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This statement is clearly unfounded
in the light of a recent judgement made by a Hong Kong High Court judge. The case in Pham Van Ngo and others (High Court
No A4895 of 1990). "But it does seem that notwithstanding the financial and manpower
constraints, the Hong Kong Government has tried very hard to provide Vietnamese boat people with services which are comparable to those provided to the local population
within the low income bracket. Efforts
have been made from time to time to improve the living conditions for these boat people. Faced with such evidence, I
do not think that the Hong Kong Government can be seriously criticised. Nothing can be said as enough. There is always room for improvement. Having considered all
the evidence adduced before me, I have
come to the firm conclusion that although
the Plaintiffs had been accommodated in
less than satisfactory or even poor conditions, there was certainly no
intention on the part of the Hong Kong Government to ill-treat them".
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