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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
1213
12-4-1990
12-4-1990
Imm
Ref.
VRD
Total
Description
on
of vessel
Board
Port of Embarkation in VN
Knowledge of
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
Detention Centre
Policy
Chinese type
17
HO CHI MINH CITY, 31-390
wooden sailing
S.VN.
junk installed
at 1000 hrs.
Vietnamese
North Central South Yes/X*
Source
17
with a 6 h.p. engine.
Chinese
Radio broadcast/
47/90
Breakdown : M 7 W 6 B 3 1
Family Composition :
XXXXXX
Families
4
Individuals 5
Measurement
8m x 2.5m
Personal Effects :
Simple clothing and belonginge VN issued papers
Description of Voyage
This junk has not been towed
to GIRC.
No photo is available.
Remarks
·
Believed
to be
former VN residents,
2. Had stopped
over China and Macao.
****** XXXXXXX.
Boatmaster : TRAN MINH PHONG
These 17 persons departed HO CHI MINH CITY, S.VN for HA NOI by train on 31-3-90. Three days later, they came to HA NOI and made a 2-day stopover. On 5-4-90, they reached LANG SON and immediately approached the border check point. Each adult had to pay 1,000 Dongs and RMB $1 to the Vietnamese and Chinese officials respectively before they were allowed to cross the frontier. The whole
party soon arrived at PING XIANG (1 ) of China and proceeded to FU SUI XIAN (扶緩將 ) by bus in the same night. Having stayed at their relatives' house (Address: 而長溝侨農場 ), they moved on by bus to
theat
ZHEN JIANG (FIL ) and finally reached JING AN (# SAN HUI (新會
) and DOUMEN (PEJ
) on 8-4-90 via ). During their stay at JING AN, they managed to purchase the exodus' junk at a cost of 5.4 taels of gold. They then set sail on 10-4-90 and made an over-night rest at an unknown place. On 11-4-90, they touched Macao where they encountered another VN junk (i.e. VRD 48/90). They were directed their way to Hong Kong by Macao Marine Police in the following morning and eventually entered Hong Kong waters several hours later.
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