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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

香港立法局

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15 February 1989

一九八九年二月十五日

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Other centres accommodating Vietnamese refugees or boat people are situated in areas served by hospitals or clinics with a 24-hour Accident and Emergency service. For these centres, it is not considered necessary to provide a 24-hour coverage by doctors but consideration is at present being given to strengthening the nursing coverage of one of them.

Illegal immigrant mothers

15. MR. HUI asked: Will the Government inform this Council whether, since the repatriation of illegal immigrant mothers to China last year, it has contacted the relevant Chinese authorities with a view to expediting, on humanitarian grounds, the issue of one-way permits to these mothers and, if so,

what progress has been made so far?

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: One-way exit permits are issued in China and are entirely a matter for the Chinese authorities. Members will understand therefore that the Hong Kong Government can do no more than draw the attention of the Chinese authorities to these illegal immigrant mother cases, and in the course of last year this has been done.

Government Business

First Reading of Bills

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989

LEGAL OFFICERS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989

LIFTS AND ESCALATORS (SAFETY) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989

PHARMACY AND POISONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989

PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989

Bills read the First time and ordered to be set down for Second Reading pursuant to Standing Order 41(3).