TNAG-2065-FCO40-2943-Vietnamese-boat-people-and-China-1990 — Page 89

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Group I

• 2

Boatmaster : DIN HIEN PHI

These 22 VBP left HO CHI MINH, S.VN. at the end of November 89 in 3 separate groups.

They went to

MONG CAI via HA NOI and HON GAI, After a brief stopover, they crossed the Sino-Vietnamese border and arrived at DONG XING, CHINA. The boatmaster and his family then proceeded to SHANG SHAN HUA QIAO FARM ( 山 農場) of FU JIANG PROVINCE (福建省 ) to visit his uncle for financial assistance. He was given

RMB $5,000 by his uncle ( it ). On 2-3-90, the group gathered at TAO CHENG FARM, DA XING XIAN, QUANGXI, CHINA (中國廣西省大新縣桃城農場 ) where the sister of the boatmaster (k) resided. During their stay, they encountered Group II and III. They stayed there until 11-3-90 and the party of 29 left the farm. They travelled to WAN QING SHA) of GUANG DONG purchase a boat (by which they arrived Hong Kong) from a local fisherman at RMB $7,300. set off from WAN QING SHA and arrived in Hong Kong in the afternoon of 15-3-90.

Group II

) by bus. They managed to

On 14-3-90, the group

Informant : TRAN CHI CUONG ( Thí

陳志强

This group comprised one family and two individuals. They were ECVIIs from China. They knew about the exodus in early March this year and went to DA XING XIAN) to join the group. Thereafter, they shared the same itinerary to Hong Kong with Group I.

Group III

Subjects (1)

HUANG LI PING (黄立平)

(2) HUANG SHI JIAN (

仕堅

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TAO CHENG FARM ( tilk

These two sisters were the nieces of the boatmaster. They were born in China and settled at

城農場

) since birth. During the boatmaster's visit, their mother (folk to)

殷伙姑 requested him to take the sisters to Hong Kong for a better living. Thus the two sisters were brought to Hong Kong by the boatmaster.

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