Report on Vietnamese girls case submitted to Governor
A Government House spokesman today (Tuesday) confirmed that the Commissioner of Correctional Services had submitted a report to the Governor on the case of the two Vietnamese girls who had been separated from their parents in the aftermath of the riots occurred in Whitehead Detention Centre on May 10 and 11.
"The Governor is considering the report, which will be made public in due course," the spokesman said.
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202 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flight
A group of 202 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam, today (Tuesday) on the 42nd flight under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
All of the returnees, comprising 74 men, 53 women, 34 boys and 41 girls, are from North Vietnam.
The majority of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1989, with the remaining in 1988, 1991 and 1995.
The group brought the total number repatriated on ORP flights since November 1991 to 3,638.
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Monitors' Report submitted to CS
The monitors appointed to observe the Orderly Repatriation Programme operation this (Tuesday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
The two monitors comprised a non-official Justice of the Peace, Dr Andrew Chuang Siu-leung; and a representative from a non-governmental organisation, Ms Nadine de Lamotte from Medecins Sans Frontieres.
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