IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
1247
4-5-1990
Date of Reg.
4-5-1990
Imm. Ref.
Total
Port of
Description
on
Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
VRD
Board
in VN/CHINA
* Excluding one male CII
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
Chinese type
34
Group I
wooden
Group I
transportation
HO CHI MINH,
S.VN.
junk installed
33
Group I
1-4-90 at
1200 hrs.
North Central South xxx/No
1.
Vietnamese
Bource
Chinese
5
28
with a 12 h.p. engine.
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11 6
Group II
Group II
Group II
Breakdown
M
انا
B 12
4
81/90
NA GAN TEAM,
1
NA LIANG HUA
1-5-90 at
Family Composition
Families 7 Individuals 5
Believed
to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over China/
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Measurement
(CII)
QIAO FARM,
0900 hrs.
FANG CHENG
Personal Effects :
*xxxxxx
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7m x 2m
XIAN, GUANG XI CHINA.
BALLER
Description of Voyage
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
Boatmaster
VONG A SANG
Group I
This boat has not been towed
to GIRC.
No photo is available.
This group of 33 assembled at HO CHI MINH on 1-4-90 and took a train to HA NOI. Having m an overnight stopover at HONG GAI, they came to HAI NINH where they managed to flee Vietnam via hill path and subsequently arrived at
) of China. After rested overni
Bh the
DONG XING(東興
HUA QIAO FARM, FANG CHENG XIAN, GUANG XI (1 night, they went to NA LIANG
那良藝侨農場
> where they lived at their relatives' homes until′ 1-5-90. During their stay, a boatmate's relative requested them to take along China born child (Group II) to Hong Kong. Thereafter, the combined a group of 34 left the farm by bus and reached JING AN (HE of GUANG DONG on 2-5-90. Without rest, they took
) where they purchased an escape boat at
another bus to PING SHA ( a cost of RMB $6,000. They started their voyage on the same day evening. However, the boat went aground after few hours. They had to wait until next morning. Then they resumed voyage and later called at Macao in the afternoon of 3-5-90. Having stopped for few hours, they were towed by Macao Marine Police to the open sea. Eventually, they arrived in Hong Kong dn the early morning of 4-5-90.
/Group II