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The group brought to 1,187 the total number repatriated under the programme since it started in November 1991.
The returnees were transported to the airport early this morning for pre- departure security checks before boarding their flight for Hanoi.
The Refugee Co-ordinator, Mr Brian Bresnihan, stressed that the Government was determined to repatriate all screened-out Vietnamese migrants to Vietnam.
"There is no future for them in Hong Kong and the best option for them is to volunteer to go back to Vietnam," he said.
End/Wednesday, March 8, 1995
Monitors' report on Vietnamese repatriation submitted to CS
The monitors appointed to observe the Vietnamese Orderly Repatriation Programme operation today (Wednesday) have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
The two monitors, Mr Charles Cheung Wai-bun, a Justice of the Peace, and Dr Jaime Bendeck from Medecins Sans Frontieres, observed the transfer of 97 Vietnamese migrants from Victoria Prison to the airport this morning.
They also observed this group of Vietnamese migrants, and a woman who was transferred from a hospital to the airport direct, boarding the plane.
The monitors commented that the operation was efficient and orderly and that no violence was observed.
End/Wednesday, March 8, 1995
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