TNAG-1186-FCO40-1488-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 15

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

For WRITTEN ANSWER on

Text of Question

7 December

Head of

HKGD

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draft Answer

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Thursday 16 Dec.

170 Sir Patrick Wall (Haltemprice): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs, what is the number of Vietnamese refugees now in Hong Kong; and how many have been there for one year, two years or three years, respectively.

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M

Mur Macol. Rifkind

On 15 December there were 13,114 Vietnamese refugees

in Hong Kong. 4,156 have been in Hong Kong for 3 years

or more, 4,714 for 2 years or more, 6,294 for one

year or more and 6,820 for less than one year.

Approved by the Rifkind

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16/12

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