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Hunan Province): and a belief that false Hong Kong identity
cards can be obtained without too much difficulty or expense.
From Vietnam
33.
29 boats carrying 779 refugees arrived from Vietnam
in March (as against 6 and 204 in February). All the
refugees were ethnic Vietnamese and all except 29 on one
boat from the North were from Central or South Vietnam.
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There was also one boat with 37 ethnic Chinese on
board who claimed to have come directly from Northern Vietnam
but who proved to have been settled in Suhui County in
Guangdong.
35.
The predicted increase in direct arrivals has therefore
begun the number of refugees reaching Hong Kong in the first
three months of 1981 is roughly twice the number for the same
period in 1980. This higher rate is expected to continue and
even to increase further, at least until the monsoon changes
in September. The reasons for departure are largely economic:
refugees refer to food and other shortages. A fair number of
young men have left to avoid or escape from military service.
LIC Hong Kong April 1981
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