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CONFIDENTIAL

DESKBY 100100Z

FM FCO 091545Z FEB 79

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 137 OF 9 FEBRUARY

PQ: BOAT DWELLERS.

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1. MR ROBERT PARRY MP (LABOUR LIVERPOOL, SCOTLAND EXCHANGE) HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING TWO PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 15 FEBRUARY:-

TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS:-

(A) OVER WHAT PERIOD REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE BOAT

PEOPLE AT YAU MA TEI TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT: TO WHAT DEPART-

MENTS: AND WHAT REPLIES WERE GIVEN:

(B) HOW MANY BOAT PEOPLE HAVE DROWNED IN HONG KONG OVER THE PAST

FIVE YEARS: AND HOW MANY OF THEM WERE CHILDREN.

2. GRATEFUL FOR INFORMATION ON WHICH TO BASE A REPLY BY 1309OOZ.

OWEN

FILES.

HKYGD.

CONFIDENTIAL

COPIES TO HONG KONG GOUT OFFICE

& GRAFTON ST

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