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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

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TEXT OF QUESTION :-

Head of HKS нку

Please submit

a draft Answer

& Background

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before NCON

Thes 1574/86

149 Mr Keith Best (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the welfare of Viet- namese refugees in Hong Kong, in the light of the report entitled Refugees from Vietnam in Hong Kong, dated March 1986, by Refugee Action, a copy of which has been sent to

him.

to P/S

MR. RENTONI

(Minister)

for approval by

NOON 16 APRIL

...PQS... REPLY (S)

for answer by

MR. RENTON

(Minister)

ANSWER

We and the Hong Kong Government keep under constant

review the welfare of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong,

with a view to ensuring that conditions in the refugee

camps are as humane as possible. The Hong Kong

Government are studying the report to which my honourable Friend refers, and will take account of its recommenda-

tions wherever practicable.

copy to

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Private Secretary

pet

(Minister)

Parliamentary

Clerk

authorised

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