ANNEX A
Arrival of Boat Refugees from Vietnam in Hong Kong
1975
(all arrived in the "CLARA MAERSK" on
4 May )
3,743
1976
191
1977
1,001
1978
(to 25/7/78)
2,027
Total
6.962
Notes:
(a)
(b)
These figures do not include refugees only granted transit facilities in Hong Kong: see notes (b) and (c) to Annex B.
Immigration Department have only kept separate statistics since 1 May for refugees of Chinese/Vietnamese ethnic origin. Of the 1,793 who arrived between May and 25/7/1978, 973 (54.3%) were of Chinese origin and 820(45.7%) of Vietnamese origin.
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