IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
1228
25-4-1990
25-4-1990
Imm.
Ref.
VRD
Total
Port of
Description
on
Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
Board
in VN
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
North Central South Yes/
1.
Vietnamese
Source :
N/A
2
HỌ CHI MINH
CITY, S.VN.
6-4-90 at 0900 hrs
Chinese
2
62/90
Breakdown : M 2 W
Family Composition
B
************* Hearsay
Believed to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stoppe
over China/
Xxxxx.
:
Families
Individuals 2
Personal Effects
3. Warning
Notice
announced.
惩
Description of Voyage
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
-
Informant : LIEU TAI
The exodus junk left immediately after their arrival Hong Kong. No junk photo is available.
The two persons left HO CHI MINH CITY, S.VN on 6-4-90 by train. Two days later, they reached HA NOI where they made an over-night rest. On 10-4-90, they went to DONG DANG via LANG SON and immediately approached the border check- point. They had to pay 200 Dongs and RMB $1 per person to the VN and Chinese officials respectively before they were allowed to cross the frontier They soon arrived at PING XIANG (7
) and proceeded to NAN LING ( on the next day. On 13-4-90, they reached GUANG ZHOU (
) by train and stayed at their friend's (named
) house at (mil
37 27 Z
). Having made a 3-day stopover, they moved on and came to
on 17-4-90
31 diffusi
SHAN TOU
(named
Having ma-90. This time, they stayed at their relative's
) house at (潮州市文詞鎮丁厝寮 ) for another
)
7 days. Under the arrangement of their relative, they were led to HAI FUNG (海豐 ) on 24-4-90 and were later put on board a Chinese wooden fishing junk measuring 10m x 2.5m. On board that junk, they saw 4 others who spoke CHAO ZHOU HUA and were about to head for Hong Kong. Their junk set off in the
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