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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1991

"I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN POLICY, NOR WILL THERE BE A CHANGE IN POLICY. THAT HAS BEEN OUR OBJECTIVE AT LEAST SINCE 1988, AND REMAINS OUR OBJECTIVE.

"IT

FOLLOWS THAT THERE IS NO QUESTION OF ANY NEW CUT-OFF DATE

WE PEOPLE. AND THE CREATION

ANY NEW CATEGORY OF OF

AND 1 EMPHASISE ALL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RETURN OF ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

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ARE SEEKING NON-REFUGEE

"WE

THIS YET WITH

IT WILL BE

HAVE NOT SIGNED AN OVERALL AGREEMENT ON VIETNAM. WE HAVE NOT IN THE PAST GIVEN ANY DATE WHEN SUCH AN AGREEMENT WOULD BE SIGNED, AND I AM NOT GIVING A DATE TODAY WHEN SIGNED. I HOPE IT WILL BE SOON.

YESTERDAY,

THAT WHAT INTO BELIEVE THAT

"THE VIETNAMESE HAVE SAID, I THINK CONCERNED THEM WERE ARRANGEMENTS FOR REINTEGRATING THE RETURNEES THE PROVINCES, VILLAGES, AND COMMUNITIES IN VIETNAM. I THIS IS THE CASE.

"

RETURN,

'I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE VIETNAMESE TALK ABOUT ORDERLY WHAT THEY MEAN, OR CERTAINLY AT LEAST A GOOD PART OF WHAT THEY MEAN BY ᎢᎻᎪᎢ . IS THAT THEY WANT THE FLOW OF PEOPLE RETURNING TO BE REGULATED PEOPLE TO IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

PHASED AND DEAL WITH ALL AT ONCE, THAT THE PROGRAMME OF RETURN IS ENABLES THEM TO MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS TO REINTEGRATE THESE PEOPLE BACK INTO VIETNAMESE SOCIETY.

"I AM SURE WE WILL BE HAVING MORE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS WITH VIETNAMESE IN THE VERY, NEAR FUTURE.

THE

"IF AND WHEN WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CERTAIN REMAIN OUR OBJECTIVE TO POINTS. FIRST OF ALL IT WOULD OF COURSE MAXIMISE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO RETURN VOLUNTARILY.

VOLUNTARY

AND CONSIDERED THAT

HAVE ALWAYS SAID AND THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR

LIFE AND MAKE

"WE HAVE NEVER

OR SAID INVOLUNTARY RETURN ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. WE BELIEVED THAT THEY ARE COMPLEMENTARY: THAT THE RETURN OF ALL WILL MAKE MOST PEOPLE FACE THE FACTS OF MOST PEOPLE RETURN VOLUNTARILY.

AND

"IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT A PROGRAMME FOR RETURN AND IF AND WHEN THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE THEN REMAIN IN HONG KONG 18 REDUCED, THERE ARE RELIEVE TWO OBJECTIVES WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION: FIRST OF ALL TO THE POLICE FROM ANY INVOLVEMENT IN MANAGING THE DETENTION CENTRES TO ALLOW THE POLICE MANPOWER TO RETURN TO THE STREETS; AND SECONDLY, TO ALLOW THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO GET BACK SOME OF ACCOMMODATION NOW USED BY VIETNAMESE WHICH SHOULD BE USED ACCOMMODATION AND WHICH CAN EASE PRISON OVERCROWDING."

THE

AS PRISON

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