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NOTE D: LAND VALUES AND THE COST OF LIVING IN HONG KONG ARE VERY
HIGH COMPARED WITH MOST OTHER PLACES OF FIRST AS YLUM.
MOST AREAS OF LAND NOT ALREADY DEVELOPED ARE CURRENTLY (OR WILL SOON) FIGURE IN EXPENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES,
EXCEPT FOR TOTALLY INHOSPITABLE TERRAIN - AND COUNTRY PAR
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.
NOTE E:
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OTHER THAN THOSE GIVEN BY THE UNHCR FOR ACCOMMODATION:
MAITENANCE AND PROCESSING FOR ONWARD RESETTLEMENT.
FCO PLEAE PASS SAVING PEKING AND HANO !
MACLEHOSE
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS PB/MR, LUARD
FILE S
URD
13
SBAD
NAD
HKGD
EID
FED
MVD
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RES D
:
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P3/US MR.CONTAZZI 'MR.VETR
ME MEERAT MRLANGG
COPIES TO:
MR.BINT HOME OFFICE. MR.1GMT24 ODM.
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HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE.
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