Focus on
The Huey Fong: Hong Kong's 1979 refugee crisis
In December 1978, Vietnamese refugees seeking asylum aboard the Huey Fong were refused entry to Hong Kong. Records we hold document the 34-day standoff.
Series
Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Science and Technology Department...
Catalogue reference: OD 11
What's it about?
OD 11
This series contains registered files dealing with the financing of various research projects. Several projects included work on tropical problems carried out by institutions such as the Tropical Products Institute and the Building Research Centre.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Science and Technology Department and successors: Registered Files, Research Projects (RE Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files dealing with the financing of various research projects. Several projects included work on tropical problems carried out by institutions such as the Tropical Products Institute and the Building Research Centre.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier records on this subject are in CO 927
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- RE file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation, Science and Technology Department, 1961-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 288 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2005 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11382/
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Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Science and Technology Department and successors: Registered Files, Research Projects (RE Series)
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