IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
1188
4-3-90
Date of Reg.
5-3-90
Imm. Ref. VRD
on
of vessel
Board
Total
Description
Port of Embarkation
in VN
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
• Excluding 1 ECVII
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
N.VN type
wooden sailing
Group I
39
Junk installed
Group I HONG GAI N.VN
29-12-89
0600 hrs Vietnamese *
8
North Central South |Yes/box
Source
1. Believed to be
4
22/90
engine.
with a 12H.P.
MEASUREMENT
12m x 3.2m
Group II
1 ECVII
Chinese
20
Group II BEI HAI CHINA
13-1-90
0900 hrs
Breakdown
N15 W 10 B 7 7
Radio broadcast/ Baa/Letter/ Hearsay
Family Composition
:
Families 10
Individuals_9
Personal Effects :
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over China/ Maxxx.
3. HARRİRK
Hakiяe XXXXRÀ.
The junk has not been towed to GIRC. No photo is available.
Description of Voyage
Group I
Simple clothing and belonginge VN issued papers
Boatmaster
: KHÔNG VAN PHONG
The trip was organized by a VN/M 'QUANG'. 0.3-0.5 tael of gold was collected from each member. They were informed to gather at HONG GAI, N.VN. They started their journey in the early morning of 29-12-89. They reached MONG GAI in the afternoon. Those with identification papers were allowed to pass the border check point upon payment of $5,000-$20,000 Dong per head. RMB$1 was collected each at the China side. The rest were directed to cross
the borderline by small boat at a price of $20,000 Dong. At DONG XING (東興), they were escorted to 東興華僑旅行服務社
•
There, they met
group II who was a receptionist. They remained until 4-1-90 when they were guided to ZHU SHAN (4) by 'QUANG' and two other men. There, they were provided with a wooden junk, 300 litres of fuel, 250kg of rice and 40 litres of water after a total payment of 4 taels of gold. They set sail immediately
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