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assistance, they managed to purchase a wooden motorized fishing boat at a cost of 3 taels of gold. On the woman's request, they had to take along the ECVII to Hong Kong. Subsequently, this combined group of 9 set sail on 9-3-90 at 0800 hrs. After 2 hours' voyage, they touched Macao. However, the Macao Marine Police towed them to the open sea and directed them to Hong Kong. Eventually, they arrived in Hong Kong in the afternoon of the same day.

Group II

Informant : TRIỆU QUAN SINH

The informant was born in Vietnam in 1964. He went to China with his family in 1978 and was eventually resettled at XIN HE HUA QIAO FARM, CHONG

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ZUO XIAN, GUANG XI SHENG, CHINA(中國廣西省崇左縣新和華僑農場

since 1979. Because of hard living, he decided to leave China for Hong Kong.

On 26-2-1990, he left his farm and visited his sister residing at HON QI HUA

QIAO FARM, DOU MEN XIAN, GUANG DONG SHENG 1944 41 37 1/3

農場

). During his stay, he met Group I and was allowed to join the

trip. Thereafter, he shared the same itinerary with Group I until his arrival in Hong Kong.

Additional Information

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None of them had knowledge of the screening policy, mandatory repatriation, and the news of placing them on a deserted island.

6 stopovers in China in which no PRC official was ever encountered.

Total number of unaccompanied minors under the age of 18 : 1 (1G).

No serviceman, ex-serviceman, nor criminal offence was reported.

5. They chose to come to Hong Kong as they regarded it was the most safety

routing.

6. According to the VBP, the Sino-Vietnamese border was still opened.

7. The eight persons of Group I were land crossers from Vietnam to China.

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