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Mr. Hooley asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Ailairs how many persons were held in the Victoria Road Detention Centre in Hong Kong in each of the years from 1970 to 1976; and what were the highest and the average daily totals.
(Mr. Luard: Tik ligures requested are bai inmediately available. I shall write to my hon. Friend as soon as I have the information.
Mr. Hooley asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the establishment, strength and budget of the Hong Kong Government olice in London.
Mr. Luard: The Hong Kong Govern- ment Office in London has an establish- Its ment of 72 and a strength of 70. budget in 1976-77 is about SHK 6.5 millions.
Mr. Hooley asked the Secretary of State for Foreigu and Commonwealth Alfairs how many present or former members of the Royal Hong Kong Police currently under investigation by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, are at present in Taiwan; and what demands have been made to the authorities in Taiwan for their return.
Mr. Lward: Thirty-five former mem- bers of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force under investigation by the Indepen. dent Commission Against Corruption are living Taiwan. No representations information is available on the number Tiving in Taiwan. No representations have been made to the authorities in Taiwan for the return of those who may be living there. No extradition arrange. ments exist with Taiwan.
Mr. Hooley asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements have been made for the payment of local or expatriate pen- sions or compensation when the lease of the territories adjoining Hong Kong expires.
Mr. Luard : Consideration has not yet been given to the arrangements which may be necessary in these circumstances.
Mr. Hoolsey asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commuwwealth
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Affairs when the report of the Tumer Committee on labour relations in Hong Kong will be complete : which bodies and individuals have been invited to submit evidence to them; and if the report and recommendations will be published in full.
Mr. Luard: It is hoped that Professor Turner will have completed his academie study of labour relations in Hong Kong by early 1977. Professor Turner is making an independent study and hus not in- formed me what bodies or individuals have been consulted. I cannot, at this stage, say whether the study will be published.
Mr. Hooley asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Alfairs on how many occasions since 1972 a statement was made by the United Kingdom representative concerning Hong Kong in the United Nations Special Com- mittee on the Implementation of the De- claration on the Granting of Indepen- dence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; what was the substance of any such state ment; whether any vote was taken in that period on the question of removing Hong Kong from the purview of the Commit- tee at the request of the Government of the People's Republic of China and how the United Kingdom representative voted thereon.
Mr. Luard: The United Kingdom Representative in the United Nations Special Committee on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples has made no statement concem- ing Hong Kong since 1972, and no vote has been taken during this period on the question of removing Hong Kong from the purview of the Committee. Special Committee's report covering its work in 1972, which included a recom- mendation that Hong Kong should be removed from the list of territories to which the 14 claration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples applies, was approved by the General Assembly in resolution 2908 (XXVII) on 2nd November 1972.
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Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he is satisfied with the educa- tion facilities in the cutlying areas of the
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