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MIPT: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: FURTHER RESETTLEMENT
THE PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY US ON 22 DECEMBER IS AS FOLLOWS:
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ASKED TO COMMENT ON MR EGGAR'S STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) ON THE SUBJECT OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN WELCOMED WHAT MR EGGAR HAD SAID ABOUT THE
NEED FOR A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF
RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND THE UK INITIATIVE OF AN
OFFER OF A FURTHER 1,000 PLACES FROM HONG KONG. THE SPOKESMAN HOPED THAT OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES WOULD RESPOND GENEROUSLY.
''WITH OVER 15,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES STILL IN HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO DO ALL IT CAN TO ENCOURAGE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO INCREASE THEIR OFFTAKE' HE ADDED.
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