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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29,

1989

OF

FIRST

ASYLUM WAS THEIR CONSENT.

TO REJECT THAT

SHE SAID.

"

PORT "THE DECISION TO MAKE HONG KONG A THRUST UPON THE HONG KONG PUBLIC 10 YEARS AGO WITHOUT THE HONG KONG PUBLIC SHOULD THEREFORE HAVE THE RIGHT ROLE, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY DO REJECT IT,

THE MAINLY

UNITED MADE THAT DECISION, THE COUNTRIES WHICH

GRADUALLY BACKED DOWN FROM STATES, BRITAIN, CANADA AND FRANCE, HAD THEIR OWN CHOSEN ROLE AS RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES FOR THE BOAT PEOPLE.

HUMAN

"IN EFFECT, THESE COUNTRIES HAVE TURNED HONG KONG INTO A STOREROOM FROM WHICH THEY CAN CHOOSE ONLY THE HUMAN GOODS THEY WANT.

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THEY

MRS TU

"THE REST ARE LEFT TO ROT IN THE HONG KONG STOREROOM. YET REFUSE TO HAVE THIS UNWANTED HUMAN CARGO RETURNED TO VIETNAM, SAID.

"IT IS COMMON FOR PEOPLE WITH A CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER HAVE FAILED IN THEIR DUTY, TO PUT THE BLAME ON OTHERS.

OR WHO

OF THE USA, OF CRITICISM "SO HONG KONG HAS BECOME THE BUTT

THE UNHCR. MEANWHILE, FRANCE, SOME BRITISH POLITICIANS, VIETNAM AND

STAFF AT THE BOAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING OUT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS THE CAMPS, WHO IN TURN ARE BECOMING FRUSTRATED AND DEMORALISED.

"THIS STATE OF

ALLOWED TO CONTINUE," MRS TU SAID.

SHE SAID HONG KONG WAS,

A DEAD-END BUT

ASYLUM IMMIGRANTS.

ONLY

CONTINUE,

THE ON

AND MUST NOT BE

AFFAIRS CANNOT

IN FACT,

NO FOR TENS OF

LONGER A

THOUSANDS

PORT

OF FIRST OF ILLEGAL

THIS A PORT OF FIRST

STATUS, REFUGEE

ASYLUM AND

NOT

WAS

TO CONTINUE TO CALL REPATRIATE THOSE REFUSED ILLOGICALITY" AND WAS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO THE SHE SAID.

A "FUNDAMENTAL HONG KONG PUBLIC,

FURTHER BURDEN

"I CANNOT IN ALL CONSCIENCE AGREE TO PLACE ANY ON THE HONG KONG PUBLIC. OR ON THOSE PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO HAVE TO

THE CHEAT

BOAT DANGER BECAUSE OF THE BOAT PEOPLE. NOR CAN I WITH FALSE HOPES THAT THEY WILL FIND THE NEW HOMES THEY ARE SHE ADDED.

FACE

PEOPLE

SEEKING,

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