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SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1989

VBP DETENTION CENTRE AT SAI KUNG IS NEEDED: GOVERNOR

THE GOVERNOR. SIR DAVID WILSON. SAID THAT

PEOPLE DETENTION BOAT ABOUT BUILDING A VIETNAMESE ISLAND HAD BEEN VERY CAREFULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

ALL THE CONCERNS

AT CENTRE

HIGH

"WE MUST NOW GET ON WITH THE PROCESS OF BUILDING BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED," THE GOVERNOR STRESSED.

REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT

LAST

THE CENTRE

NIGHT

TO SPEAKING BEFORE DEPARTING FOR LONDON. SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITH THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. MR HAD VISITED THE SITE IN THE MORNING.

(SATURDAY)

ALLEN LEE. WHO

SIR DAVID

THE SAID

PROBLEM THERE WAS

ONE

WAS WHICH

WELL

UNDERSTOOD.

DO SO THE SOKO

"WE DO NEED TO BUILD A CAMP BECAUSE IF WE DON'T RESULT IS SIMPLY TWO THINGS. ONE IS THAT PEOPLE PILED UP ON THE ISLAND IN CONDITIONS WHICH ARE NOT SATISFACTORY AND THE OTHER, EQUALLY IMPORTANT. IS WE HAVE TO PUT PEOPLE INTO CAMPS WHICH ARE ALREADY BADLY OVERCROWDED.

"AND THAT MEANS THE CONDITIONS FOR THE POLICE AND SERVICES TRYING TO LOOK AFTER THOSE CAMPS ARE VERY MUCH SAID.

"IT

VERY

CORRECTIONAL WORSE." HE

то INCONVENIENCE IS AT A PLACE WHICH IS OF MINIMUM

ALL THAT HAS BEEN EVERYBODY. WE HAVE TAKEN VERY CAREFUL ACCOUNT OF

OF

OF THE POLLUTION QUESTION PEOPLE'S SAID ABOUT

THE CONCERNS.

LEVEL OF RESERVOIR SIMPLY WILL NOT EXIST. THE CAMP IS WELL BELOW THE THE RESERVOIR SO THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION OF POLLUTION.

THAT SENSIBLE

"I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE WILL REALISE WORK MUST GO AHEAD AND WILL REALISE ALSO THAT IT IS NOT TRY TO BREAK THE LAW AND TO TRY TO STOP THAT PROCESS GOING AHEAD. DAVID SAID.

THE

то

SIR

OF ABODE. THE ASKED IF HE WOULD PURSUE THE ISSUE OF RIGHT

TALKING GOVERNOR SAID IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SHOULD BE ABOUT WHEN HE WAS IN LONDON,

"

IS

'WHAT I SHALL BE SAYING IS THAT IT IS STILL SOMETHING WHICH NEEDED IN HONG KONG AND IF FOR THE MOMENT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ASKED PACKAGE FOR IS NOT POSSIBLE THEN I HOPE THAT THEY WILL COME UP WITH A AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND AS GENEROUS AS IT POSSIBLY CAN BE.

TAKE

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OFFICIALS

SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD DISCUSS WITH FOREIGN OFFICE

CURRENT CONCERNS IN LONDON NEXT WEEK A RANGE OF

IN HONG KONG. HE MEET

MINISTER OF STATE WOULD ALSO

THE NEW FRANCIS MAUDE. AS THE NEW FOREIGN RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG.

DAVID SECRETARY. MR JOHN MAJOR, WILL NOT BE IN LONDON NEXT WEEK. SIR SAID HE HOPED TO MEET HIM AT THE END OF HIS LEAVE.

THE CHANCE

ΤΟ

MR

/THE GOVERNOR