Imm.
Ref.
Description
on
of vessel
VRD
Board
80/90
N/A
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
1246
3-5-1990
3-5-1990
Total
Port of Embarkation
in VN
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
North Central South Yes/x
1. Belived
3
HO CHI MINH C CITY S.VN.
23-4-90
at 0600 hrs.
Vietnamese
Source
Chinese
3
Radio broadcast/ xxxxxxxbedbexxxx
Breakdown
M 2 W
B
1
Family Composition
Families
1
Individuals 1
Personal Effects
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over China/
XXXXXX
3. Warning
Notice
XXXXXXX.
announced.
Description of Voyage
Informant
LY TO HA
The informant, together with his daughter and a friend, departed HO CHI MINH CITY, S.VN on 23-4-90 by bus. Three days later, they reached HONG GAI and made a 2-day stopover. They headed for HAI NINH on 28-4-90 and crossed the Sino-Vietnamese border via hill paths. They soon arrived at DONG XING (Toy. ) of China and stopped for another 2 days so look for their onward facilities. On 2-5-90, they managed to touch SHEN ZHEN SHI (31 ), via FANG CHENG), GUANG ZHOU
告
Land travellers.
(
SHE THEN SAT and Bus I to to
BU JI
as to
). They then proceeded southward as
directed by local residents until they reached the frontier. They swam across the SHEN ZHEN RIVER) with the use of a life-buoy. They then
sneaked through the border fence and arrived in Hong Kong on the same night.
They rested for a while and were intercepted by army at MA CHO LUNG
馬草壟
b) at 0530 hrs on 3-5-90.
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