TNAG-0793-FCO40-997-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 15

NOTE C: BOAT REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN HONG KONG 1976 78.

1976

1977

1978 (TO 7 DEC)

OWN SMALL BOATS

19

434

2,422

RESCUED BY HONG KONG SMALL BOAB

7

30

1,913

(AND OTHERS)

RESCUED BY OCEAN-GOING VESSELS

165

537

818

TOTALS

191

1001 5,153

NOTE: FOR 1978

(1) ''OTHERS'' INCLUDES 55 ON LIFEBOATS AND 578 ON TRAWLERS

FROM TAIWAN:

(2) ''OCEAN-GOING VESSELS''

U.S NAVAL VESSELS.

NOTE D:

NOTE E:

MACLEHOSE

386 ON CARGO SHIPS AND 32 ON

LAND VALUES AND THE COST OF LIVING IN HONG KONG ARE VERY HIGH COMPARED WITH MOST OTHER PLACES OF FIRST ASYLUM.

MOST AREAS OF LAND NOT ALREADY DEVELOPED ARE CURRENTLY (OR WILL SOON) FIGURE IN EXPENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES,

EXCEPT FOR TOTALLY INHOSPITABLE TERRAIN AND COUNTRY PARS

WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL LUNGS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY-

AN EMPTY HECTARE CAN HARDLY BE FOUND. ONE OF THE THREE AREAS USED AS A CAMP FOR THE 'CLARA MAERSK'' REFUGEES IS NOW PART OF A NEW MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY. A SECOND IS A

RECREATION CENTRE IN A COUNTRY PARK AND THE THIRD IS A MUCH-NEEDED SITE FOR A POLICE CADET SCHOOL. THE TOTAL

ESTIMATED COSTS BORNE BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN

SETTING UP AND SERVICING THESE CAMPS WAS ABOUT U.S DOLLARS

ONE MILLION.

OTHER THAN THOSE GIVEN BY THE UNHCR FOR ACCOMMODATION:

MAITENANCE AND PROCESSING FOR ONWARD RESETTLEMENT.

FCO PLEAE PASS SAVING PEKING AND HAND I

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