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(b)

that publicity should be handled

as recommended at paragraph 19

of the memorandum and that it

should be emphasised that the

report had clearly

identified

that what was at issue was

reliability of services and not

public safety.

(The Secretary for Transport, Mr A.J. SCOTT,

and the Managing Director of the Kowloon-Canton Railway

Corporation, Mr P.V. QUICK, attended before the Council

for the discussion of this item.)

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

INTRODUCTION OF "SCREENING"

PROCEDURES TO DETERMINE INDIVIDUAL REFUGEE STATUS

(SRD 406/5/C)

The Council considered memorandum XCC (85)4.

The Council ADVISED and the Governor ORDERED:

(a)

that the policy on repatriation,

outlined in paragraph 14 of the

memorandum, should be endorsed

in principle, subject to further

consultation with HMG; and

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