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TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1989

THE

FIRST BATCH OF APPEAL CASES FROM VBP

GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL

TODAY

THE

CONSIDERED (TUESDAY) CASES FROM EIGHT VIETNAMESE FIRST BATCH OF APPEALS TOTALLING SEVEN BOAT PEOPLE (VBP) WHO HAD BEEN REFUSED REFUGEE STATUS AFTER SCREENING.

AND FIVE WOMEN, THE IN ALL SEVEN CASES COMPRISING THREE MEN

OF DIRECTOR

IMMIGRATION COUNCIL CONFIRMED THE DECISION REFUSE THEM REFUGEE STATUS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.

THE

ΤΟ

THESE VBP WILL REMAIN IN DETENTION CENTRES

PENDING

RETURN TO

VIETNAM.

SINCE THE SCREENING POLICY WAS INTRODUCED IN THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETED SCREENING FOR 1,594 VBP.

JUNE LAST YEAR,

OF THEM, 1,429 VBP WERE SCREENED OUT AS NON-REI UGEES, REMAINING 165, OR 10.4 PER CENT, WERE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS.

OF THOSE VBP SCREENED OUT, 1,298 HAVE OBJECTED TO THE TO REFUSE THEM REFUGEE STATUS.

AND THE

DECISION

MAJOR CAMPAIGN ON REHABILITATION

A MAJOR REHABILITATION EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED NEXT REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN"

UNTIL DECEMBER.

-

THE "IN TOUCH WITH MONTH AND CONTINUE

WILL

INCLUDE

TWO

HIGHLIGHTS CAMPAIGN COMPETITIONS, A THREE-DAY REHABILITATION EXHIBITION, AND DISTRICT PROGRAMMES WHICH WILL LAST TWO WEEKS.

TERRITORY-WIDE

A SERIES

OF

A PRESS CONFERENCE THE CENTRAL ORGANISING

DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN WERE ANNOUNCED AT GIVEN TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CO-CHAIRMEN COMMITTEE, MR KWOK KA-CHI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MISS MARION FANG.

WELFARE, AND

COMPETITIONS WOULD

MR KWOK SAID ONE OF THE TWO TERRITORY-WIDE BE A "DESIGN AWARD FOR THE MOST ACCESSIBLE BUILDING FOR THE DISABLED",

THE OTHER WOULD BE

A YOUTH

RELATED TO REHABILITATION.

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PROJECT

ON A TOPIC

OF

INTEREST

BOTH COMPETITIONS WOULD BE LAUNCHED WOULD BE ANNOUNCED LATER IN THE YEAR.

NEXT MONTH, AND RESULTS

THE ANNOUNCEMENT