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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1994

15 VMS TRANSFERRED

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FIFTEEN

VIETNAMESE

THE

PRISON

REPATRIATION

FROM MIGRANTS (VMS) WERE TRANSFERRED HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING TO VICTORIA IN

ORDERLY PREPARATION FOR THEIR RETURN HOME UNDER THE

PROGRAMME (ORP).

EARLY THIS MORNING, 11 VMS COMPRISING TWO MEN, SEVEN WOMEN TWO BOYS, PRESENTED THEMSELVES FOR TRANSFER FOLLOWING COUNSELLING CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) STAFF.

OTHERS, FOUR

THREE MEN AND ONE WOMAN, WHO CLIMBED ON ROOFTOPS OF THREE HUTS, CAME DOWN SHORTLY BEFORE 10 AM.

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AND

BY

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THE

CENTRE

UNDERGO

AS WAS THE CASE WITH THE 39 VMS WHO LEFT THE DETENTION YESTERDAY, ALL 15 WERE TRANSFERRED TO VICTORIA PRISON PREFLIGHT DOCUMENTATION AND MEDICAL CHECKS PRIOR TO THEIR REPATRIATION ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 25).

THE REFUGEE

PLEASED THAT THE VOLUNTARILY.

CO-ORDINATOR, MR BRIAN

MAJORITY OF THE VAST

BRESNIHAN, MIGRANTS LEFT

SAID

HE WAS THE CENTRE

"THE

DAYS WAS

COUNSELLING WHICH TOOK PLACE OVER THE LAST TWO CLEARLY EFFECTIVE AND MUCH CREDIT IS DUE TO THE STAFF OF CSD."

WAS SMOOTH AND WAS COMPLETED IN LESS

THE OPERATION

HOUR.

IN

THAN ONE

ALL,

END OF THE FIVE VMS WERE MEDICALLY EXAMINED BY THE OPERATION. THREE WERE FOUND TO HAVE MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TREATED. ONE CSD OFFICER THE REMAINING TWO DID NOT REQUIRE ANY TREATMENT. SUSTAINED ABRASIONS TO HIS HAND.

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MR BRESNIHAN SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT REMAINED COMMITTED TO THE ORP. "THE

RESOLVE EXERCISE THIS MORNING WAS A MEASURE OF ITS REPATRIATE ALL SCREENED-OUT VMS TO VIETNAM.

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CONCERTED EFFORTS IN FIGHTING AGAINST AIDS

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THE GOVERNMENT

OF

AND

SPREAD WOULD DO EVERYTHING TO CONTAIN THE AIDS AND WOULD PROVIDE NOT JUST MEDICAL CARE BUT ALSO COUNSELLING A FULL RANGE OF SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH HIV AND AIDS.

SAID

KONG

OF THE

THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS KATHERINE FOK,

HONG THIS WHILE OFFICIATING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE AIDS FORTNIGHT 1994 OPENING DAY TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE PIAZZA HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE.

"WE

CARING

ABOUT AND

SHALL CONTINUE IN OUR EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND

INSTIL IN то

THE COMMUNITY AN INFORMED. COMPASSIONATE APPROACH TO THE DISEASE, MRS FOK SAID.

AIDS,

/THE HONG