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''HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT HAS INITIALLY OFFERED TO MAKE AVAILABLE UP TO 20,000 POUNDS STERLING (ABOUT HK DOLLARS 224,060) TO HELP HONG KONG CARE FOR THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHILE THEY ARE

IN TRANSIT IN HONG KONG.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE OFFER WHICH WAS MADE ON THE INITIATIVE OF H.M.G., WAS MUCH APPRECIATED AND HAD BEEN

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