TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 104

Means of arrival

Ethnic Origin and

former

residence

1. Chinese from South

Vietnam

ARRIVALS OF BOAT REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN HONG KONG : 1st to 14th September 1979

Appendix IB

A

On small boats from ports in North Vietnam (12 boats)

B

On small boats from ports in South Vietnam (10 boats)

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C

AND

On ocean-going

vessels from ports in South Vietnam (Nil)

D Rescued at sea

by ocean-going vessels (2: Nelloyd

Steenkerk,

m.v. Samoa)

TOTALS (% of total arrivals)

287 (12.29%)

1,375 (58.91%)

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2. Chinese from North

Vietnam

1,375

3. Vietnamese from

South Vietnam

411

4. Vietnamese from

North Vietnam

71

5. Others from South

Vietnam

6. Others from North

Vietnam

1*

Totals (of total

arrivals)

1,476 (63.23%)

669 (28.67%)

N.B.

189

600 (25.70%)

71 (3.04%)

1* (0.04%)

(

-%)

189 (8.10%)

2,334 (100%)

This table does not include births or deaths amongst refugees already in Hong Kong:

34 Births were reported from 1st to 14th Sept, 1979 11 Deaths were reported from 1st to 14th Sept, 1979

Sub-totals (% of total arrivals)

I Ethnic Chinese (1+2) 1,662 (71.20%) II Ethnic Vietnamese (3+4) 671 (28.74%) III Originally from S. Vietnam (1+3+5) 888 (38.04%)

IV Originally from N. Vietnam (2+4+6) 1,446 (61.95%)

* Indian