IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
1254
7-5-1990
8-5-1990
Imin.
Ref.
Total
Description
on
Port of Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
VRD
Board
in VN
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
88/90
Chinese
wooden
fishing junk.
ONE
HO CHI MINH,
S.VN.
5-4-90 at
Vietnamese
1300 hrs Chinese
Breakdown
North Central South Yes/x
M
1
W
B
Family Composition
Families
Personal Effects
Description of Voyage
O
Source
1
Radio broadcast/
XXXXXXXX
Individuals
1
Simple clothing and belongings VI issued papers
1. Believed
to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over China!
3. Warning
Boatmaster : TRAN KIEN DANH
Notice was
X*XX**X announced.
The Chinese junk sailed away after arrival in Hong Kong. No photo is available.
In order to evade conscription, this Vietnamese, together with two friends, planned to flee Vietnam by land with intention to join escape boat in China. They departed HO CHI MINH by train on 5-4-90. After a brief stopover at HA NOI, they took a bus to LUONG SON where they went through a Vietnamese official check point. It was not until they bribed the officials with three gold rings and 200,000 Dongs, were they allowed to cross the border. Upon arrival at YOU YI GUAN (1) of China, they were permitted to enter freely. However, he lost contact with his friends since then. He was told that he would be apprehended by PRC officials if he went by bus. Therefore, he walked along the hill paths and, roads at SHI WAN DA SHAN (tk >
城
) on 12-4-90. He spent one week's time
until he came to FANG CHENG (7) on 12-4-90.
at FANG CHENG and BEI HAI (t sket ) so as to wait for passing-by VN boats but in vain. Thereafter, he took a bus to GUANG ZHOU (+ ) to try his luck for sneaking to Hong Kong. Having spent a week there, he was finally admitted by a boatmaster of a Chinese wooden fishing junk at a cost of 0.5 tael of
/gold