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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990

GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE LAW AND ORDER IS MAINTAINED: GOVERNOR

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(WEDNESDAY) REITERATED THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE SURE THAT LAW AND ORDER IN HONG KONG MAINTAINED.

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AGENCIES IN SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING TWO WELFARE SHAM SHUI PO, SIR DAVID SAID: "WE DO HAVE A GOOD STANDARD OF LAW

A LOT OF DRAMATIC ORDER IN HONG

THERE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN KONG. INCIDENTS WHICH HAVE NATURALLY CAUSED CONCERN TO THE COMMUNITY."

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"WE ARE DETERMINED THAT LAW AND ORDER WILL BE MAINTAINED. POLICE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT; THEY HAVE THE FACILITIES TO DO

SUPPORT AND THEY WILL DO IT. AND THEY WILL HAVE, OF COURSE, THE TOTAL OF THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.

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THE GOVERNOR SAID LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WERE BEING LOOKED AT TO TACKLE CRIME MIGHT BE TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES OR FIND NEW WAYS OF DEALING WITH ORGANISED CRIME.

"BUT THE MAIN POINT IN THIS IS THAT WE MUST NOT ALLOW HONG KONG WE ARE DOES RE-APPEAR. ΤΟ BE A SOCIETY IN WHICH ORGANISED CRIME ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. I DON'T BELIEVE PERSONALLY

HE SAID. THAT IT WILL HAPPEN,

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ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE REACTION OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HONG KONG TO THE RECENT HANOI AGREEMENT, SIR DAVID SAID: "THE POINT IS ARRANGEMENTS THAT AS WE'VE SAID ALL ALONG, IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT SHOULD BE MADE FOR RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES IN VIETNAM PEOPLE WHO NOT REFUGEES.

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ALTERNATIVE IS THAT THEY SIMPLY REMAIN IN CAMPS YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND I THINK THAT IS INHUMANE. I THINK IT UNFAIR FOR THE PEOPLE INVOLVED; THE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE HE SAID.

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FOR HERE IS QUITE INVOLVED,"

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SIR DAVID SAID: "I HOPE THAT THEY WILL REACT SENSIBLY THE ALTERNATIVES FOR PEOPLE IN THOSE CAMPS WHO ARE NOT EMPHASISE WHO ARE NOT REFUGEES, IS EITHER THEY REMAIN IN THOSE FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR.

UNDER ARRANGEMENTS

"OR THEY RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN VIETNAM WHICH ARE ORGANISED BY UNHCR, MONITORED BY UNHCR AND WITH AID PROVIDED FOR THEIR REHABILITATION. AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL REALISE THAT BEST OPTION, THE BETTER OF THE TWO OPTIONS IS THAT THEY SHOULD HOME TO VIETNAM," HE ADDED.

THE RETURN

ASYLUM FOR ARRANGEMENTS BY SAME TIME MAKE REFUGEES, THE

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REFUGEES

"IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF WE ARE TO PRESERVE PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES; IF WE ARE TO PRESERVE THE WHICH

CAN BE RESETTLED, YOU MUST AT ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURNING HOME PEOPLE WHO ARE GOVERNOR STRESSED.

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