IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.1241
Arrival Date.30-04-90
Date of Reg.01-05-90
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Imm.
Description
Total
Ref.
of Vessel
VRD
on Board
Port of Embarkation
Sailing
Date
Remarks
Description of Boat People
in VN
Policy
Chinese type
North Central South
Yes/No
wooden sail-
16
ing junk
HỌ CHI MINH S.VN
17-04-90
0600 hrs. Vietnamese
Source:
75/90 installed
with a 12
h.p. engine
measurement
6 m x 1.5 m
Chinese
16
Press/Letter/
Breakdown : M 8 Family Composition
W 4 B 3
G 1
Hearsay
Radio broadcast/
1. Believed to
be former
VN residents.
2. Had stopped over China/ -Macao:
This junk has not been towed to GIRC. No photo is available.
Families : 3 Individuals : 6 Personal Effects
Simple clothing & belongings VN issued papers.
Description of Voyage
3. Warning
Notice
served:
Boatmaster : NGO VAN SANG
The participants were recruited by an ECV LUC'. The service included all arrangements from HO CHI MINH CITY, S.VN to TAI PING, CHINA. They travelled in small groups and had to wait several days at HONG GAI and DONG XING for the others. These groups left S.VN by bus and reached HONG GAI in three days. They then headed for MONG GAI and crossed the border for DONG XING (1) by small boats. All of them stayed at (KIK kk1471) where they came across 20 to 30 VBP from S.VN. They heard that all of them were on the way to Hong Kong. On 27-4-90 the whole group was escorted to SHANGSI LIQUANG HUA QIAO FARM ik b
思鹿光華侨 where they took two nights' rest. They reached TAI PING A F ) on the morning
of 30-4-90. A pre-arranged sailing junk was given to them upon' payment of RMB$ 7000. They set sail at noon and reached Hong Kong before dark.
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