WHETHER OR NOT THERE HAVE BEEN/WILL BE ANY DISCUSSION ON
THE STATUS OF REFUGEES IF THEY REMAIN IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997
OUR AIM IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE REFUGEES ARE RESETTLED
WELL BEFORE 1997. HOWEVER IN THE EVENT THAT SOME REMAIN AFTER
THAT DATE, THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR THINKING THAT THEIR STATUS
WILL BE ANY DIFFERENT FROM THAT AT PRESENT. THE AGREEMENT ON THE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG PROVIDES THAT HONG KONG'S LAWS WILL REMAIN
BASICALLY UNCHANGED AFTER 1 JULY 1997. IN THE CASE OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES THE RELEVANT LEGISLATION IS THE HONG KONG IMMIGRATION
ORDINANCE, WHICH CONTAINS A SPECIAL PROVISION UNDER WHICH
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES MAY BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG
PENDING THEIR RESETTLEMENT ELSEWHERE. I WOULD ADD THAT THE
CHINESE THEMSELVES HAVE AN ADMIRABLE RECORD AS PROVIDERS OF
ASYLUM TO INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES:
THERE.
270,000 ARE ALREADY RESETTLED
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