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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1989

"TO BE SURE, THE RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT OURS BUT THAT OF THE

HE SAID. AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY,"

BENEFIT

UK

OF HONG KONG AND MORE PEOPLE, MUST WORK REPATRIATION AT THE COMING

MR LEE SAID THE UK, FOR THE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE SAKE OF THE UNFORTUNATE BOAT TOWARDS THE GOAL OF SECURING GENEVA CONFERENCE.

IT SHOULD ALSO SET AN REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG.

MANDATORY

EXAMPLE

BY INCREASING

ITS INTAKE OF

THAN CLEAR "THE VOICE EXPRESSED IN THIS COUNCIL TODAY IS MORE

THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONVEY AND SHOULD GIVE SUFFICIENT MANDATE TO OUR FEELINGS TO HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT.

HONG KONG

"IT WILL BE A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF

HE SAID. IF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT FAILS TO ACT UPON THEM,

THE PORT TURNING TO SUGGESTIONS THAT HONG KONG SHOULD ABANDON

REMAIN CALM AND OF FIRST ASYLUM POLICY, MR LEE SAID HONG KONG MUST REALLY EXAMINE WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH A CHANGE OF POLICY WERE.

"IS THE COMMUNITY WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES? THINK. AND THINK DEEPLY, WE REALLY IMPLEMENT IT? WE MUST

LETTING OUR FRUSTRATIONS AND EMOTIONS RULE OUR HEAD," HE SAID.

AND CAN NOT AND

SENIOR MEMBER URGES UK TO PURSUE MANDATORY REPATRIATION

*

COUNCIL, THE HON ALLEN VIGOROUSLY PURSUE WHEREBY ALL NON-REFUGEES WOULD BE

THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE LEE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) URGED THE UK GOVERNMENT TO

ARRANGEMENTS AT

GENEVA THE

CONFERENCE NEXT

PEOPLE SCREENED BOAT VIETNAMESE REPATRIATED MANDATORILY TO VIETNAM,

MONTH

AS OUT

MR LEE WAS SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AFTER MOTION ON THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ISSUE.

MOVING A

THAT

"THAT

THE THIS

CONSIDERING HIS MOTION READ:

COUNCIL, POLICY FOR SCREENING

PEOPLE VIETNAMESE BOAT EFFECTIVENESS OF THE

AS DEPENDS UPON THE SUCCESSFUL REPATRIATION OF ALL THOSE SCREENED OUT

URGES HER REFUGEES. THE RESETTLEMENT OF ALL NON-REFUGEES AND

LEADING MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT TO FULFIL ITS RESPONSIBILITY BY TAKING A

EFFECTIVE THE ROLE

PURSUING IN ACTIVELY

RESETTLEMENT REPATRIATION, AND IN ACCEPTING FOR HONG KONG.

"

HE SAID HONG KONG WAS

OF IMPLEMENTATION MORE REFUGEES FROM

APPROACHING A CRISIS AND THE

MOTION COUNCIL OVER

REFLECTED THE DEEP CONCERN EXPRESSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE THE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM.

/OUTLINING HONG