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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1991

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"I HOPE THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE CAMPS AND WILL HAVE AN ORDERLY RETURN OF ALL THOSE WHO ARE DUE TO GO BACK, HE SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID THE OPERATION WOULD BE AN OPEN ONE IN WHICH PEOPLE KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN ADVANCE AND WERE GIVEN DUE WARNING.

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"SO I THINK THE ATMOSPHERE NOW IS VERY DIFFERENT, HE SAID, WHILE CONCEDING THAT A GREAT DEAL OF COUNSELLING WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE TO PERSUADE PEOPLE THAT THERE WAS NOW CLEARLY NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE.

ON THE TREATMENT OF THE RETURNEES BY THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THERE WAS A CLEAR UNDERTAKING FROM THE HANOI GOVERNMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PERSECUTION OF THE PEOPLE WHO RETURN.

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"THE UNHCR ARE GOING TO BE MONITORING THE SITUATION WITHIN

"WE HAVE HAD NO REPORT WHATSOEVER OF ANYBODY BEING ILL TREATED OR PERSECUTED ON RETURN.

"OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOW UP TO THE HANOI GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE IN ALL THE REGIONS THOSE UNDERTAKINGS ARE KEPT TO AND I AM SURE WILL," HE SAID.

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BUILDING COMMUNITIES KEY TO HK'S HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: CS

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THE KEY TO HONG KONG'S SUCCESS IN, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 19 COMMUNITIES, NOT DORMITORIES, ARE BEING BUILT IN THE TERRITORY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE INSTITUTE OF HOUSING, SIR DAVID SAID IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WHICH HOUSED NEARLY HALF OF THE POPULATION, THE GOVERNMENT AIMED ΤΟ ESTABLISH LARGELY SELF-CONTAINED COMMUNITIES, WITH GOOD SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN AT THE KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STAGE.

THE COMMUNITIES ALSO PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTS OR TO RELAX IN PLEASANT GARDENS, A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY, THE YOUNG, THE HANDICAPPED AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND A WIDE RANGE OF SHOPPING AND DINING FACILITIES TOGETHER WITH A SYSTEM OF EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, HE SAID.

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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE CONCEPT, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SELF-CONTAINED RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX WAS NOT RESTRICTED

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