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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG : PRESS COMMENTS ON EXPENDITURE PLANS
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVED PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW OPEN CAMP AT PILLAR POINT (AREA 46A) AT ITS MEETING ON 16 NOVEMBER. FIVE MEMBERS VOTED AGAINST THE PROPOSALS.
2. MEMBERS ALSO CONSIDERED THE PLANS FOR THE SECOND STAGE OF THE WHITEHEAD CENTRE AS WELL AS A REPORT ON EXPENDITURE SINCE JUNE.
3. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF CONSIDERABLE PRESS COMMENT. LONG EDITORIALS HAVE APPEARED IN TA KUNG PAO WEN WEN WEI PO (BOTH ARE LEFT WING NEWSPAPERS). TRANS-
LATIONS FOLLOW BY FAX.
WILSON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
91
DISTRIBUTION
96
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
ADDITIONAL
5
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
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