with the local settlement of a group of displaced persons, mostly originating fro Democratic Kampuchea. This programme, implemented by PERKIM (Malaysian Moslem Welfare Organization) and the Malaysia Red Crescent Society, included language courses and training in carpentry, weaving and sewing designed to furnish a means of livelihood. Expenditure by UNHCR in 1977 for these various forms of assistance totalled some $872,000 from Special Programme funds.
220. Assistance under UNHCR's General Programme in Malaysia in 1977 was mainly for the benefit of Filipino refugees in the State of Sabah, where many thousands had sought asylum. Urgent measures were required for a group of 5,000 of these refugees, living in great hardship in Kota Kinabalu and in Labuan. These included the provision of relief items, housing, water supply and other communal facilities, to be followed by the supply of fishing equipment and the construction of classrooms and dispensaries. To meet urgent needs, a total of $620,000 including an allocation of $400,000 from the Emergency Fund, was made available under the General Programme.
(e) Philippines
221. Arrangements for caring for displaced persons arriving in the Philippines and accommodated in the José Fabella Centre were implemented by the Department of Social Services and Development, under an agreement with UNHCR, pending their resettlement overseas. Against 1,206 new arrivals in 1977, there were 833 departures to permanent homes elsewhere. At the end of the year opportunities were still required for 556 persons. Individual groups outside the Fabella Centre were provided by UNHCR with counselling and local settlement assistance. Some $195,000 were expended by UNHCR in 1977 in the Philippines under its Special Programmes.
(f) Singapore
222. New arrivals in Singapore of displaced persons from Indo-China totalled 331 in 1977, almost all of whom were able to resettle elsewhere. Expenditure by UNHCR for their benefit totalled $94,000 in 1977.
223. Assistance of a similar kind from Special Programme funds was also provided to small numbers of displaced persons who arrived by sea in the Republic of Korea and Macao in the course of the year, most of whom were subsequently able to leave for permanent resettlement elsewhere.
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