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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A boat has to be purchased, from some one willing to sell it to potential boat people .
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An agreement was reached during Maude's visit to increase the rate of voluntary repatriation of boat people from Hong Kong.
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Artists record anthem to aid boat people .
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December 1989 start of involuntary repatriation of boat people p. 37122.
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He said that the deportations could jeopardise international negotiations aimed at finding a long-term solution to the boat people problem.
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Last year 6,652 boat people landed in Hong Kong, down from more than 34,000 in 1989.
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No reprieve for the boat people .
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The Government would seek international co-operation on checking the inflow of boat people at January's Geneva conference meeting.