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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No. 1263 Arrival Date 19-5-90
Date of Reg. 20-5-90
Imm.
Total
Description
Ref.
VRD
Port of
Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
Board
in VN
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
North Central South Yes/
Chinese type
29
wooden sailing
junk installed
97/90
with a 12 h.p. engine
HO CHI MINH CITY 3-590
S.VN.
at 0900 hrs
Vietnamese
Source
Chinese
29
Breakdown
Measurement
11M X 2.5M
Family Composition
Families __2______Individuals 10
Personal Effects
Radio broadcast/ P/Letter/
M 14 W 9_B__ 2' 4 xxKAAY
1. Believed to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over China
Maxxx.
3. xxxxg
xxxxxx
XXXXXX.
Simple clothing and belongings VN. - issued papers
Description of Voyage
Boatmaster
:DUONG LY SANG
This junk has not been towed to GIRC. No photo is available.
The 29 persons fled HO CHI MINH CITY,S.VN by train on 3-5-90. They N travelled in small groups to HANOI, HONG GAI, HAI NINH and reached DONG XING (東興
) of China by hill paths. They gathered again at DONG XING HUA QIAO LU SHE ( m 1 m ) and were approached by 3 ECVs named
事僑
'VONG A SANG, KHUONG and BUU. Each adult had to pay 0.2 to 0.3 tael of
gold for the escort service and the purchase of a sailing junk for Hong Kong
They left PONG XING on 9-5-90 and made, stopovers at NASUO),ZHAN JIANG (1) and SONG GANG (
On 16-5-90, they reached 宝
華僑
GUANG MING HUʻQIAO FARM, BAO AN XIAN
where they rested over-night. They went to TAI PING
in the next
場)
morning and were provided with a junk by the said EVCs. They set off immediate- ly but had to stop at SHA JIAO ( 577 11 ) after a few hours' voyage due to: very strong wind. They carried on their journey on 19-5-90 and finally arrived in Hong Kong at noon on the same day.
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