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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: SCORRI REPORT: YOUR TELNO 741.

1. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF PARAGRAPH 1(F) OF OUR TELNO 1034 ANSWERS

YOUR QUESTION ON TRAINING AND IF PARAGRAPH 1(G) ANSWERS YOUR

QUESTION ON RESETTLEMENT OF ETHNIC CHINESE IN HONG KONG.

2. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR SIGHT OF THE DRAFT ON CLOSED CENTRES.

YOU MAY WISH TO POINT OUT THAT SINCE THE CLOSED CENTRE POLICY

WAS. INTRODUCED IN JULY 1982, NINE BOATS HAVE DECIDED VOLUNTARILY

TO LEAVE HONG KONG. THERE HAVE BEEN SIX OF THESE VOLUNTARY

DEPARTURES THIS YEAR. DESPITE QUESTIONS FROM THE UNHCR AND

OTHERS ABOUT ITS EFFECTIVENESS, WE ARE CONVINCED THAT THE CLOSED

CENTRE POLICY HAS REDUCED THE RATE OF ARRIVALS IN HONG KONG.

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