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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1993

TOLLS FOR THREE GOVT TUNNELS DROP

TOLLS FOR VEHICLES USING THE ABERDEEN, SHING MUN AND TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNELS WILL BE DECREASED BY $1 WITH EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TODAY

(THURSDAY).

THIS MEANS TOLLS AT THE ABERDEEN AND SHING MUN TUNNELS WILL BE LOWERED FROM $6 TO $5, WHILE THAT OF TSEUNG KWAN O TUNNEL WILL GO DOWN FROM $4 TO $3.

ALL $4 AND $6 PRE-PAID GOVERNMENT TUNNEL TICKETS MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR $3 AND $5 TICKETS AT ALL WILSON CARPARK OFFICES FROM TODAY (THURSDAY) FOR A PERIOD OF 28 DAYS.

THESE TICKETS MAY CONTINUE TO BE USED AT GOVERNMENT TUNNELS AND APPROPRIATE CHANGES WILL BE GIVEN.

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SMOOTH RETURN OF VIETNAMESE WELCOMED

(THURSDAY) UNDER

THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, MR BRIAN BRESNIHAN, TODAY WELCOMED THE SMOOTH REPATRIATION OF 60 VIETNAMESE NON-REFUGEES THE ORDERLY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME (ORP).

"WE HAVE RETURNED A TOTAL OF 456 NON-REFUGEES TO VIETNAM UNDER THE ORP AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE SUBSTANTIATED CASE OF PERSECUTION OR DISCRIMINATION.

"TODAY'S FLIGHT WAS LARGELY UNEVENTFUL AND WE WILL CONTINUE то MAINTAIN REGULAR ORP FLIGHTS TO SUPPLEMENT THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME, HE SAID.

TODAY'S GROUP OF 60 NON-REFUGEES WERE ALL NORTHERNERS COMPRISING 25 MEN, 14 WOMEN, 10 BOYS AND 11 GIRLS.

FOR THEIR FLIGHT.

DEPORTED TO VIETNAM.

OF THEM, 50 DEPARTED NEI KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRE EARLY THE REMAINING 10 WERE CRIMINAL OFFENDERS

ALL HAD BEEN SCREENED OUT AS NON-REFUGEES.

TODAY

BEING

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