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FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 578
OF 25024OZ FEBRUARY 86
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, HKGO LONDON, HKGO BRUSSELS, HKGO GENEVA INFO ROUTINE HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO WASHINGTON
FOR C. LEEKS HKD
HKGO LONDON FOR TANG
HKGO BRUSSELS FOR FRENCH
HKGO GENEVA FOR WOO
MKK 243/4 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
2 5 FEB 1986
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Action Taken
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HKGO WASHINGTON FOR DORWARD
VISIT BY LORD CHITNIS
AFTER SEEING ALL OF THE OPEN AND CLOSED CENTRES (EXCEPT FOR CAPE COLLINSON) LORD CHITNIS LEFT HONG KONG ON FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY. ALTHOUGH THROUGHOUT HIS VISIT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HE HAD EXPRESSED ADMIRATION FOR THE WORK OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, LORD CHITNIS CRITICISED SEVERAL AREAS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE JUST BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE. HE SAID:
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(A) THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CLOSED CENTRE POLICY NO LONGER
EXISTED,
(B) THE CONDITIONS IN THE CLOSED CENTRES WERE DEPLORABLE, (C) THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS AN UNSUITABLE
ORGANISATION TO ADMINISTER THE CLOSED CENTRES,
(D) REFUGEES SHOULD RUN THE CLOSED CENTRES THEMSELVES, (E) VIETNAMESE WOMEN WERE SUBJECT TO SEXUAL ABUSE AND
HARASSMENT, AND
(F) THERE WERE TOO MANY CSD STAFF IN EVIDENCE IN THE CLOSED
CENTRES.
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2. LORD CHITNIS, DURING A ONE HOUR MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, HAD GONE OUT OF HIS WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT HE WOULD BE REPEATING AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE THE RATHER COMPLIMENTARY REMARKS WHICH HE HAD MADE ABOUT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. IN THE EVENT HE DID NOTHING OF THE SORT AND TOOK A MUCH MORE HOSTILE LINE. IT WAS EVIDENT DURING HIS MEETING WITH S FOR S THAT THE DIRECTOR OF REFUGEE ACTION, JULPA MICKLE JOHN, DID NOT APPROVE OF THE TOLERANT LINE WHICH LORD CHITNIS WAS TAKING. IT APPEARS THAT SHE MANAGED TO PERSUADE HIM TO BE MORE CRITICAL AT HIS SUBSEQUENT PRESS
CONFERENCE.
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