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4.

ii)

Last year the UK also gave £186 000 worth of equipment and supplies to Hong Kong would future supplies of such equipment be affected if Hong Kong were not listed as a developing country? I gather from Statistics Department

that Education Division were responsible for expenditure, their comments here would be welcome.

the

In general, UK assistance for Vietnamese immigrants in Hong

Kong is attributed to ODA's Vietnam programme, this assistance

will therefore remain unaffected by any change to the DAC list.

5. But, would the UNHCR still be able to give aid to Vietnamese

refugees in Hong Kong if Hong Kong's status as a developing country changed? And similarly would other donors' still be able to contribute to the UNHCR programme in Hong Kong if it was no longer on the DAC list? I should be grateful to Mr Cardy if he

would pursue this point with UKMIS Geneva and let me have his

comments in due course.

Sara Sharp

Aid Policy Department