IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Arrival Date
Serial No.
1164
17-12-1989
D.O.R.
17-12-1989
Description
Imin. Ref. VRD
of vessel
Total
on Board
Port of Embarkation in VN
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
North Central South Yes/XX
Chinese type wooden junk
Total: 7
1. Believed to be
Vietnamese
Source
822/89 with a 6 h.p.
engine.
Group I
Group I
Group I
7
Chinese
Measurement
4
DONG NAI, S. VN.
1-12-89
at 0600 hrs.
(BBC) Radio broadcast/
xxxxx/Letter/
Breakdown : N W
M_4_2_B_0_'__1___ XXX*XX
Family Composition
8 M x 2 M
Group II
3
Group II
HO CHI MINH, S. VN.
Group II
Families
2
Individuals 2
Personal Effects :
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over Chine/an Macao.
3. XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
28-11-89 at 1500 hrs.
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
Description of Voyage
The junk has not been towed to GIRC. No photo is available.
Group I
Boatmaster : CHỈ KHÍU CHÂN
The exodus was organized by the boatmaster who invited his clansmen and friend to join the trip. After careful consideration, they preferred to come to Hong Kong by land via China, rather than by s88. Before they started their journey, the boatmaster collected informations and intelligences, especially the routing, from the local folks and Chinese residents who went to Vietnam for business. On 1-12-1989, they left DONG NAI, S. VN. by bus and reached HAI NING on 9-12-1989 via HANOI and HACOI. There they seperated into two groups as they believed that the control would be tightened to Vietnamese male. Therefore, a female member (one of their group members) pretended to be Chinese resident by wearing the Chinese style clothings and crossed the Sino-Vietnamene Border smoothly without alerting the VN. officials whereas the rest of them (3 males) came to DONG XING
) by amall boat at a cost of RMB $2 per head. The group members
東興
/ met