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Frank Field to force by-election (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock has for the moment averted a split in his party by agreeing to set up an investigation into the deselection of Birkenhead MP Frank Field. Field had threatened to force a...
Vietnamese boat people to be deported from Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The Government’s decision to start forcibly deporting Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong has been widely condemned. 51 people have so far been put on a plane back to Vietnam by armed police. But...
Vietnamese boat people deported from Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd is to make a statement in the House of Commons later today about the forcible repatriation of Vietnamese boat people. Both Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have condemned the...
Forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reports from Westminster on Parliament’s reaction to the forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong camps. Illegal immigrants will be repatriated, but those classed as refugees...
Forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the first repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from camps in Hong Kong. Governor of Hong Kong Sir David Wilson says sending the boat people back is the only choice open to the colony. Broadcast...
Possible trials for alleged war criminals (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Archer, Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary War Crimes Group on the Commons vote for trials of suspected Nazi war criminals living in Britain; what will happen next; problems that could arise including...
Forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd comments on the American opposition to the UK government’s decision to force repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from camps in Hong Kong. He says the decision was not an...
Kingfishers proposed takeover of Dixons (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Kingfisher’s chief executive Geoffrey Mulcahy talks to Richard Robbins? about a proposed takeover bid for electrical giant Dixons and their plans for the company if they acquire it.
Food aid for Poland (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd talks about food aid for Poland following a meeting of Foreign Ministers from 24 Western nations in Brussels today on the subject. And on possible aid for other Eastern...
Forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Editor of the Hong Kong Standard, Alan Armsden talks about public opinion on the forced repatriation of the Vietnamese boat people from camps in Hong Kong. Repatriation has been suspended but he says it will...