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MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1990

BOAT

OF

ON ALLEGATIONS OF ILL-TREATMENT. MR BARNES SAID THE REMOVAL PEOPLE FROM CHI MA WAN TO PHOENIX HOUSE HAD BEEN FULLY INVESTIGATED AND NO EVIDENCE HAD BEEN PRODUCED TO SUBSTANTIATE CLAIMS THAT ANYTHING MORE THAN MINIMUM AND NECESSARY FORCE WAS USED OCCASION.

ON

THAT

AT

"THERE IS NO TRUTH WHATSOEVER IN THE ACCUSATION THAT PEOPLE CHI MA WAN WERE ILL-TREATED OR RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. NONE WAS STUNNED OR BECAME UNCONSCIOUS OR WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND.' HE SAID.

IF

"THE GOVERNMENT HAS COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE POLICE AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OFFICERS INVOLVED DISCHARGED THEIR DUTIES WITH GREAT RESTRAINT AND PATIENCE AND THAT AN INDEPENDENT ENQUIRY IS NOT JUSTIFIED."

REFERRING ΤΟ MANDATORY REPATRIATION, MR BARNES SAID IT REMAINED THE GOVERNMENT'S FIRM INTENTION ΤΟ PUT INTO PLACE A CONTINUING PROGRAMME TO RETURN TO VIETNAM ALL PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN DETERMINED TO BE NON-REFUGEES.

THOSE

THOSE

HAVE

"UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION, FINALLY SCREENED OUT CANNOT BE RESETTLED. THEY BUT TO RETURN TO VIETNAM TO RESTART THEIR LIVES. IT AND CANNOT BE HUMANE TO LEAVE THEM IN DETENTION SAID.

VIETNAMESE BOAT

WHO HAVE BEEN NO ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE WRONG INDEFINITELY," HE

SEPT EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS RELEASED

SECTOR THERE WERE 803,000 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING

1989, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF IN SEPTEMBER

4.9 PER CENT IN RELEASED TODAY COMPARISON WITH SEPTEMBER 1988, ACCORDING TO FIGURES (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, SECTOR, AT

757,700

AND IMPORT

IN

EXPORT SEPTEMBER

TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS 1989, WAS 8.5 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1988.

FINANCING,

ESTATE AND

IN THE EMPLOYMENT

REAL INSURANCE, BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 249,500, WAS UP BY 8.2 PER CENT.

EMPLOYMENT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1988.

SPOKESMAN SAID

DECREASED BY 7.6 PER

CENT

A DEPARTMENTAL

THE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED FROM THE MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN SEPTEMBER 1989 WERE DERIVED

AND VACANCIES

PAYROLL CONDUCTED BY QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, THE DEPARTMENT.

/THESE SECTORS