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HONG KONG REFUGEES

From: TIM EGGAR, M.P.

There is increasing concern within the Hong Kong Government

about the likelihood of resettlement for all the refugees

proving to be possible. At the moment arrivals are significantly

exceeding resettlement. The cost, although most of it is

borne by the UN, does not appear to be a worry.

It is too early to judge whether the policy of closed camps

is likely to be effective.

So far nobody has taken up the

offer for return to Vietnam or provision for onward journey.

1.9.82.