IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
1262
14-5-1990
15-5-1990
Imm.
Total
Description
Ref.
on
Port of Embarkation
Knowledge of
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
VRD
Board
in VN
Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
C.VN type
85
DA NANG
wooden fishing
junk installed
QUANG NAM,
C.VN
11-5-90
at
North Central South Yes/xx
Vietnamese
82
1
Source :
0400 hrs.
with a 22 h.p. engine.
Chinese
2
(BBC) Radio broadcast/ Press/Letter/and
Breakdown
M 34 W 28 B 11 12
Hearsay
96/90
Family Composition
Measurement
13m x 3.1m
Families
21
Individuals 29
Personal Effects
1. Believed
to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over China! *XXXXXX
XXXXXXX
RİXXXİXXX
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Description of Voyage
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
Boatmaster
NGUYEN VĂN HỌC
This boat has not been towed
to GIRC. No photo is available.
A VN organizer, 'DUONG', living at To 7, AN DON, PHUONG HAI BAC, QUAN 3, DA NANG, invited the boatmaster to join the exodus. The boatmaster's family of 17 were free of charge provided that he had to use his own boat and took the responsibility of steering the boat to Hong Kong. The rest of the boatmates were charged of 2 taels of gold per adult and one tael of gold per child. The organizer had to bribe the VN officials with 20 taels of gold for facilitating the escape. They set sail on the early morning of 11-5-90 in the direction of 45 East. They had planned to rest at HAI NAM DAO (1) but they lost their way. Having sailed for one day and one night, they realized that they had already passed by HAI NAM DAO. Owing to the strong easterly wind, they had to set the bearing to 70 so as to avoid being blown back to Vietnam. They continued to proceed for one day and then turned the bearing to 30° for another day. On 13-5-90 at 2330 hrs., they encourted one PRC junk and one Hong Kong junk. The junks replenished them with fuel, fresh water, and some rice unconditionally and showed them the direction to Hong Kong. Without any rest,
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