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DESKBY 170100Z
FM FCO 161600Z AUGUST 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1168
MIPT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: SCORRI REPORT
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МКК 243/2.
RECEIVED IN REGISTHY
19 AUG 1985
REGISTRY
Action Tak 20
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FOLLOWING IS OUR PROPOSED PASSAGE FOR INCLUSION IN THE WHITE
PAPER IN RESPONSE TO SCORRI RECOMMENDATION NO 3 THAT MORE SHOULD
BE DONE TO PREPARE THE INHABITANTS OF HONG KONG'S REFUGEE CAMPS
FOR LIFE AFTER THEY ARE RESETTLED, ESPECIALLY THROUGH TRAINING
AND UPGRADING OF SKILLS:
BEGINS
1. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FULLY RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE OF
ENSURING THAT ALL REFUGEES HAVE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL
AND TRAINING FACILITIES WHILE THEY REMAIN IN CAMPS, IN ORDER BOTH
TO PREPARE THEM FOR THEIR NEW LIFE AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN RESETTLE
AND TO STIMULATE THEIR INTEREST AND REDUCE FRUSTRATION AND
BOREDOM. IN THE CLOSED CAMPS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING ARE
PROVIDED JOINTLY BY THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, WITH SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE FROM VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. (THE HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT ARE NOT HOWEVER INVOLVED IN ARRANGEMENTS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE OPEN CAMPS, THE ADMINISTRATION OF
WHICH IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF UNHCR IN COOPERATION WITH
VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS THEREFORE REFER
ONLY TO THE SITUATION IN THE CLOSED CAMPS.)
2. PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF
CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE CLOSED CAMPS EVER SINCE THE CAMPS WERE
FIRST ESTABLISHED IN JULY 1982. HOWEVER THE CURRENT AIM OF THE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND UNHCR IS TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND PRESENT
ARRANGEMENTS ON A COORDINATED BASIS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SAME
BASIC FORM OF EDUCATION IN EACH OF THE CAMPS. TO ASSIST IN THIS TASK, UNHCR APPOINTED A FULL TIME EDUCATIONAL COORDINATOR IN FEBRUARY 1985. THEY HAVE AGREED, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABLITY
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