TNAG-1016-FCO40-1266-Quarterly-progress-reports-on-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 16

CONFIDENTIAL

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Subject

Purpose

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Progress Made and Present Position

b) New regulations affecting pleasure craft aimed

at curbing use of speedboats for illegal immigration enforced in October 1981. Speedboat pound established at Canton Road under control of D of M. 23 unlicensed raft impounded so far.

c) Consultants' survey of radar requirements for

Marine Police under evaluation.

Next Quarter's Target

b) To liaise with

Marine Police over enforcement and

to monitor effective- ness of regulations.

c) To agree detailed I

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5. Vietnamese

Refugees

To ensure early resettlement of refugees elsewhere and meanwhile accommodate them under UNHCR care.

d) GSC directed that although a comprehensive

system of Port Controls should not be established, special arrangements should be made at Aberdeen and Shaukiwan.

e) Working Party set up to agree draft legislation

for the security of all international ferry terminals.

f) Port Security Committee established under Police

chairmanship.

a) 2,151 refugees arrived and 3,882 left for overseas resettlement during the quarter. At quarter's end there were 13,487 refugees in UNHCR camps or supported by UNHCR, 44 in Jubilee Reception Centre (JRC) under processing by Immigration Department are supported by HKG.

requirements and programme for implementation.

d) To establish

customs and immigration control at Aberdeen and Shaukiwan and keef general situation under review.

e) To make the new regulations.

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f) To review Securitį

arrangements through out the ports of Hong Kong.

a) To continue to wor

with UNHCR for the speedy resettlemen of refugees.

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