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"Nevertheless, subject to the discretionary power of the Commissioner for Labour, partial payment may also be made to those applications with sufficient evidence to support the claims but are unreasonable or uneconomical to present a petition as soon as the basic verification is completed," Mrs Li added.
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113 VMs depart on Orderly Repatriation Flight
A group of 113 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) has returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam, today (Wednesday) on the 30th flight under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
All but five of the returnees, comprising 56 men, 24 women, 21 boys and 12 girls, are from South and Central Vietnam.
The majority of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1991, with the remaining in 1989, 1990 and 1995.
The group brought to 2,071 the total number repatriated on ORP flights since November 1991.
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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.
The monitors were Mr Dakchison Yiu Chung-lap, a Justice of the Peace, and Miss Jackie Leung Chin-ha from Oxfam.
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