U.K. and Hong Kong Governments.
For example, in a major speech
the United States last year, a leading Member of this Council stated that Britain's decision to repatriate 51 Vietnamese in December 1989 was in fact made in Hong Kong, and said, "It shoula be stressed that the decision was not one which we in Hong Kong
took lightly or willingly." I respectfully submit, Sir, that the decision was one which we in Hong Kong did not take at all.
under
We in this Council today must do rar more to make clear chat
our colonial system of
the question of system of government, vietnamese sóat people is the responsibility of
tne
one soveLelyn
first asylum
U.X. Government. Since both repatriation and first
ourselves,
yet until
now
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pertain to foreign affairs, we in Hong Kong cannot solve the
had little Britain has problems
incentive to stick its neck out on a problem that it has
successfully convinced international public opinion
It is no wonder that responsibility of the people of Hong Kong. the British Government has spent so little time or political
capital
trying
to
the convince
United
repatriation of non-refugees to Vietnam.
Che
States
to
accept
Why should they suffer
in the eyes of the world when they can so easily pass the blame
on to Hong Kong?
until we make the
Surely, we must realize by now that
British Government pay, it will do nothing to solve the problem.
1 therefore propose today, years ago, that the Hong Kong Government place the responsibility
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where it rightfully lies, and force the British Government to pay
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