High Island Detention Centre

The High Island Detention Centre (Chinese: 萬宜羈留中心) was a refugee camp in Hong Kong built near the West Dam of High Island Reservoir for hosting refugees and boat people from Vietnam. The area is now a flat piece of grassland that is grazed by cows. It has a pavilion that leads out of the strip of land.

The Centre was initially managed by Hong Kong Police, and then by the CSD from 1991.^[1] The construction of the Centre was delayed by two months after concerned Sai Kung residents staged a sit-in at the site.^[2] It opened in 1989 and closed in May 1998. During that period, more than 20,000 boat people passed through its doors.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Clarke, Rachel (27 May 1998). "High Island camp closes after 9 years". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ Bale, Chris (1990). Wong, Richard Y.C.; Cheng, Joseph Y.S. (eds.). The Other Hong Kong Report 1990. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. pp. 159–174. ISBN 9789622014947.

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[High_Island-1] Clarke, Rachel (27 May 1998). "High Island camp closes after 9 years". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[Other_report-2] Bale, Chris (1990). Wong, Richard Y.C.; Cheng, Joseph Y.S. (eds.). The Other Hong Kong Report 1990. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. pp. 159–174. ISBN 9789622014947.

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