(I)

Vietnamccr hefurces

(Position up to 2.8.79)

Position as at 31.12.78 (excluding 3,318 ex-Huey Fong)

Inclosure 1

Arrivals in 1978

6,678 (Excluding 71 ex-Johannas-

burg Gulf and 17 ox-Sibonga)

Total arrivals since 1976

7,870

Departures in 1978

1,720

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

54

59,131

July

8.797

284

1,335

43

66,651

1st to 30th

2.975

99

3,094

103

66,537

August

(see

Note 4)

(III)

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

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aboard.

Note 3 Including 1,003 ex-"Sibonga" which entered Hong Kong waters

on 29.5.79.

Note 4: Including 2 ex-"Rudd Bank" which anchored off Po Toi on

7.8.79.

Latest position (as at 0900 hours on 31.8.79) (For detailed breakdown, see Enclosure IA)

:

(a)

Under UNHCR care

(Sham Shui Po, Jubilee Buildings, Kai Tak East, Hong Kong Red Cross Temporary Transit Centre)

35,966

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