TNAG-2064-FCO40-2942-Vietnamese-boat-people-and-China-1990 — Page 47

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2 days and then went to LANGWAN HUA QIAO FARM, LONG AN XIAN, GUANGXI SHENG Kto visit their relatives. During their stay, they were examined by PRC official. They stayed there until 12-1-90 and moved to DAWEI HUA QIAO FARM, ENPING XIAN, GUANGDONG SHENG (31 $1 र

) They stayed at their cousin's house while the boatmaster went out with his cousin to look for a junk for continuing their journey to Hong Kong. On 29-1-90, they purchased a motorized junk at SAN SHUI CEK >

to visit their cousin.

at a cost of RMB 6,300. Then they brought the other members to SAN SHUI from ENPING. They finally set sail at 2100 hrs. on 30-1-90. As they were not familiar with the route, they could only sail by day and stop at night along the river. They passed Macao at noon on 6-2-90 and were driven away by the Macao Marine Police. They sailed on and eventually arrived in Hong Kong in the afternoon the same

day.

Additional information :

1. None of them had knowledge of the screening policy in HK.

2. None of them had knowledge of the mandatory repatriation before departure. 3. They all would write back to Vietnam.

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4. 6 stopovers in China and were examined once at LANGWAN RUA QIAO FARM. They

had not received any assistance from the Chinese Authority.

5. None of them had heard of the news that they would be placed on a deserted

island after their arrival in Hong Kong.

6. Total number of unaccompanied minors under the age of 18: NIL.

7. No serviceman, nor ex-serviceman/policeman on board.

8. Hong Kong is chosen because their relatives had successfully arrived HK

last year.

9. They were land-crossers from Vietnam to China.

10. None of them had committed offence in Vietnam.

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