TNAG-1425-FCO40-1908-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-general-1985 — Page 79

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MR. JAMES MARSHALL:

Thank you ladies and gentlemen, fo:: coming. We have Mr. Poul Hartling here, the United Nations H Commissioner for Refugees and Mrs. Lasan, who is the chief of the Hong Kong Mission, and Mr. Davico who is the chief of the

Information Bureau in Geneva. Now, Mr, Hartling has to leave

by about 11 o'clock so can we have about half an hour for questions from the floor, and the other half hour for separate TV and radio interviews? So can we have the photographers who want to take pictures first now, can they come forward please?

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when you ask questions can you please identify yourself and who you represent!

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Ladies and gentlemen, I am very glad

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last and I was eager to see again with my own eyes the refugee Bituation in Bong Kong today. 1 visited yesterday a closed camy, a closed centre and an open centre and I am impressed to Bee what the Government, the authorities and the voluntary agencies are doing for the refugees here.

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Of course, many of the refugees are frustrated because they do not see an immediate future for themselves, and the delayed resettlement possibilities is a problem for them and certainly

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Let me say a few words before I leave the floor to you for questions; one is, it is true that many, many refugees have been resettled from Hong Kong during the years. It is also true that the arrivals have gone remarkably down but the fact is, there are still some 11,000 people. The problem is there