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the next 2-3 years, provided that other Governments were
prepared to contribute commensurately.
These 1,000
refugees would include relatives of Vietnamese already
here and others with the potential quickly to become
self-sufficient in the United Kingdom, together with some
who have been in the camps for a long time and have not
yet been accepted elsewhere. The Government have
conducted an intensive diplomatic campaign to urge other
resettlement countries to respond to this initiative.
The response to our call has been very good and amounts
to a significantly increased international effort.
Accordingly, the Government have decided to proceed with
the new resettlement plans. The refugees will be
resettled in ways which minimise the pressure on housing
resources in certain urban areas of the country. A major
international effort is now required to resettle the
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Population mobility has long been a feature of Hong
Kong: many of the territory's residents migrated from
China and elsewhere and there is a well-established
tradition of going overseas for education, training,
career development and permanent settlement.
50. In late 1987 and early 1988, there were indications
that emigration was rising and that a significant
proportion of those leaving were skilled and professional
people. This was naturally a cause for concern and in
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