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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1991

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LORD CAITHNESS VISITS VM DETENTION CENTRE

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WITH (THURSDAY)

THE SPECIAL

VISITED

THE

SEK KONG

DETENTION

MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG,

LORD CENTRE

AFFAIRS CAITHNESS, TODAY VIETNAMESE FOR

MIGRANTS (VM'S).

ACCOMPANIED BY THE

SECURITY, SECRETARY FOR

MR ALISTAIR

ASPREY, AND THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, MR CLINTON LEEKS, LORD CAITHNESS TRAVELLED TO SEK KONG BY HELICOPTER.

COMMANDER OF ON ARRIVAL, HE WAS MET BY THE POLICE REGIONAL THE NEW TERRITORIES REGION, MR TOBY EMMET; POLICE SUPERINTENDENT OF SEK KONG DETENTION CENTRE, MR GRAEME SUTHERLAND; AND DEPUTY OF MISSION COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR), MS OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH CATHERINE BERTRAND.

HE FIRST WENT TO THE LORD CAITHNESS THEN TOURED THE CENTRE.

OF THE ADMINISTRATION BLOCK WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE BACKGROUND CAMP AND LATEST DEVELOPMENTS THERE BY MR SUTHERLAND.

AUSPICES

MANAGED BY THE POLICE, THE CENTRE IS PROVIDED WITH A WID RANGE OF SERVICES BY NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS UNDER THE OF THE UNHCR .

ACCOMMODATES LORD CAITHNESS LEARNT THAT CURRENTLY, SEK KONG

UNDER 16 ABOUT 7,500 VM'S, MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF WHOM ARE CHILDREN

ARE SOUTH VIETNAMESE YEARS OLD. ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION WHILE THE REST ARE NORTHERNERS.

LORD CAITHNESS LATER VISITED THE KINDERGARTEN, COMPOUND, THE FACTORY AND DORMITORIES OF THE CAMP.

THE SCHOOL

ARE AT PRESENT HE WAS TOLD

ABOUT 400 VIETNAMESE THAT

SOME ARE EMPLOYED BY THE MANAGEMENT IN A VARIETY OF SERVICES WHILE EMPLOYED AS HELPERS BY VARIOUS VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THE UNHCR,

FRIENDLY AND USEFUL MEETING ON AIRPORT WITH LU: GOVERNOR

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TO

DIRECTOR MR LU WORK

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID HIS VISIT TODAY (THURSDAY) SHENZHEN WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO MEET WITH THE OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL,

HOW HIM ABOUT

TO CARRY PING, AND TO TALK WITH CONNECTED WITH THE AIRPORT WHICH IS LAID UNDERSTANDING.

OUT

IN

THE

THE FORWARD

MEMORANDUM

OF

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON HIS RETURN FROM SHENZHEN,

AS A SAID:, "I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A FRIENDLY MEETING AND MEETING AND CERTAINLY ALL THE POINTS I WANTED TO GET ACROSS, ACROSS.

SIR

DAVID USEFUL I GOT

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