TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 105

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

from ports in North Vietnam (551 boats)

A

On small boats

Means of arrival

Ethnic

Origin

and

former

residence

1. Chinese from South

B

On small boats

from ports in South Vietnam (189 boats)

C

On ocean-going vessels from ports in South Vietnam

(3 Huey Fong,

Skyluck, Sen On)

5.574

D

Rescued at sea

by ocean-going vessels (7: Sibonga,

President Wilson, Rudd Bank, Nedlloyd

Serooskerk,

Anna Maersk

Samo

Appendix IC

Nemifoyd Steenkerk)

140

TOTALS (% of total arrivals)

Vietnam

3,072

9,213

17,999 (24.682%)

2. Chinese from North

Vietnam

41,319

12

41,331 (56.679%)

5. Vietnamese from

South Vietnam

311

6,029

1,792

1,165

9,297 ( 12.749%)

4. Vietnamese from

North Vietnam

4,216

3

1

4,220 (5.789%)

3**

1*

5. Others from South

Vietnam

6. Others from North

Vietnam

Totals (% of total

arrivals)

48,919 (67.09%)

15,260 (20.93%)

N.B. This table does not include births and deaths amongst refugees already in Hong Kong :

465 Births were reported from 1st Jan to 14th Sept 79 177 Deaths were reported from 1st Jan to 14th Sept 79

7,402 (10.15%)

Sub-totals (% of total arrivals)

1,340 (1.83%)

I Ethnic Chinese (1+2)-59,330 (81.36%) II Ethnic Vietnamese (3+4)=13,517 (18.54%) III Originally from S. Vietnam (1+3+5)=27,369 (37.53%) IV Originally from N. Vietnam (2+4+6)=45.552 (62.47%)

72,921 (100.000%)

claimed

French

** 2 USA and

1 Indian

* 36 Cambodian & 4 Japanese

360

34

73 0.100%)

1 ( 0.001%)

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