11. MR. CHAIRMAN, THE STERN REPLITY OF THE BARE STATISTICS OF THE BACKGROUND AGAINST WHICH HONG KONG HUST VIEW THE PRESENT INFLUX OF BOAT PEOPLE FROM JILTNAY SHOULD DRSCURE NEITHER THE DRAMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE SITUATION, WAR THE SUCIN-POLITICAL TENGT 3 THAT ARE BOUND TO BRICE IT RECIPIENT COMMUNITIES FEEL DEPR 2D, AND IF LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED IN CAMPS INDEFINITELY. WE ARE NOT UNSINDFUL OF THE EFFORTS OF THE UNHCR AND THE CONCERN EXPRESSED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF COUNTRIES OF POTENTIAL RESETTLEMENT 291, ON A PESSIMISTIC VIEW, WE COULD HAVE AS MANY AS 70.000 REFUGEES IN CAMPS IN HONGKONG AWAITING RESETTLEMENT BY THE END OF THE SUMMER SEASON, AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION FACE A SIMILAR THOUGH IN RELATIVE TERMS A LESS SERIOUS, PROBLEM.
12. IN MY VIEW, THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT RANK SHOULD SERIOUSLY AND URGENTLY CONSIGER HOW ITS RESOURCES COULD BE NOBILISED TO ENSE AND SPREAD THE BURDEN RESULTING FROM THIS EXOBUS, AND TO GUARD AGAINST THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT THE PROSPECTS AND, INDEED, THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRIES RECEIVING THIS LARGE INFLOW ARE NOT SERIOUSLY HARMED, THE BANK SHOULD USE ITS GOOD OFFICES TO ENCOURAGE REGIONAL CO-OPERATION AND TO BRING PRESSURE ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY - FOR THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM TOO - TO RESPOND WITH ADEQUATE OFFERS OF RESETTLEMENT COUPLED WITH A SPEEDING UP OF THE RESETTLEMENT PROCESS,
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