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Draft Speech by Hon WONG Lam, OBE, JP Legislative Council - 15.5,85
The Vietnamese Refugee Problem in Hong Kong
Although Hong Kong can do very little to assist
Vietnamese refugees, the efforts we have already made is well
known to all. As my Honourable colleagues will soon elaborate
on this point, I have no intention of reiterating all the
facts here.
In my opinion, when any person with an impartial mind
is commenting on the way in which Hong Kong handles the issue
of Vietnamese refugees, he should take a viewpoint of sympathy
and understanding. Apart from sympathizing with Hong Kong's
limitation in this regard, he should understand that the key to
a solution lies in preventing the recurrence of a refugee influx,
and in assisting the Vietnamese refugees presently staying in
Hong Kong to resettle in various countries. If one avoids to
discuss the crux of the problem and just accuses Hong Kong of
adopting inhumane measures, he may be likened to a person sitting
alone in a Rolls Royce car and accusing the driver of an overloaded
bus of not placing extra seats on top of the bus to accommodate
more passengers. His comments are neither pragmatic nor fair.
What we need is international assistance rendered through practical
action.
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