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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 08103OZ FCO

TELNO 1455

OF 081015Z MAY 89

CONFIDENTIAL

FMKD 243/9

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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, PEKING, HANOI

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MDHIAN 3646

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE :

ALLEN LEE, SENIOR LEGCO MEMBER, HAS GIVEN NOTICE THAT HE INTENDS TO MOVE THE FOLLOWING MOTION ON VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ON 17 MAY

1989 :

BEGINS

THAT THIS COUNCIL, CONSIDERING THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCREENING POLICY FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE DEPENDS UPON THE SUCCESSFUL REPATRIATION OF ALL THOSE SCREENED OUT AS NON-REFUGEES AND THE RESETTLEMENT OF ALL REFUGEES, URGES HMG TO FULFIL ITS RESPONSIBILITY BY TAKING A LEADING ROLE IN ACTIVELY PURSUING THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPATRIATION, AND IN ACCEPTING FOR RESETTLEMENT MORE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG.

ENDS

2. THIS MNTION, IN THE NAME OF THE SENIOR MEMBER, FOLLOWS A GOOD DEAL OF OMELCO IN-HOUSE DISCUSSION AND PRE-EMPTS VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE, AND EVEN MORE UNATTRACTIVE MOTIONS BEING CANVASSED BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. WE EXPECT AT LEAST 12 MEMBERS TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION. WE SHALL TELEGRAPH FURTHER WITH OUR PROPOSED LINE, AFTER ATTEMPTING TO FIND OUT THE LIKELY THRUST IN MORE DETAIL

OF MEMBERS SPEECHES.

WILSON

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