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YOUR TELNO 1168 OF 16 AUGUST 1985 : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : SCORRI REPORT.
OUR COMMENTS ON YOUR PROPOSED PASSAGE FOR INCLUSION IN THE WHITE PAPER IN RESPONSE TO SCORRI RECOMMENDATION NO. 3 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A) WE AGREE TO THE APPROACH ADOPTED IN THE DRAFT WHICH WE FIND COMPREHENSIVE AND INFORMATIVE.
B) PARA 4(A) : WE REGRET THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY IN PARA 6 OF OUR TELNO 1295 WAS NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE. THE CORRECT POSITION IS THAT THE SALVATION ARMY PROVIDES ONLY A KINDERGARTEN. THE GOVERNMENT (NOT SALVATION ARMY) PROVIDES EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AGED 6 TO 15 YEARS EMPLOYING REFUGEE TEACHERS SUPERVISED BY A GOVERNMENT HEAD TEACHER. THE SALVATION ARMY ASSISTS IN THE TRAINING OF REFUGEE TEACHERS AND IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH TO REFUGEE CHILDREN. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL EDUCATIONAL MATTERS AT CHI MA WAN INVOLVING CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 6 AND 15 YEARS WILL SHORTLY BE TAKEN OVER BY THE HKISS WITH UNHCR FUNDING. THE SALVATION ARMY WILL CONTINUE WITH THE KINDERGARTEN AND MAY CONTINUE TO ASSIST IN THE TRAINING OF REFUGEE TEACHERS AND IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH TO REFUGEE CHILDREN IF INVITED TO DO SO BY THE HKISS.
C) PARA 5: BY SEPTEMBER 1995, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE SIX EXTRA CLASSROOMS FOR BOWRING CLOSED CENTRE AND SEVEN EXTRA CLASSROOMS FOR CHI MA WAN CLOSED CENTRE. WE INTEND TO CONVERT ONE DORMITORY BUILDING INTO CLASSROOMS AT CAPE COLLINSON IF THE NEED ARISES. CONVERSION WORK IN CAPE COLLINSON HAS NOT YET STARTED AND WE THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT THE SENTENCE IN BRACKETS IN THIS PARAGRAPH BE DELETED. WHETHER WE NEED TO CONVERT A DORMITORY INTO CLASSROOMS IN CAPE COLLINSON WILL DEPEND UPON ANY INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR SUCH FACILITIES. A TOTAL OF THREE CLASSROOMS IS AVAILABLE AND THIS IS ENOUGH TO MEET PRESENT REQUIREMENTS. THE PRESENT POPULATION AT CAPE COLLINSON IS 494 AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO ABOUT 400 IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, THUS EASING THE DEMAND FOR CLASSROOMS.
D) PARA 9 : THE LAST SENTENCE SHOULD BE RE-WORDED AS FOLLOWS : **ALL TEACHING ACTIVITIES ARE MONITORED JOINTLY BY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE UNHCR.' THE REASONS FOR THIS CHANGE ARE THAT CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TEACHERS DO NOT SUPERVISE THESE ACTIVITIES AND WE ARE INVOLVING UNHCR MORE IN EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN CLOSED CENTRES. UNHCR IS FUNDING MOST OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN CLOSED CENTRES AND THEY HAVE ENGAGED A FULL-TIME EDUCATION CO-ORDINATOR TO OVERSEE THE PROVISION OF THESE SERVICES.
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