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(b) She and her aunt were transferred to 7th Village, Dongfeng (2639/
7368) Brigade, Dawang Overseas Chinese Farm, Guangdong Province, where they were employed caring for ethnic Chinese children whose parents were working in the fields. The monthly nursery fees were RMB 1.5 for infants and RMB 1 for children aged from two to four years; older children attended school. Source Three was paid RMB 1 per day.
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(a) Source Three had in 1979 tried to leave clandestinely from
Pingsha (1627/3097) but had been cheated out of her money, so on this occasion she decided to assist in organising the departure (she is the female organiser mentioned by Source One).
(b) During the Lunar New Year 1981 (first week of February), Source
Three located a Chinese male surnamed ZHANG (f.n.u.), a watch repairer at Beiwei, Dawang Farm (mentioned by Source One), whom she had heard was organising a group departure. He admitted that this was the case and, although he did not himself wish to leave, he was sending his son and younger brother overseas.
(c) On 6th March 1981, another organiser (the male mentioned by Source One) accompanied Source Three to Mafeng, Sanshui County, where
they examined the oar-propelled wooden cargo boat used in the departure and paid its owner, surnamed WU (0702) (f.n.u.) a deposit of RMB 200.
(a) On 11th March 1981 the passengers rendezvoused at Mafeng, the
organisers paid the outstanding balance of RMB 1,000 to WU, and set off down the Beijiang (North River) passing by Jiangmen and Modaume. They chose this route because the Beijiang River was very wide and they travelled only during the hours of darkness. They did not see any Chinese Public Security boats. The sentry posts on the small tributaries leading to Macau were thus avoided, particularly the posts at Xinan (6007/0589) and Jiujiang (0049/ 3068), where "escapees" were often arrested.
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