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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.
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Ministry of Overseas Development and predecessors: Anti-Locust Research Centre and...
Catalogue reference: AY 11
What's it about?
AY 11
This series contains records of the Anti-Locust Research Centre and its predecessors, the Locust Sub-Committee of the Committee on Civil Research (1929-1930) and the Committee on Locust Control (1930-1945).The records include papers on the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AY 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development and predecessors: Anti-Locust Research Centre and predecessors: Files and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1924-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Anti-Locust Research Centre and its predecessors, the Locust Sub-Committee of the Committee on Civil Research (1929-1930) and the Committee on Locust Control (1930-1945).
The records include papers on the organisation of research, international co-operation and overseas visits, reports and correspondence from field officers, and personal files.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The records in this series are arranged under various headings and there is some overlap of subject matter between the categories.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Pre-war records of the Economic Advisory Council Committee on Locust Control, and other pre-war records relating to locust control, are in CAB 58
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 585 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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- Topics
- Research
- Aid and development
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2725/
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