Hong Kong sends 198 refuses home
Hong Kong (Reuter) Hong Kong yesterday began repatriating homes in China
Guarded by more than 100 police,198 Vietnamese men, women and children crossed the border by lorry into China in light rain as British and Chinese flags fluttered in the distance.
Nepalese Gurkha soldiers in a nearby watchtower watched the convoy of 10 police trucks through binoculars.
Some Vietnamese youths smiled through their lorry's wire mesh but others looked sullen ahead of their return of Chinese officials waiting across the border.