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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1989

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SIMPLY TO CONFRONT THEM WITH THE ISSUE AND SAY: HERE WE HERE'S THIS PROBLEM. THE WORLD HAS AGREED THAT THERE SHOULD SCREENING. THE WORLD HAS AGREED THAT THOSE WHO ARE SCREENED AS NOT BEING REFUGEES CAN NEVER EXPECT RESETTLEMENT.

"ALRIGHT, WHAT DO YOU. AS A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THINK SHOULD BE DONE WITH THOSE WHO ARE SCREENED OUT?

"WE. IN HONG KONG HAVE THE ANSWER, WHICH IS THAT THEY SHOULD GO BACK ΤΟ THEIR OWN HOMES IN AN ORDERLY DEPARTURE PROGRAMME, ORDERLY RETURN PROGRAMME, CAREFULLY MONITORED. DOES THAT NOT MAKE SENSE?"

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ASKED WHAT IS THE AMERICAN ANSWER TO THE WHOLE SOLUTION, SIR DAVID SAID: "THEY FRANKLY, TO THAT PARTICULAR POINT, HAVE NO ANSWER.

REFERRING TO THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION, HE SAID THEY COULD NOT YET FACE THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE WITH PEOPLE FOUND NOT TO BE REFUGEES.

"YOU CANNOT SIMPLY LEAVE THEM YEAR AFTER YEAR IN CAMPS. SO YOU MUST HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT FOR SENDING THEM HOME.

"AND THAT JUMP OF LOGIC. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. JUMP OF HUMANITARIAN CONCERN, BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO WHAT IT IS, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE.

"BUT I THINK A LARGE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO ARE NOW LOOKING AT THE QUESTION AGAIN AND I HOPE ARE TRYING TO RE-THINK THEIR APPROACH TO IT." HE SAID.

THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD.

OMELCO TRIP TO KUALA LUMPUR USEFUL

THE OMELCO GROUP'S VISIT TO KUALA LUMPUR HAS BEEN DESCRIBED

A VERY USEFUL AND EFFECTIVE ONE.

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LEADER OF THE GROUP, MRS ROSANNA TAM, SAID YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) THAT THEY SUCCEEDED IN PUTTING ACROSS THEIR POSITION ON NATIONALITY TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING AND MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS, AS WELL AS PROMOTING GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HONG KONG'S SITUATION.

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OMELCO MEMBERS MET DELEGATES OF SIX COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND A LARGE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS. THEY ALSO DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION ON HONG KONG AND THE OMELCO POSITION TO ALL OTHER PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES.

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