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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

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Text of Question:-

17 febuary

Head of HKD

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a draft Answer)

& Background

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FRI 14 FEB

37 Mr Keith Best (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs, what information he has about statements made by the Chinese Govern- ment about the status of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong after 1997; and how many such refugees are expected still to be in camps at that date.

Mu Tim Renton

authorised

ANSWER:

I have no information about any such statement by the Government of the People's Republic of China. China has provided permanent asylum for some 265,000 refugees from

Vietnam. This is an admirable record. It is our strong hope that no refugees will remain in Hong Kong in 1997.

(Head of Dept

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