IMMICRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamose Boat People
Serial No. 1273
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
27-5-1990
27-5-1990
Imm
Total
Port of
Description
Ref.
on
Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
VRD
Board
in VN
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
North Central South xxx/No
Chinese type
22
wooden sailing
HO CHI MINH,
S.VN.
junk with a
30-4-90
at 0800 hrs.
Vietnamese :
Source :
N/A
Chinese
22
107/90
6 h.p. engine.
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Breakdown
M 5 6 8 1 3
B
Family Composition
:
Measurement
8m x 2m
Families 5
Individuals1
1. Believed
to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped over China/ XXXXX.
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Personal Effects
******
XXXXXXX
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
The junk has not been towed
to GIRC. No photo is available.
Description of Voyage
Boatmaster : THONG SUONG CHONG
),
This group of 22 persons were either close or distant relatives living in DONG NAI, S.VN. Under the guidance of Mr. NGO KIM ( uncle of the boatmaster living in HA NOI, N.VN., they departed HO CHI MINH, S.VN. on 30-4-90 by buses and reached HA NOI, four days later. There they stayed for two days and later boarded a Vietnamese transportation junk after paying 187,000 Dongs. They called at JIANG PING (
), CHINA after sailing for 2 days. However, they were intercepted by PRC officials shortly after they disembarked from the transportation junk. They were fined RMB $1,300 and detained in JIANG PING Police Station (21) for five days because of their illegal entry to China. They were then sent back to DONG XING (F) and told to leave China. Nevertheless, they did not follow the instructions given by the PRC officials but headed for Hong Kong again.
侨農士 20-5-90, they arrived at LUK FUNG, HUA QIAO FARM (
場 making brief stops at NASUO ( (4). There, they stayed with the grandmother of the boatmaster until
), GUANG ZHOU (
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On
) after and SAN MEI
her 81's birthday celebration on 24-5-90. On the following day, they bought a sailing junk at at cost of RMB $7,000 from a local resident and set sail
/in
!