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situation, Your Petitioner then left his wife alone in

Vietnam and returned to this Colony on the 12th day of

April 1975 with a view to apply for an entry visa for his

wife to come to this Colony in due course.

4.

Shortly after his return to Hong Kong, the

downfall of the then Vietnamese government was declared

and thereafter the delivery of Your Petitioner's marriage

Certificate was delayed.

5.

Since then, the only communication between your

Petitioner and his wife is scarce and the marriage

certificate was not given to Your Petitioner's wife even

after numerous enquiries made by her in Vietnam.

6.

Your Petitioner was very worried about his wife.

In November 1975, Your Petitioner applied to the Immigration

Department of Hong Kong for an entry permit for his wife

to come to Hong Kong and Your Petitioner had, by mistake,

claimed on his said application that the said Madam Huynh

Ngoc was his "fiancee" and the reason for his so stating

is because he was afraid that if he had claimed that

Madam Huynh Ngoc was his wife, he was not in a position to

produce the required marriage certificate to prove and

establish their marital relationship.

7.

Your Petitioner's said application for an entry

permit for his fiancee, in fact, his wife, was not

approved and Your Petitioner then wrote to his wife to

urge her to pursue the marriage certificate so that Your

Petitioner would produce the same to the Immigration

Department of Hong Kong.

2.