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they sailed straightly to the North until they were eventually intercepted by Hong Kong Marine Police in the evening of 14-5-90 without touching Macao.
Additional Information
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Some of them heard from hearsay that Hong Kong Government would not accept Vietnamese after July of 1990. Therefore, they came in a hurry before the dead line. The boatmaster also believed that the news had been popularly circulated among people at DA NANG.
31 members had knowledge of the screening policy by means of BBC radio broadcast, press, letter, and hearsay before their departure.
25 of them had knowledge of mandatory repatriation via radio broadcast including BBC, voice of America, and voice of Vietnam; press and hearsay.
They sailed directly from central Vietnam by day and night without any stopover en route and no PRC official was ever met.
They had no knowledge of the following :-
(a) the news that they would be placed on a deserted island after their arrival in Hong Kong;
(b)
whether the Sino-Vietnamese border was closed;
(c)
any other VBP on their way to Hong Kong;
(d) the 'Push-out' policy implemented by the Malaysian Government.
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Total no. of unaccompanied minors under the age of 18 13(5B, 8G).
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Five Ex-servicemen were reported.
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They chose to come to Hong Kong because of safety.
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No criminal offence was committed.
10.
Two fishing junk (one PRC and one Hong Kong) had replenished them with fuel, water and rice during their voyage to Hong Kong.
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