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KONG'S VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM. AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, THESE MEETINGS WILL BE ARRANGED BEFORE THE UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS IN GENEVA FROM 7 TO 17 OCTOBER.
8. A SENIOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICER WILL ATTEND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING IN GENEVA. IN ADDITION TO SPEAKING AT THE FORMAL PROCEEDINGS. HE WILL HOLD A SERIES OF BILATERAL AND MULTI-LATERAL MEETINGS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES WHO ARE ATTENDING THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. HE WILL BE ASSISTED AND SUPPORTED BY STAFF FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN GENEVA.
9. FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE WILL VISIT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN BRUSSELS. LONDON. NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON TO BRIEF THEM ON DEVELOPMENTS AT THE MEETING IN GENEVA AND TO DISCUSS HOW BEST THEY CAN CONTINUE TO LOBBY FOR MORE RESETTLEMENT PLACES.
10. ONCE THESE INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNHCR, THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO RESPOND FAVOURABLY TO BRITAIN'S DECISION TO ACCEPT MORE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. THE OBJECTIVE WILL BE TO SET CLEAR REALISTIC TARGETS WHICH WILL ACT AS AN INCENTIVE FOR THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES."
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