Vietnamese Refugees (Position up to 20.9.79)
Enclosure I
(I)
Position as at 31.12.78
(excluding 3,318 ex-Huey Fong)
Arrivals in 1978
Total arrivals since 1976
7,870
6,678 (Excluding 71 ex-Johannas-
burg Gulf and 17 ex-Sibonga)
Departures in 1978
1,720
177 : 1192 1478 6678
Total departures since 1976
2,407
Total remaining in Hong Kong
5,391
(II)
Monthly Statistics (Jan. 79 to date)
Arrivals
Departures
Daily
Total
Rate
Total
Daily Rate
Number in HK
at end of month
January
5,395
174
314
10
10,473
(see
Note 1)
February
5,552
198
817
29
15,241
(see
Note 2)
March
3,114
100
1,147
37
17,252
April
6,143
205
617
21
22,801
May
18,688
603
499
16
41,037
(see
Note 3)
June
19,651
655
1,608
July
8,797
284
1,335
古田
54
59,131
43
66,651
August
3,247
105
3,097
100
66,722
(see
Note 4)
1st to 20th
2,615
138
1,690
89
66,991
September
(see
Note 5)
Note 1: Including 3,318 ex-"Huey Fong", which anchored off Po Toi on
23.12.78 and entered Hong Kong waters on 19.1.79.
Note 2 Including 2,651 ex-"Sky Luck" which arrived on 7.2.79.
Subsequent head-count showed that there were 2,665 refugees aboard,
Note 3 : Including 1,003 ex-"Sibonga" which entered Hong Kong waters
on 29.5.79.
Note 4 : Including 2 ex-"Rudd Bank" whichanchored off Po Toi on
7.8.79 and 65 ex-"Anna Maersk" which arrived on 31.8.79.
Note 5 Including 25 ex"Samoa" which arrived on 5.9.79 and 164
ex-"Steenkerk" which arrived on 14.9.79. ·
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