TRAINING SCHEMES
Hong Kong Government devote considerable attention and
resources to providing training opportunities. They seek
to provide educational and vocational training, with
emphasis on English, in all the government-run refugee
centres. Voluntary agencies run similar programmes in
open centres. In Hei Ling Chau closed centre, which is
for North Vietnamese and where resettlement rate is
therefore lowest and potential integration problems
greater, Hong Kong Government intends with United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees assistance to provide
special multi-purpose training centre. To be funded by
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (total cost
US$40,000) and
run by World Relief voluntary agency.
Should be operational by mid-year. Purpose will be to
prepare Vietnamese refugees for overseas resettlement by
teaching them basic manufacturing skills and use of
simple machinery, and simultaneously to alleviate
boredom, thus reducing likelihood of friction and
violence.
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