TNAG-0911-FCO40-1121-Policy-on-housing-and-resettlement-in-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 167

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PR 120

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FM F C 0 01170OZ FEB 79

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 99 OF 1 FEB

HOUSE OF LORDS PQ: BOAT DWELLERS.

HKK 360/2

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NO ANCHE

لسلاك

1. LORD BROCKWAY HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING QUESTION FOR ORAL REPLY ON 12 FEBRUARY-

QUOTE TO ASK HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT WHETHER THEY WILL MAKE AN ENQUIRY INTO THE ARREST IN HONG KONG OF 76 PERSONS, INCLUDING 48 WOMEN AND 10 CHILDREN, WHILST THEY WERE PROCEEDING IN TWO COACHES TO PETITION THE GOVERNOR REGARDING THE NEED FOR HOUSES FOR BOAT DWELLERS AT YAUMATEI, UNQUOTE

2. WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS ON THE SAME SUBJECT FROM TWO MPS, BOTH OF WHOM HAD RECEIVED LETTERS FROM THE QUOTE SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY ORGANISATION UNQUOTE (SOCO) ABOUT THE INCIDENT. WILLIAMSON WROTE TO THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING ON 25 JANUARY, ENCLOSING COPIES OF ONE OF THE LETTERS.

3. GRATEFUL FOR INFORMATION ON WHICH TO BASE A REPLY, BACKGROUND NOTE AND SUPPLEMENTARIES BY 060900Z, TO INCLUDE ANY AVAILABLE INFORMATION ABOUT SOCO.

4. WE HAVE JUST HEARD THAT MR ROBERT PARRY M.P. HAS PUT DOWN A QUESTION FOR REPLY ON 14 FEBRUARY (ALSO ORAL, BUT IN THIS CASE UNLIKELY TO BE REACHED) ASKING THE SECRETARY OF STATE QUOTE IF HE

IS SATISFIED WITH THE POLICY OF HOUSING THE BOAT PEOPLE BY THE HONG

KONG GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE. GRATEFUL IF YOUR REPLY COULD COVER THIS

QUESTION AS WELL.

OWEN

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