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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 VMs 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, June 14, 1995
Monitors' report submitted to CS
The monitors appointed to observe the Orderly Repatriation Programme operation this (Wednesday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
Mrs Chan Chan Lai-ling, a Justice of the Peace, and Ms Linda Hitchcox, from Oxfam, observed the transfer of 100 Vietnamese migrants to the airport this morning.
The monitors described the operation as being carried out smoothly without major incident.
End/Wednesday, June 14, 1995
New District Officer for Sha Tin
Miss Wong Mei-lin will take over as the new Sha Tin District Officer of Sha Tin District Office tomorrow (Thursday).
Aged 44, Miss Wong joined the administrative service in 1979. She was made Administration Officer Staff Grade C in 1990.
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