IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
1206 6-4-1990
6-4-1990
I min. Ref. VRD
Total
Description
on
Port of Embarkation
Knowledge of
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Board
in VN
Description of Boat People Excluding 4 ECVIIS
North Central South Yes/Ma
Chinese type wooden fishing boat installed
15
Vietnamese
Group I
Group I
Group I
with a 5 h.p. boat engine.
11
HO CHI MINH, S.VN.
22-3-90
Chinese
at
40/90
1500 hrs. Breakdown
M 7
W 1 B21
Family Composition
:
Measurement
4m x 1m
Group II
4
ECVII6
Group II
Group II
Families 2 Individuals 5
SHA JING,
5-4-90
DONG GUAN XIAN,
at
Personal Effects :
GUANG DONG,
1700 hrs
CHINA.
-
廣東省
沙井)
B & B R 2 A
Description of Voyage
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
Boatmaster
TSAN A CAU
Source
11
Detention Centre
Policy
REXHORXARRRRRRHY
xxxxletter /
1. Except the for ECVIIS the rest eleven were believed to be former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over China/ Милих,
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Remarks
*******
Group I
This boat has not been towed
to GIRC. No photo is available.
This group of 11 were land crossers from Vietnam to China. They left HO CHI MINH, S.VN. on 22-3-90 in four separate groups. They reached HA NOI by train three days later. Having made a brief stopover, they proceeded, to HONG GAI, COT DONG and MONG CAI. On 28-3-90, they arrived at DONG XING
AL), CHINA ) where they
by crossing the land border. They then went to NA SUO (
visited, their relatives at local farms. On 2-4-90, they reached GUANGDONG (廣東
They stayed at GUANG MINH HUA QIAO FARM, BAO AN XIAN ()
(1, 光
Z HA 1KK KEZ) where they met the four ECVIIs of Group II. These 4 ECVIIS
offered 1,000 RMB for buying the boat to come to Hong Kong. They managed to buy
a fishing boat from a local fisherman near SHA JING (34) at 8,500 RMB.
The group of 15 set sail on 5-4-90 and arrived in Hong Kong on the following day.
/Group II
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