IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
1223
21-4-90
22-4-90
Imm.
Total
Description
Ref.
on
Port of
Embarkation
Knowledge of
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
VRD
Board
in VN
Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
Chinese type
39
wooden sailing
junk installed
Group I
with twin-
21
Group I
HONG GAI, QUANG NINH, N.VN.
Group I
30-3-90
at 2000 hrs.
Vietnamese
North Central. South Yes/Nxx
Source
1
Chinese
1
engine of
12 h.p. each.
Breakdown : M
6 19
W
37
6 8
Radio broadcast/
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57/90
Family Composition
Group II
Measurement
18
12m x 4m
Group II
HONG GAI, QUANG NINH, N.VN.
Group II
Families
8
Individuals 11
5-4-90
at
2200 hrs
Personal Effects
1. Believed to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over China and Macao.
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This junk has not been towed
to GIRC. No photo is available.
Description of Voyage
Group I
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
Boatmaster : KOONG LỤC
The 21 person group departed HO CHI MINH CITY, S.VN on 26-3-90 by train. They reached HONG GAI on 28-3-90 via HA NOI, and set sail on the same night. On 31-3-90, they came to BAI LONG WEI () of China and their junk was found no more sea-worthy due to engine problem. They managed to purchase another motorized junk at a cost of 4.2 taels of gold. In addition, they offered 0.45 tael of gold in exchange for 130 litres of fuel, 70 kg of rice and other foodstuff and left on 1-4-90. Having made a brief stop at
QI SHA (企沙 ), they moved on and reahced BEI HAI (
) on 3-4-90. This time, they offered 0.15 tael of gold to buy 130 litres of fuel. They then sailed along the coast of LEI ZHOU BAN DAO ( 半岛 ) and called at ZHEN JIANG (混江 ) on 12-4-90. They resumed their voyage a few hours later and moved eastward. On 17-4-90, they touched SHEN WAN (
) where they
rested over-night. They sailed to MACAO on 18-4-90 and stopped there due to unfavourable weather. During their stay, they met another 2 VN junks (i.e. VRD 56/90 and Group II). The 3 VN junks headed for Hong Kong on 21-4-90.
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