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Show Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, C4 Sunday, January 21, 1990 India's government loosens controls on radio and TV i; Vietnam returnees find difficulties By DAN BIERS Associated Press Writer GIENG DAN VILLAGE, 1 Viet- Dinh Hong Qui is nam (AP) finding it no easy task to begin life anew in impoverished northern Vietnam after voluntarily returning home from the squalid camps of Hong Kong. "At present I am doing nothing. I haven't any job and I have to rely on my parents," the man said in a recent interview in coastal Quang Ninh province. "For the time being it is very difficult." Qui and his wife are among nearly 1,000 people who have voluntarily returned from the British colony after finding their dreams for a new life abroad dashed by the Hong Kong policy of considering Vietnamese asylum-seeker- s who arrive by boat illegal immigrants. About 44,000 boat people who have sailed into Hong Kong since June Fh TVs If "V. ' I Singh's government has intro- duced legislation in Parliament to set up a corporation for the state-ownradio and television stations, to be headed by a chairman immune to government interference. The chairman would be chosen from a list of three prospects submitted by a group made up of top government officials and people in ed V face repatriation 1988 I volved in the arts and culture. The television network, which was expanded to reach 75 percent of India's 880 million people during Gandhi's five years in office, has been controlled by the government since its debut in 1965. All India Radio, since its founding in 1927, has been under similar constraints, by British colonial administrators for the first 20 years and then by the government of independent India. Under Gandhi, unabashedly programming reached a zenith on the Doordarshan TV network. Gandhi's close aides dictated editorial content over hotlines to TV officials and barked orders to cameramen accompanying the prime minister. Gandhi had to appear every day on the screen "one way or the other," said one reporter, speaking only on condition of anonymity. By V1JAY JOSHI Associated Press Writer NEW DELHI, India (AP) -Prime Minister V.P. Singh, following up on a campaign promise, is preparing to loosen state controls on television and radio and end what critics called blatant government propaganda. Since Singh took office Dec. 2, the nightly TV news has been showing the prime minister only about twice a week in sharp contrast to the lavish daily coverage accorded his predecessor, Rajiv Gandhi. against their will unless they can prove they fled political persecution or return voluntarily under a program sponsored by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Charles-Henr- y Bazoche, head of the U.N. agency's mission in Hanoi, acknowledged the economic difficulties faced by the returnees but believes that market-oriente- d economic reforms under way in communist Vietnam will lead to rapid improvement. "They have made a reasoned, mature decision," Bazoche said of the voluntary returnees. "They know that Hong Kong is a dead end. "The (economic) situation in Vietnam is evolving very fast. I do believe the next four years will see many more changes," he said. "I am deeply convinced that life in Vietnam is better than in a camp anywhere." Bazoche noted the number of boat people seeking voluntary repatriation from Hong Kong has been on the rise, with about 2,000 applications pending. More than 230 of the boat people who have voluntarily returned are from Quang Ninh, a northern province of hauntingly beautiful coastline where sampans sail between islands of dramatic rock formations. Qui and his wife last spring left behind jobs as a factory welder and tourist official with a total monthly salary of about $16, and sold their house to help pay for seats on a boat to Hong Kong, which cost $500 in gold. Soon after they arrived in the British colony, however, they became fed up with the strange food and cramped conditions in a v, t .'7 )v . i . 'lie .ir fv . 1 AP Laserphoto volunteer returnee from Hong Kong (left), stands in front of his Cao Van Lam, a house as his father watches. Lam is having difficulty finding work since returning to Vietnam. the detention centers and decided to apply for repatriation. The couple boarded a chartered flight to Vietnam on Nov. 30 and have been living at the austere brick home of Qui's parents, which is simply decorated with ornamental chili plants flanking but also lacks capital. Lam, 25, said he has had difficulty finding work ever since leaving the army last year. "I just want to have a normal life to do business," he said. "I think my hope will be fulfilled." The U.N. agency provides $50 agency for refugees provides $50 in cash to each returning adult to help with initial resettlement costs, but the money often is squandered. Cao Van Lam, for example, said he spent the money on cigarettes. A United Nations the doorway and a poster of Miss Hanoi inside. Qui, whose wife is six months pregnant, hopes he can borrow enough money from friends to start his own mechanical repair business. "If I'm lucky in doing my business, life will be much better, but if I'm not lucky, maybe not," he said. Cao Van Lam, a voluntary returnee who lives with his parents down the road from Qui, wants to start his own carpentry business in cash to each returning adult to help with initial resettlement costs, but the money often is squandered. Lam, for example, said he spent the money on cigarettes, while Qui spent part of his grant on beer and wine for a farewell party in Hong Kong. The United Nations also provides Vietnamese who return voluntarily with a monthly allowance of $30 for one year, but Bazoche said what is really needed are development programs in the northern provinces, where most of the boat people set sail. While U.N. officials believe the voluntary return program can play a big role in reducing the number of Vietnamese languishing in Hong Kong camps, another massive influx of boat people this year would trigger demands in the colony for quicker action. Officials in Quang Ninh and the nearby port city of Haiphong say they have launched a media cam- paign to dissuade Vietnamese from sailing to Hong Kong, about 500 miles to the northeast. Newspapers and radio have stories quoting returning Vietnamese describing "hdw hard and painful life is in the Hong Kong camps," said Tran Xuan Nguyen, a provincial official in Quang Ninh. The province also has cracked down on people organizing the boat journeys to Hong Kong, with more than 135 defendants accused of such crimes last year, he said. Haiphong officials believe that since August, nobody has left for Hong Kong from the port, a popular staging ground for boat people.' They express optimism that the number of departures in the spring sailing season will fall below the massive waves of the past two years. ' ' AnnRawlings Childrea's Unit Program Administrator Children express stress and anxiety in different ways than adults. Discover how By CAROL J. lin Economics Ministry says his office cannot estimate the number of businessmen scouring the city for office and living space, "but it is absolutely clear that numerous West European and overseas firms want to relocate or open new branches here." 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