TNAG-1916-FCO40-2720-Accommodation-for-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 13

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Hong Kong government planning to move Boat People currently

accommodated in Soko islands to more suitable location.

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Garrison willing to provide help (eg transport) for this

operation. We have provided assistance of this sort before

when it became necessary to evacuate camps during bad weather.

[If pressed to give further details, eg on cholera outbreak

being the reason for the evacuation]

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Matter for the FCO/Hong Kong government.

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