IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
1243
Arrival Date 1-5-1990
Date of Reg. 2-5-1990
Imm.
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
21
wooden,
fishing junk
TAN PHU, DONG NAI
S.VN.
17-4-90
at
Vietnamese
North Central South Yesx
Source
1.
Believed to be
0100 hrs.
installed with
a 6 h.p. engine.
Chinese
21
Radio broadcast/
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Breakdown
M 9 W 5 B 3G 4
77/90
Family Composition
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over China/ **XXX.
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Measurement
7.5m x 2m
Families 5 Individuals 5
Personal Effects :
*******
XXXXX*.
Simple clothing and belongings
www
VIV issued papers
This junk has not been towed
to GIRC. No photo is available.
Description of Voyage
陳康
Boatmaster
THONG SINH VÀ
These 21 persons were arranged to leave VN by a VN/M TRAN KHANG BAO A who was a friend of one of the boatmates, Mr NGO PHUC QUYEN.
Hence, no contribution was collected from them. Mr TRAN organized these 21
persons to gather at the boatmaster's home on 17-4-90 and led them to HAI NINH
via CAM PHA on 20-4-90. There they stayed in a hostel for four days awaiting
further arrangement from Mr.TRAN. To avoid, inspection by Sino-Vietnamese
officials, they went to DONG XING() be tomall fishing junk.
by
東興華
Then
they stayed in DONG XING HUA QIAO LU SHE 興華僑旅舍 ) for another
2 days. On 26-4-90, they headed their way for QUANG ZHOU by bus and reached
QUANG ZHOU RAILWAY STATION two days later. Having an overnight rest in QUANG ZHOU RAILWAY STATION, they went to ZHU JIANG (1) where they bought a wooden fishing junk at a cost of RMB $6,500. Finally, these 21 persons set sail in the late evening on 29-4-90 whereas Mr. TRAN returned Vietnam on his own.
They subsequently arrived in HK in the following afternoon without touching other ports en-route.
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