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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,

1989

DIFFICULT TASK IN VBP CAMPS HANDLED WELL: GOVERNOR

THE AUTHORITIES IN THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE CAMPS HAVE HANDLING WELL THE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TASK OF DEALING WITH CONTROL AND GOVERNOR. SIR DAVID HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE DETENTION CENTRES, THE WILSON, SAID TODAY SATURDAY).

BREN

UNITED KINGDOM,

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON HIS RETURN FROM THE SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD BEEN KEEPING VERY CLOSE TOUCH WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HONG KONG WITH THE BOAT PEOPLE ISSUE.

BEEN

FACED, "I'M FULLY AWARE OF ALL THE DIFFICULTIES THAT HAVE BEEN

DIFFICULT HEALTH BOTH IN TERMS OF CONTROL IN THE CAMPS AND THE VERY

THE GOVERNOR SAID. PROBELMS WE'VE BEEN HAVING,

"WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT DISCIPLINE IN THE CAMPS 18 AND THAT MEANS, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, THAT THE BOAT PEOPLE MUST BE SELF-DISCIPLINED. THAT'S IN THEIR OWN INTERESTS,"

"BUT THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, AND

WHERE

MAINTAINED,

THEMSELVES

HE SAID.

APPROPRIATE,

THE

MUST BE

POLICE WILL ALSO BE DOING THEIR PART. AND THE HEALTH ISSUE DEALT WITH AND IS BEING DEALT WITH AS QUICKLY AND AS EFFECTIVELY AS IT CAN BE, HE ADDED.

**

ON THE

:

SAID QUESTION OF MANDATORY REPATRIATION, SIR DAVID

THAT WE'RE WORKING "THE OBJECTIVE REMAINS PRECISELY WHAT IT WAS,

GENUINE REFUGEES TOWARDS RESETTLING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEFINED AS AND RETURNING TO VIETNAM THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE, AFTER A VERY EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS OF SCREENING, FOUND NOT TO BE GENUINE POLITICAL REFUGEES.

"

"WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS IN PLACE YET, BUT THAT REMAINS THE OBJECTIVE," HE ADDED.

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HOPED THAT THIS COULD BE DONE BEFORE END OF THIS YEAR.

THE

ON A QUESTION ABOUT THE MORALE OF THE POLICE IN VBP CAMPS,

CONFIDENT DAVID SAID: "THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT TASK TO DO. I AM THEY WILL DO IT EFFFECTIVELY. OF COURSE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING AN EXTREMELY GOOD JOB UP TO NOW, AND I'M SURE THEY WILL GO ON DOING SO."

SIR

THAT

BUT

THAT

THE GOVERNOR SAID SOME POSSIBLE NEW LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS WERE TASK OF BEING WORKED ON TO PROVIDE HELP TO THE AUTHORITIES IN THEIR RUNNING THE CAMPS.

'WHERE WE FIND THERE IS A GAP IN THE EXISTING LEGISLATION WE WILL PLUG THAT GAP." HE SAID,

THEN

/SIR DAVID