1.   In Geneva, a UNHCR spokeswoman condemned the violent resistance by the Vietnamese, but said the UNHCR still hoped to see the boatpeople repatriated by July.

2.   Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand are on schedule to repatriate the boatpeople by September at the latest, he said.

3.   China has demanded that all boatpeople be repatriated before it takes over sovereignty of the colony in July next year.

4.   The plane dived into Hong Kong harbour on take-off for its return to base in Indonesia, after completing a mission to repatriate Vietnamese boatpeople.

5.   Malaysia was the first country in Southeast Asia to repatriate boatpeople by ship.