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FM HONG KONG

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TELNO 4584

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YOUR TELNOS 3192 AND 3224: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: HEI LING CHAU

DISTURBANCES

1. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE BRIEF FOR LORD GLENARTHUR SHOULD COVER BOTH THE JULY DISTURBANCES AND THE SUBSEQUENT JP ENQUIRY AND ALSO THE MORE RECENT TENSION AT HEI LING CHAU BETWEEN THE VARIOUS

REGIONAL GROUPS.

JULY DISTURBANCES

2. FOLLOWING THE JPS' REPORT ON THE JULY INCIDENT, THE GOVERNOR DIRECTED THAT:-

(A) THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES SHOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS HOW TO IMPROVE THE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES, STANDING ORDERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS AT HEI LING CHAU:

(B) THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AND SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH AND THE ATTORNEY- GENERAL'S CHAMBERS SHOULD EXAMINE THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT AND CONSIDER DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST THE STAFF INVOLVED: AND

(C) THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES SHOULD INVESTIGATE

THE ACTION OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS AND THE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AT HEI LING CHAU AND LAI CHI KOK AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THEREON.

3. ON 1(A), THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES HAS REVIEWED THE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES, STANDING ORDERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS AT HEI LING CHAU AND HAS MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT AND PROCEDURES AT THE

CENTRE. THE STANDING ORDERS AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES ARE BEING REVISED ACCORDINGLY AND OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION. MIFT CONTAINS THE UP TO DATE LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO OPERATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AT HEI LING CHAU.

4. ON 1(B), ENQUIRIES ARE DRAWING TO A CLOSE AND WE SHALL LET YOU KNOW THE RESULTS AS SOON AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE.

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