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DSR 1 Revised Sept 85)
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HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
1. At the OD (K) meeting on 4 October the Sub-committee
concluded that I should pursue with you the outstanding
funding questions related to resolving the Vietnamese
boat people problem in Hong Kong
2. In your letter of 9 August, you indicated that you
were content with our proposals for expenditure of
£4.5 million on emergency accommodation; £5 million on a
Regional Processing Centre for Refugees; and £1.3 million
on the repatriation of non-volunteers to Vietnam.
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3. The £4.5 million for emergency accommodation has been
transferred to the Hong Kong Government and disbursed.
It now seems unlikely that the Regional Processing Centre
will materialise on the scale originally envisaged, if at
all. If it does, it will be on a much reduced scale We
will revert when the position is clearer. For obvious
reasons no money has yet been spent on the repatriation
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