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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1994

HYF PROMOTES HOLIDAY FERRY SERVICES * * * * *

THE HONGKONG AND YAUMATI FERRY (HYF) IS TO STEP UP PUBLICITY STAR TO PROMOTE ITS FERRY SERVICES TO MUI WO AND CHEUNG CHAU FROM THE FERRY PIER IN TSIM SHA TSUI ON WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER BARMA, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ZACHARY WONG WAI-YIN.

THE PUBLICITY, MR BARMA SAID, INCLUDES PUTTING UP ATTRACTIVE AT PIERS AND POSTERS

VESSELS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF SERVICE SCHEDULES, LOCATION AND OPERATING HOURS OF THE TICKET COUNTER AND ENQUIRY TELEPHONE NUMBER.

CONCERNS OWING TO POLICE

THE

BASEMENT

ON CROWD CONTROL, TICKETS ARE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE ONLY FROM A TICKET BOOTH LOCATED AT THE OF STAR HOUSE, WHICH IS NOT TOO CONVENIENT FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.

NO TSUI

HAVING REVIEWED THE SITUATION, THE POLICE

SEE NOW

ΤΟ OBJECTION

SHA THE SETTING UP OF A TICKET BOOTH AT THE TSIM FERRY PIER ON A THREE-MONTH TRIAL.

HYF

IS NOW CONSULTING STAR FERRY AND THIS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE LATTER'S AGREEMENT,

PROVIDED

FIGURE ON VIETNAMESE RETURNING HOME * * * *

3,747

VIETNAMESE

IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, MIGRANTS RETURNED HOME UNDER THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE OVER THE 7,909 WHO RETURNED THIS VIETNAM IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OF 1993.

TO

SECURITY,

MR

IN A

THE FIGURE WAS RELEASED BY THE SECRETARY FOR

ASPREY, ALISTAIR

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS SELINA CHOW.

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"THE REMEDY TO THE CURRENT SITUATION LIES IN PROMOTING THE

REPATRIATION VOLUNTARY

PROGRAMME,

THAT MR ASPREY SAID, ADDING

THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) TOOK THE LEAD IN THIS AREA.

PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS OF UNHCR INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELLING, THE DISTRIBUTION OF NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND INFORMATION

VIDEOS, PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITIONS AND BULLETINS,

OTHER PRINTED INFORMATION ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS IN THE DETENTION CENTRES.

IS

THE GOVERNMENT

ALSO EXPLORING WITH UNHCR ON HOW THE INCENTIVES FOR VOLUNTARY RETURN COULD BE IMPROVED, AS SUGGESTED IN THE REPORT OF THE WHITEHEAD INQUIRY.

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