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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1991

THE

EXISTING

PROGRAMMES FOR

GOVERNOR SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S

то THEIR HOMES RETURNING VOLUNTEERS

IN VIETNAM, AND RESETTLING OVERSEAS THOSE FOUND TO BE GENUINE REFUGEES, WOULD CONTINUE.

HAVE

"SINCE MY LAST ADDRESS A YEAR AGO, SOME 6,000 VOLUNTEERS GONE BACK TO VIETNAM. IN ADDITION, SOME 7,000 REFUGEES HAVE LEFT HONG KONG FOR A NEW LIFE OVERSEAS.

NEW IS PARTLY DUE TO OUR SUCCESSFUL USE OF THE "THIS TRANSIT CENTRE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

REFUGER

"A MONTH AGO WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE THE TUEN MUN OPEN CENTRE. VERY BOON THE WE ARE AIMING TO CLOSE THE KAI TAK CENTRE NEXT MONTH. PILLAR POINT CENTRE WILL BE THE ONLY CAMP FOR REFUGEES IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

THAT IT WAS

DAVID STRESSED SIR

THAT WE SHOULD IMPORTANT THAT CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR A SENSIBLE, FAIR AND HUMANE WAY TO BEGIN TO SOLVE THE HUMAN TRAGEDY OF THOSE WHO HAD COME IN THEIR THOUSANDS TO HONG KONG FROM VIETNAM TRYING WITH NO REAL HOPE OF BEING ACCEPTED SEEK A NEW LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.

-

ΤΟ

HAD

THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PAST YEAR, HONG KONG

THE INFLUX OF CONTINUED TO FACE MAJOR DIFFICULTIES IN COPING WITH VIETNAMESE

MIGRANTS.

HE

THIS WAS AN 199UE WHICH REMAINED A SAID CONCERN TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

SHORES SÁID:

MATTER

OF

DERP

80

FAR THIS YEAR, OVER 20,000 VIETNAMESE HAD ARRIVED AND THE CAMP POPULATION IN HONG KONG WAS NOW OVER 64,000,

ON OUR НЕ

SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT

HELP

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID WITH THE DEAL WILL, OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNMENT CAN, AND SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE CHANGES WHICH THE TERRITORY IS GOING THROUGH AND CHINA, ITS WHICH ARE TRANSFORMING THE TERRITORY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH POLITICAL SYSTEM AND ITS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

"HONG KONG HAS A RECORD OF MEETING CHALLENGES SUCCESSFULLY. THAT IS

THAT IS OUR SOURCE OF THE STANDARD WE MUST SET OURSELVES. CONFIDENCE IN FACING THE FUTURE," THE GOVERNOR SAID, WHEN CONCLUDING HIS ANNUAL POLICY ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THE GOVERNOR ASSURED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS COMMITTED DOING ALL IT COULD TO MEET THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY.

то

"INEVITABLY,

IN

THERE REACHING FOR THIS OBJECTIVE, DEBATE OVER THE SELECTION OF PRIORITIES AND HOW BEST TO USE LIMITED RESOURCES.

WILL

BE

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