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13 February 1986

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Mr Keith Best (Ynys Mon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingency arrangements have been made with the Hong Kong Government in respect of Vietnamese still in refugees camps at the time of transfer of sovereignty in 1997; and if he will make a statement.

No 142W

MR TIM RENTON

None. It is our firm intention that the Vietnamese

refugee problem in Hong Kong should be resolved well before

1997. In any event, the Joint Declaration on the future of

Hong Kong provides for the continuation after 30 June 1997 of

Hong Kong's present social and legal systems and so any refugees

then in Hong Kong should retain their current status.