L
2
pre- 1 July 1982: 1 :
US$1 :
HK$11.05 HK$5.266
post- 1 July 1982: £1 :
and US$):-
HK$10.63 US$1 : HK$6.340
To summarise the position (in sterling
(a)
from 1 December 1978 to 31 January 1983
后
US$
total HKG costs
30.2 m.
63.4 m.
total UNHCR costs
11.4 m.
23.9 m.
total Voluntary
4.1 m.
8.5 m.
agencies' costs
(b)
total cost per day of maintaining a VR in closed centres since 2 July 1982
6.1
10.3
(c)
Estimated annual cost of maintining the current VR population to HKG
10.7 m.
18.0 m.
흐
(a)
Estimated annual cost if
17.9 m.
29.0 m.
all closed centres are full with 8,000 refugees
I think it is fair to conclude from these figures that the cost to Hong Kong has been significant. The main thrust of our plea with the resettlement countries must continue to be that, as we have already absorbed 14,000 from Vietnam into our own community (a creditable performance for our size), we can not be expected to be more than a place of first asylum. What these figures show is that even being just a place of first asylum is costly.
Among
others, I have sunt capits to The Embassy in Washington uunis fence
Yours sincere and.
جسم
(D.G. Jeaffre son) Secretary for Security
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