XN000022-1994-11-30 — Page 4

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994

GOVERNOR: I THINK IT'S VERY

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UNHELPFUL OR ANYONE TO GIVE IMPRESSION TO VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS THAT IF THEY STAY IN HONG KONG, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, THEY WILL BE GIVEN RIGHT OF ABODE IN EUROPE OR NORTH AMERICA OR AUSTRALIA OR ANYWHERE ELSE. THAT'S ENCOURAGING PEOPLE IS NO TO STAY WHICH IS THE LAST THING WE SHOULD WANT TO DO. THERE

SIMPLY QUESTION OF

THEY PEOPLE GETTING RIGHT OF ABODE ELSEWHERE IF HANG ON IN THE CAMPS. WE WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO RETURN TO VIETNAM. THERE INVOLVED IN A IS NO REASON AT ALL WHY THEY SHOULDN'T DO SO. I WAS PREVIOUS JOB WITH THE UNHCR IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THEIR OPERATIONS AND IN THE PLACES LIKE MOZAMBIQUE AND SOMALIA AND ETHIOPIA WHERE PEOPLE

WORLD. CAMPS WERE WORRIED ABOUT RETURNING TO BATTLE-TORN PARTS OF THE

VIETNAM NOT THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT'S QUITE PROPERLY AS THE NEXT TIGER ECONOMY IN ASIA. HONG BUSINESSMEN, HONG KONG BANKERS, HONG KONG INVESTORS ARE INVESTING HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN VIETNAM WHERE THE ECONOMY IS STARTING TO PICK UP SPEED. SO, THERE'S NO REASON AT ALL WHY VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS SHOULDN'T RETURN HOME. 44 000 OF THEM HAVE GONE BACK SINCE 1989. WE'VE GOT A

BETTER RECORD OF RETURNING MIGRANTS THAN ANY OF MUCH

THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF ACTION AND I THINK THAT ALL OF US IN THE COMMUNITY WANT TO SEE THE MIGRANTS

HOME AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE GIVEN FALSE RETURN EXPECTATIONS OF THINGS THAT SIMPLY AREN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.

THERE QUESTION: IS

ANY SECRET DEAL BETWEEN THE WARWICK REID BECAUSE OF THE, CRITICISED AS THE....

ΤΟ DEPORTATION

NEW ZEALAND? IS IT SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T TELL THE PUBLIC?

SECRET

KONG

REMAINING

PROMISES

OR

AND GOVERNMENT

MR HIS ARRANGEMENT OF

IS SECRETIVE AND

THERE WAS ACTUALLY OF THE YOU WERE FAMILY

GOVERNOR:

I'VE RARELY BEEN IN MY LIFE ANYWHERE WHERE NO, MORE TALK OF SECRET DEALS THAN WHERE IT WAS LESS POSSIBLE TO MAKE A

EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO DEAL

DO SO BECAUSE ENTHUSIASTIC ACTIVITIES OF OUR FREE PRESS. THE MONEY WHICH REFERRING TO HAS GONE INTO A TRUST FUND FOR MR REID'S WIFE AND AND WON'T BE TOUCHED BY HIM. I HOPE THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THE END OF AN EPISODE IN OUR LEGAL HISTORY WHICH WE WANT TO SEE AN END OF.

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QUESTION: THAT IS A PRECEDENT FOR THE CIVIL SERVANT'S CASE, WOULD

PEOPLE, CIVIL ENCOURAGE

IN ENGAGE

SOME CORRUPTION

ACTIVITIES?

SERVANTS TO

GOVERNOR: I DON'T THINK THAT MANY CIVIL SERVANTS WANT TO SPEND SEVERAL YEARS INSIDE. I DON'T MEAN INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT. I MEAN LOCKED UP.

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REFUGEE CONCERN QUESTION: TALKING BACK TO THE VIETNAMESE AGAIN. THE

TO FILE GROUP IS

HABBAS THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING GOING TO... CORPUS. IS THE GOVERNMENT VERY CONFIDENT IT'S GOING TO COPE?

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