEOPLE, FOR 10 YEARS THE HAD BEEN SPENT
VIETNAMESE ON MR CHEUNG SAID HONG KONG PEOPLE HAD BEEN ENDURING PAINS CAUSED BY THE PROBLEM, AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO LITTLE AVAIL.
"OUR PATIENCE HAS BEEN STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT; DISSATISFACTION ARE MOUNTING," HE STRESSED.
AND ANGER AND
AND
HE SAID BRITAIN MUST NOT SHIRK ITS DUE RESPONSIBILITIES, NEITHER SHOULD IT EXPECT HONG KONG TO CONTINUE SHOULDERING THE BURDEN.
MR CHEUNG POINTED OUT THAT FEW COUNTRIES HAD REACH OUT TO HELP HONG KONG ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM.
BEEN WILLING TO
THEIR DEMONSTRATE
HUMANITY BY "LET THOSE WHICH CRITICISE US
EVENTUALLY, SOLVE OUR TAKING CONCRETE STEPS TO EASE OUR BURDEN AND, PROBLEM, HE SAID.
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NOTING THAT HONG KONG MUST ADOPT
SELF-HELP SOME
MEASURES TO THE FIRST STEP OUT AS
CLEAR ITSELF OF THE BURDEN, MR CHEUNG SUGGESTED THAT WOULD BE TO REPATRIATE THOSE VIETNAMESE WHO HAD BEEN SCREENED NON-REFUGEES.
/SINCE REPATRIATION
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