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ANNEX A

(a) Emergency Accommodation

1. The Chief Secretary gave his approval on 9 August for expenditure of up £4.5 million to pay for the hire of ferries, the

supply of tents and the construction of accommodation at the Sek

Kong, High Island and Whitehead camps.

2.

The Hong Kong Government estimates that further expenditure of

up to £5.6 million is now required on emergency accommodation

because it has proved necessary:

(i) to erect much more substantial perimeter fences around the

camps to prevent the inmates from escaping.

(ii) to build the High Island camp on a more permanent basis than

originally envisaged because of the continued high level of

arrivals.

(iii) to ensure that the camps can withstand severe weather

conditions eg by building raised concrete bases for the tents

at Sek Kong.

(iv) to use ferries for a longer period than was originally

anticipated, thus raising the hire costs; and

o build a reception centre at Tai A Chau in order to provide

-200 additional places for new arrivals (a doubling of existing

reception centre capacity).

3. The total required for completion of these various projects is

based on the following estimate:

High Island

Sek Kong

Ferries

Tai A Chau improvement

works

£3 million

£1.125 million

£0.6 million

£0.823 million

TOTAL

EELADN

£5.548 million

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