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VII Large Ships Arrivals :
Organised (all from 3. Vietnam) Rescuea ant Sea
Ship and Date of Arrival in Hong Kong Waters
(A)
Ethnic Vietnamese()Ethnic Chinese(X)
Others(%)
Total
"Huey Fong"
19th Jan. 1979 (off
Hong Kong since
435 (13%)
2873 (86.6%)
10 (0.3%)
3318
23rd Dec 1978)
"Skyluck"
7th Feb 1979(beached
on Lamma Island 29th
935 (35%)
1690 (64%)
26 (1%)
2651@
June 1979)
"Sen On" (Seng'Cheong)
26th May 1979(beached
422 (29%)
1011 (71%)
NIL
1433
on Lantau Island)
TOTAL
1792
5574
36
7402
The no. of Skyluck refugees upon arrival was 2651 but there were 2 deaths (both ethnic Chinese) shortly afterwards. Our previous figure was reported to you as 2649. Please therefore amend accordingly.
Ship and Date
of Arrival in
Hong Kong Waters
"Sibonga"
29th May 1979
(B)
Ethnic Vietnamese (5) Ethnic Chinese (%) Others (%)
Chinese(%)
Total
831 (83%)
139 (14%)
34 (3%)
1004
VIII. Births to and Death of Refugees from March to June 1979
Births = 216
Death = 40
Note: These statistics were not monitored until March 1979.