Second. Active free world support for Hong Kongs program of capital construction. Just this week. and for the first time in its history. the Hong Kong government has invited other governments interested in the refugee problem to contribute funds to this longrange program. The Hong Kong government indicated a limitless need of assistance. and said contributions could be used especially to provide more water. roads. housing. hospitals. clinics. community centers. and schools. I hope we give serious consideration to this appeal from our friends in the Far East. and suggest. Mr. President. that we make immediate contribution of $1 million to this program of capital construction just as we did during World Refugee Year. Third. Assurance from the free world of a reasonable access to markets for the limited range of goods Hong Kong produces. Trade is the lifeblood of Hong Kongs economy. It is the key to the colonys ability to provide the refugees a livelihood. Hong Kong will develop and survive only if her trade can be maintained with an adequate scope for growth. This is a complex problem. Mr. President. and the Refugee Subcommittee defers to the appropriate committees of the Senate for further study of this aspect of the problem. But as we study the situation and make our determinations. I hope that we will consider the future as well as the present. Hong Kong is a strategic outpost of freedom in a sensitive area of the world. and its survival will depend largely upon a viable economy with markets in the free world. Mr. President. the approach I have suggested to the refugee problem in Hong Kong does not. of course. rule out the resettlement of refugees to other areas of the world. But considering the number of people involved. and other factors inherent in the potential movement of any large group of people. migration offers a very limited potential toward a solution. Nevertheless. whenever feasible. resettlement opportunities must be encouraged and pursued. for this will lessen. somewhat. the burden in Hong Kong.
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