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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1994

THE

NO PLAN TO SEND VIET REFUGEES HOME

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GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLANS TO REPATRIATE THE REMAINING THIS MAY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG TO VIETNAM. NEVERTHELESS, BE AN OPTION TO BE EXPLORED IN THE FUTURE

RESETTLEMENT PROVES

FRUITLESS.

IF

BARROW

IN

THE

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN

REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

"OUR EFFORTS ARE NOW DIRECTED AT SECURING THE RESETTLEMENT THE REMAINING REFUGEES," HE SAID.

AT

OF

PLAN OF A

COMPREHENSIVE RECENT TECHNICAL MEETING ON THE ACTION IN BANGKOK, IT WAS AGREED THAT THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES

THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE SHOULD RE-EXAMINE

HONG KONG.

EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON THE

ALL

THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES.

CASELOAD

PRINCIPLE OF

IN BURDEN-SHARING

BY

MR ASPREY SAID IN THE WAKE OF THE MEETING, THE GOVERNMENT ASKED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER TAKING SOME OF THE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG WHO DID NOT HAVE FAMILY LINKS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

"IN REPLY, WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE UK HAS RESETTLED MORE DOING SO THAN 2,000 REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG SINCE JUNE 1989, AND IN HAS EXCEEDED ITS QUOTA AGREED AT THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES,"

THE UK WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT ON FAMILY REUNION BASIS, BUT BECAUSE ITS VIETNAMESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME HAS

REFUGEES FORMALLY ENDED, IT CANNOT ACCEPT REQUIRE RECEPTION FACILITIES ON ARRIVAL, MR ASPREY SAID.

A

WHO

WOULD

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS PRESSED OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT THOSE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES REMAINING IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

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ב

WHO TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION

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BEYOND ITS QUEUES IN ITS

THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL (CHT) HAS BEEN OPERATING DESIGN CAPACITY FOR SOME TIME, RESULTING IN TRAFFIC APPROACH ROADS PARTICULARLY DURING PEAK HOURS.

RELIEF WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE OPENING OF THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING (WHC) IN 1997.

MR

A

JOHN WRITTEN

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, TELFORD, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS PEGGY LAM.

/MR TELFORD