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HE SAID THAT HONG KONG HAD BEEN USED BY CANADA TO MAKE WP ITS RESETTLEMENT FIGURES TO OFFICIAL TARGETS. THIS WAS WHY WE GOT THE EXTRA 500 IN 1984 AND 1985.
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HE WAS CRITICAL OF THE TYPE OF REFUGEE WE ARE OFFERING FOR RESETTLEMENT. HE EXPLAINED THAT RECENT REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN
NADA HAD NOT ADAPTED VERY WELL AND THERE HAD BEEN PROBLEMS. HE ASKED WHETHER HONG KONG COULD PROVIDE BASIC SKILL TRAINING. I EXPLAINED THAT WE HAD BEEN ASKING RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO LET US KNOW WHAT SORT OF SKILLS THEY REQUIRED AND WE WOULD TRY TO PROVIDE TRAINING. THIS WOULD GIVE THE REFUGEE SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO DO WHEN IN HONG KONG AND WOULD AID IN HIS INTEGRATION AFTER RESETTLEMENT. THE SORT OF SKILLS INVOLVED WOULD INCLUDE LANGUAGE TRAINING - MAINLY ENGLISH, BUT WE WOULD. CONSIDER OTHER LANGUAGES. I ALSO SAID, DRAWING ON THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE IN MALAYSIA, THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO RELATE THE SKILL TRAINING TO RESETTLEMENT. HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN OUR PROPOSALS AND SUGGESTED THAT I SPEAK TO BILL SINCLAIR AND DENNIS CREPPAULT WHEN I GET BACK TO HONG KONG.
8. I THINK THAT THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING AND WE SHOULD TRY TO DEVELOP SOMETHING WITH THE CANADIANS WHICH WE CAN PUT TO THE AMERICANS AND AUSTRALIANS AND THEN TO THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES.
9. FOR LEEKS: YOU MAY WISH TO PASS' THIS TO
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