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Copies of the approved plan are available for sale at the Survey and Mapping Office, Lands Department, 14th floor, Murray Building, Garden Road, Hong Kong and the Map Publications Centre (Kowloon), ground floor, 382 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
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130 VMs released
The Government today (Friday) announced that 130 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) were released this morning.
"These 130 VMs fell into two groups, namely, those who had recently been rejected by the Vietnamese authorities for return, and those who had volunteered to go home but had been awaiting clearance for an unreasonable period of time," a government spokesman said.
"The continued detention of these VMs would be unlawful. We had accordingly no option but to release them," he said.
The VMs were released today on recognisance. They will be accommodated at New Horizons Vietnamese Refugee Departure Centre for the time being, with a view to their being transferred to the Pillar Point Vietnamese Refugee Centre in due course.
The spokesman said: "We shall continue our discussions with the Vietnamese authorities with a view to securing the return of all the VMs in Hong Kong."
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