TNAG-1726-FCO40-2439-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 242

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MRS. FAN:

Sir, in the earlier reply given

by the Secretary for Security, he referred to the Hong Kong Government spending $1.2 million in the financial year

1986-87.

refugee

Does this include the building of workshops in

camps for

vocational training?

And is that not one of the major expenditure that the

Hong Kong Government has incurred in order to provide vocational training in Vietnamese refugees camps?

That may very well be the case, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: but again I do not have that information.

Sir,

MR. CHEONG-LEEN: authority ultimately responsible for the Vietnames refugees in Hong Kong, can an approach be made to the British Government to share the costs with the Hong Kong Government for the amounts

and related incurred in vocational training, capital costs expenses, after costing has been done?

Sir, since Britain is the metropolitan

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: This is certainly something which could be borne in mind, Sir, but I would like to make the point that the British Government does contribute both directly and indirectly to the services which I have described. The United Kingdom contribution to the UNHCR annual budget for 1987-88 amounted to

£16 million, or

$220 million

also contributed $220,000

and the British Government

to the Save the Children Fund

last year for its activities in closed camps in Hong Kong.