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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1989

APPEALS OUR APPEAL PROCEDURE WAS TOO LENGTHY AND NO DECIDED SO FAR.

HAD BEEN

"WE ARE DETERMINED TO IMPROVE THIS RECORD, THROUGH A SPEEDIER WILL AIM ΤΟ AND MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF SCREENING AND REVIEW WHICH

IN 12 DISPOSE OF ALL OUTSTANDING CASES

MONTHS AND ALL NEW CASES WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF ARRIVAL, HE SAID.

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TO BRING BEFORE HE TOLD MEMBERS THAT TO THIS END HE INTENDED

OF THE THE COUNCIL BEFORE THE END

PRESENT SESSION LEGISLATION TO INTRODUCE A MUCH SIMPLER APPEAL AND REVIEW PROCEDURE.

MR ASPREY SAID HONG KONG SHOULD PRESS FOR MANDATORY ΤΟ DEVELOP SUFFICIENT REPATRIATION IF VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION FAILED MOMENTUM.

VIETNAM "WE BELIEVE THAT

MUST BE PERSUADED TO HONOUR ITS OBLIGATIONS TO ACCEPT BACK ITS OWN NATIONALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE, AND NOT TO TREAT THOSE WHO RETURN HARSHLY

BELIEF THAT FOLLOWING THEIR MISGUIDED

A BETTER LIFE AWAITS

OUTSIDE VIETNAM, HE SAID.

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FOR

THEM

MR ASPREY TOLD MEMBERS PREPARATORY CONFERENCE IN KUALA THESE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS.

THAT

THE DRAFT PLAN LUMPUR IN MARCH HAD

AGREED

AT

THE

INCLUDED

ALL

THE BASIS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE

PROVIDES "I BELIEVE THAT IT SOLUTION ON WHICH WE MUST BUILD IN GENEVA.

IN

A

THERE

A LEADING ROLE "THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT HAS PLAYED THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFERENCE: AND HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT MUST BE COMPREHENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RETURN TO VIETNAM WITHIN REALISTIC TIMESCALE OF ALL THOSE SCREENED OUT AS REFUGEES," HE SAID.

MR ASPREY SAID THE BURDEN ON OUR RESOURCES WOULD ALL THESE ELEMENTS OF A LASTING SOLUTION, IN PARTICULAR COULD BE ACHIEVED.

THE UNITED

HE

BURDEN,

REMAIN UNTIL

REPATRIATION,

REFERRING TO CALLS FOR THE UNHCR AND

KINGDOM ΤΟ

THE FINANCIAL SHARE A LARGER PART OF

SAID: "IT IS AN THE INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM AND WE CAN REASONABLY EXPECT

CONTRIBUTION EITHER FINANCIALLY OR BY COMMUNITY TO MAKE A GREATER

FOR SOME OF OUR PRESENT PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION OUTSIDE HONG KONG POPULATION OF BOAT PEOPLE.

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MR ASPREY NOTED THAT THE

THE MOST

UNITED KINGDOM HAD PROVIDED RIGHT THE UNHCR IN THE LAST MILLION POUND STERLING TO HONG KONG THROUGH NINE MONTHS.

RECENT DONATION OF SIX MILLION POUND STERLING FOR REIMBURSING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THE PILLAR POINT CAMP WAS MADE AT SHORT NOTICE TO HONG KONG'S URGENT REQUEST.

FURTHER

ASSISTANCE

IN RESPONSE

BOTH

"WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WIDER INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY," HE SAID.

FROM

/"RECALLING THE