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F.C.O TELNO.550 TO HONG KONG COSTS OF REFUGEE PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG.

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1. THE CORRECT FIGURES IN HONG KONG DOLLARS TO DATE ARE 39M (39M)

FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND 15M (15M) FOR RECURRENT.

2. THE FIGURE OF 19M (19M) FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE GIVEN IN

MY TELNO.967 TO F.C.0 USED AN EARLIER ROUGH ESTIMATE BASED ON THEORETICAL PER CAPITA COSTS RATHER THAN ACTUAL EXPENDITURE 1338 TO DATE.

3. THE PROJECTED TOTALS FOR 1979 GIVEN IN MY TELNO.992 TO F.C.O

WERE BASED ON AN AVERAGE DAILY ARRIVAL RATE OF 1,000 FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. THE REVISED BRIEF NO.4 DATED 16 JULY USES A DAILY ARRIVAL RATE OF 700, GIVING TOTALS OF 80M (80M) FOR CAPITAL AND 8ØM (80M) FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE.

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