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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1989

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AT LOK MA CHAU, SIR DAVID WAS TOLD BY THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS, MR HAROLD BEATON, THAT 95 PER CENT OF THE BRIDGE COMPLETED AND THAT THE NEW BORDER

WORKS HAD BEEN LINK WOULD THE TRAFFIC SITUATION AT SHA TAU KOK AND MAN KAM TO.

SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE

THE

SIR DAVID LEARNT THAT, BASED ON A DAILY OPENING OF A HALF HOURS,

TWELVE AND THE OPENING OF LOK MA CHAU WOULD PROCESSING CAPACITY FROM THE PRESENT 13,000 VEHICLES TO A TOTAL OF 28,

INCREASE 750 VEHICLES A DAY.

LATER, HE MADE A TOUR OF THE BRIDGE AND A COMPLEX WHICH WILL HOUSE CUSTOMS, IMMIGRATION AND POLICE FACILITIES.

NEW BORDER CONTROL

REPORT INDICATES VBP HEALTH IS SATISFACTORY

THE SECURITY BRANCH TODAY (THURSDAY)

RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE HEALTH AND A CHAU WERE

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WHICH INDICATED THAT NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ON TAI SATISFACTORY AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF DETERIORATION IN EITHER.

THE REPORT GAVE THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMENTS, FOLLOWING ON AN EARLIER REPORT BY

A STUDY, THE UNITED NATIONS REFUGEES (UNHCR) COVERING

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CONDITIONS CENTRES.

OF BOAT PEOPLE IN DETENTION

ACCOUNT

ON CONDITIONS AT TAI A CHAU, THE "ACCORDING TO THE OBSERVATIONS OF OUR

DEPARTMENT COMMENTED: MEDICAL WORKING THERE SINCE ITS OPENING,

STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN AND HAVING TAKEN INTO HEALTH STATUS ON ARRIVAL,

THEIR THE ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIVE SHORT STAY THERE, THE HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL

CONDITIONS AND THEIR BOAT PEOPLE IS SATISFACTORY AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF

STATUS OF THE OF EITHER.

DETERIORATION

"AS REGARDS FOOD, ON THE AVERAGE, PROVIDING 1,960 KCAL IS SATISFACTORY.

THE PRESENT

DIET SCALE

FURTHER

INVESTIGATION. SYSTEM OF FOOD ACCEPTANCE OF THE BOAT PEOPLE HAD

THE DEPARTMENT SUGGESTED, HOWEVER, THAT BY THE ADMINISTRATION BE CONDUCTED INTO THE ACQUISITION AND DELIVERY, AS WELL AS THE BOAT PEOPLE'S THE FOOD, IN VIEW OF THE UNICR'S COMMENTS THAT BEEN RECEIVING ONLY HALF OF THE DIET SCALE.

COMMENTED THAT

BY AT PRESENT, FROM THE RECOMMENDED BY THE

AS REGARDS DETENTION CENTRES, THE DEPARTMENT COMPARISION, THE DIET SCALE WHICH THE VBP HAD NUTRITIONAL POINT OF VIEW, WAS SUPERIOR TO UNHCR, AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE CONTINUED.

THAT

/AS TO