Information on this subject is available in the attached documents. For additional documentation on this subject, please consult Response to Information Request PHL26030.E of 12 March 1997.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

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_____. 10 January 1997. "Taiwan Finally Gets Turn in Canadian Court." [Internet] url: http://www.taipei.org/teco/ cicc/news/E-011104.htm [Accessed 14 Jan. 1997]

_____. 9 January 1997. "Taiwan Insulted by Canadian Prosecutor's Denial of Statehood." [Internet] url: http://www.taipei.org/teco/ cicc/news/E-010910.htm [Accessed 14 Jan. 1997]

_____. 9 January 1997. "Romania Outside Jurisdiction: Expert." [Internet] url: http://www.taipei.org/teco/ cicc/news/E-010935.htm [Accessed 14 Jan. 1997]

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_____. 30 May 1996. BC Cycle. "Ship Owner Sends Agent to See Detained Captain." (NEXIS)

The Free China Journal [Taipeï]. 28 June 1996. "Canadian Court Grants Bail to Seven in Stowaway Case," p. 2.

_____. 3 August 1996. Bernard Joei. "In Halifax Stowaway Case, Lesson in International Law," p. 6.

Carleton University

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Global Business Information. 1990-1996.

Canadian Periodical Index. 1990-1996.

Foreign Broadcasts Information Service (FBIS). 1990-1994.

Public Administration Information System (PAIS). 1990-1996.

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World News Index.

Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) Resource Centre

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University of Ottawa

Orbis Database.

East Asian Miracle Database.

Expanded Academic Index: Index to Periodical Articles in English Geography.

Index to UN Documents.

Wilson Business Abstracts.

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World Population Vital Statistics 1994-1995.

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Access to National Library of Canada

OPL Database.

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Business Index International.

Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA).

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Les Affaires.