SPEAKING NOTE
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The House debated the problem of Indo-Chinese refugees on 15 December.
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As my honourable Friend, the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary stated in replies to questions on 16 and 17 January, the Government fully support the Hong Kong Government's generous and humane attitude towards refugees from Vietnam.
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The Government sympathise with the plight of the refugees on board the Huey Fong, now anchored just outside Hong Kong waters, but the ship poses a particularly serious problem for the Hong Kong Government. Efforts are still being made to persuade the master to sail for his original destination in Taiwan. In the meantime, a further five days' supply of food and water were delivered to the ship on 17 January:
is not desperate.
the refugees' situation, though uncomfortable,
Thy Rt Hon Friend, the Suf 5 for the Home Dept, announced on 17 January that the Govt. intended to allow 1500 more
free so Vietnamese refugees to settle in this county, including 1000 from among those now i HK. awaiting resettlement. We have also approached other goventments to encourage them to accept move refugees do there to reduce the burden on H.K. рабиделся
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