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(f) the Correctional Services Department

would start recruiting the necessary

staff, though sufficient staff is available

to manage the camp at Chi Ma Wan immediately; and

(g)

basic ( or rudimentary) education too?

Departments such as Immigration, Medical

and Health etc. would review staff

requirements and submit proposals,' in

the meantime, Chi Ma Wan's use as a closed

camp can go ahead.

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To implement the policy within the time span

envisaged would require strong direction, co-ordination

The Security Branch

and liaison by a central agent.

has undertaken this task in the past and is best placed

to do so in view of the urgency. This, however, requires

strengthening the Refugee Division which had been run

down since April 1981 when it was thought the Vietnamese

refugee problem in Hong Kong was being contained.

It is proposed that the Refugee Division be strengthened

with the necessary staff immediately. In the longer

term it may be desirable to establish a separate

authority along the lines recommended in the Lightbody

Report to be responsible for all refugee matters.

will be kept under review.

This

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