TNAG-2064-FCO40-2942-Vietnamese-boat-people-and-China-1990 — Page 96

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scription of Voyage

Group I

2

Boatmaster : KHONG HAN PHONG

No VN official was involved.

), CHINA. Each family paid

) and stayed for about two The mother requested the group

They intended to go to GIANG

The group of 26 were land-crossers to China. They first proceeded to northern Vietnam in several small groups. They took trains to HANOI and ferries to HON GAI and

There was no particular organizer. MONG CAI. There they met a chinese who promised to lead them to DONG XING ( him 0.3 tael of gold. After their arrival, they proceeded to FANG CHENG (f th

R weeks. It was during their stay that they encountered the minor ECVII and his mother. to take their son to Hong Kong. As a result, the number of the group increased to 27. DONG (廣東 ) but lost their way near WU MING ( encountered another ECVII (Group III). Again the ECVII joined the group and finally reached HONG JI (

). They rested at WW MING for about two weeks and GUANG DONG by bus. On 4-11-1989, they purchased a boat at RMB 16,500. They then began their voyage to Hong Kong. They ( 紅旗 ). reached Macao on 7-11-1989 and the boat-engine broke down. They spent two days in Macao for engine-repair. they resumed their voyage but soon encountered strong wind. The boat wrecked near ZHU HAI ( went ashore. They received inspection from PRC official, and used RMB 11,200 to buy another boat. The group set sail

On 9-11-10° 珠海

) and they on the same day and arrived in Macao. Again the boat wrecked and they stayed in Macao for two days. On 12-11-1989, the Macao Police gave them another boat (the one by which they arrived ) and the group finally arrived in Hong Kong in the afternoon on the same day.

Group II

Name : LUU tu phat (

劉秀發

)

Subject is nine years old. He was born in Vietnam in 1979. and settled in (

arrival in Hong Kong.

廣西省賓陽縣國營靈農場

Group III

Subject was born in Vietnam in 1971,

廣西武

Soon after his birth, he was taken to China

). He stayed there until his recent

Name : LAU A PIIUC ( 74

劉亚福

I V VIP KRVE A ). Subject stayed there until his

武鳴縣武鳴华侨農場正安管理必定生產隊

He migrated to China with hiş family in 1978. They settled in (

recent arrival in Hong Kong.

Additional Information

Only one had knowledge of the screening policy. He knew about it through BBC radio-broadcast.

1.

2.

All would write back to Vietnam/China.

3. The Group I of 26 were land-crossers to China

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