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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1989

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"THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF VIEWS. I HOPE AS A

RESULT OF BEING

HERE THAT I HAVE PERSUADED MORE PEOPLE OF THE NEED TO GO AHEAD THE POLICY THAT WE THINK IS

RETURN

OF

PEOPLE

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RIGHT,

WHO

ARE

WHICH IS A

AND NON-REFUGEES

NON-REFUGEES, HE SAID.

ASKED IF THERE

WOULD BE

ANY WITH

RELATIONS IF HONG KONG PROCEEDED

WITH POLICY

ORDERLY OF DEFINED AS BEING

ON RETURN

BOAT THE UNITED STATES

US/BRITISH

OF

ADVERSE EFFECT

ORDERLY THE PEOPLE, SIR DAVID SAID COUNTRIES LIKE BRITAIN AND WERE VERY MATURE.

TAKE A DAMAGE

THAT THEY

THAT LETTING

REALISING OF

WITHOUT ISSUE

"THEY ARE PERFECTLY CAPABLE DIFFERENT APPROACH ON A CERTAIN RELATIONS," HE SAID.

AS BEING "TO

THE GOVERNOR SUMMED UP THE PURPOSE OF HIS VISIT PUT HONG KONG, OR TO KEEP HONG KONG, ON THE MAP IN WASHINGTON".

IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PREVIOUS VISIT

HIS DURING

IN HIS TALKS IN WASHINGTON HE HAD FOUND AN INTEREST IN HONG KONG, EVEN MORE SO THAN TWO YEARS AGO,

MR

EARTHQUAKE

SIR DAVID EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT, DAN QUAYLE, WOULD NOW BE UNABLE TO MEET HIM BECAUSE OF THE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

CALIFORNIA A

SIR DAVID ADDED THAT HE HAD SENT THE GOVERNOR OF MESSAGE EXPRESSING DEEP SYMPATHY ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG OVER THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE IN THE EARTHQUAKE.

KONG

HE SAID HE WOULD BE GOING AHEAD WITH HIS VISIT TO LOS TO THE SCHEDULE AND THEN SEE IF IT WAS POSSIBLE FRANCISCO.

TO

KEEP

FOR

ANGELES,

SAN

GOVT AIMS TO START ORDERLY RETURN PROGRAMME THIS YEAR

* * * * *

RETURN

PROGRAMME

THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, MR MIKE HANSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THE GOVERNMENT WAS STILL AIMING TO START AN ORDERLY OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

YEAR, AND

OF THE "WE HAVE SET OURSELVES A TARGET OF THE END NOTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED AT THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING IN CHANGES THAT," HE SAID ON HIS RETURN FROM THE MEETING.

A

"WE BELIEVE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION

IF IT IS TO BE JUNE MUST BE IMPLEMENTED IN FULL SOLUTION,

"

'WITHOUT AN ORDERLY RETURN PROGRAMME. OF ACTION IS UNBALANCED AND UNTENABLE.

GENEVA

ENDORSED IN COMPREHENSIVE

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

"THE BILATERAL