TNAG-0898-FCO40-1108-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 77

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31 October 1979

Mr David Price (Eastleigh):

To ask the Lord Privy Seal,

how many Vietnamese 'boat people' have reached the colony of Hong Kong in the last three months; and if he will make a statement.

No 22

MR PETER BLAKER

The numbers are as follows:

August:

September:

3,247.

2,581

The first three weeks of October:

544

The total number of refugees in Hong Kong on the

22nd of October was 64,107.