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MAY 14th, 1985
10.00 a.m.
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ANNEX C
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MR. POUL HARTLING, UNITED NATIONS HIGH
PRESS CONFERENCE
COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
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MR. JAMES MARSHALL:
Thank you ladies and gentlemen, for coming. We have Mr. Poul Hartling here, the United Nations High
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?
Now, when you ask questions can you please identify yourself
and who you represent!
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MR. HARTLING:
Ladies and gentlemen, I am very glad
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to be in Hong Kong once again and I
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and instructive days here. It's
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had two most valuable
four years since I was here
last and I was eager to see again with my own eyes the refugee
situation in Hong Kong today. I visited yesterday a closed camp, a closed centre and an open centre and I am impressed to see what the Government, the authorities and the voluntary agencies are doing for the refugees here.
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
for us.
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
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