IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrivel Date
Date of Reg.
1248
4-5-1990
5-5-1990
Imon.
Total
Description
Ref.
on
Port of
Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
VRD
Board
in VN
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
Chinese type
48
wooden sailing
HỌ CHI MINH CITY
S.VN.
junk installed
11-4-90
at 0800 hrs.
North Central South Yes/N
Believed
1.
Vietnamese
:
with two
engines (12 h.p.
& 15 h.p.)
Chinese
Breakdown
82/90
Measurement
10m x 2m
Source
48
M 21 W 11 B 8 ‚¦
*****/Letter/ 8 Hearsay/T.V.
Family Composition
Families
9
Individuals14
Personal Effects
to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped over China/ Xxxxxx
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*******
Description of Voyage
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
Boatmaster : PHUNG A SANG
This junk has not been towed
to GIRC. No photo is available.
The participants were either relatives or friends. They travelled in small groups all the way long. All groups left HO CHI MINH CITY by train. They passed HANOI and arrived at HONG GAI in three days. At HONG GAI, some of them employed the locals to guide them to DONG XING (
) at a price
of $120,000 Dongs per adult. The rest tried their luck at the border and the majority crossed the border by small boats at a fare of RMB $0.5 or $2,000 Dongs per head. Several of them had been stopped by V.N. officials though they were let go to China after body search. All the valuables found were inpounded.
It took them nine days to gather again at DONG XING HUA QIAO LU SHEFFIE 彩会
). There, they met three ECVs who agreed to escort them to TAI PING.
纖濟
The couriers wer NGO TOAN THANG ( y 116. ), NGO TUC TE (22 27 =
NGO A NAM (
景
BRIGATE #1 (
) and they were residents in NA LI HUAQIAO FARM
* AY Em k l m a k
4)P FM # by k l ). The escapees had waited
five days at NA LI HUA QIAO FARM for onward arrangements.
) and
They then travelled
/to