TNAG-2066-FCO40-2944-Vietnamese-boat-people-and-China-1990 — Page 60

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Description of Voyage

Group I

2

Boatmaster

CHINH SUI SANG

On

These 9 persons fled HO CHI MINH CITY, S.VN. on 7-4-90 by bus. Three days later, they reached HAI PHONG and headed for HONG GAI on 11-4-90. They stopped there for 5 days due to rough weather. 16-4-90, they came to HAI NINH and immediately proceeded to DONG XING() of China by boat. Having rested over-night, they went to FANG CHENG ( thx ) and met another 5 persons (i.e. Group II and III) at the bus station. The combined group of 14 moved on and came to BAO AN ( 安 ) via ZHAN JIANG ( i, i ) ;I) and GUANG ZHOU (HH).

州 ). The boatmaster managed to locate his friend() at GUANG MING HUA QIAO FARM (光明華 僑農場 ) and all of them thus stayed at the said farm pending their onward facilities. Under the arrangement of (), they purchased the exodus junk at a cost of RMB $8,000 and set off on 5-5-90. Unfortunately, they encountered engine problem after a few hours' voyage and had to stop at unknown place for 2 days. They resemed their voyage on 8-5-90 and eventually arrived in Hong Kong on the same day without touching MACAO.

Group II

Informant

TRAN MAU HUNG

The family of 4 departed HO CHI MINH CITY, S.VN on 7-4-90. They arrived at HA NOI on 10-4-90 and went to HAI NINH in the following morning. They approached the border check point and crossed the frontier via hill paths. They soon reached DONG XING (

) of China and rested over-night. On 12-4-90, they came to FANG CHENG ( 37 tox ) and were received by his brother (RH) at (4 x uk tj

茂勛) (那良鎮 The minor C.I.I. was allowed to join the exodus upon the request of her father (PR TE A ). The five persons went to the bus station on 17-4-90 and encountered Group I and travelled together since then.

Group III

Re CHEN SHENG CAI (陳勝彩 )

) with her parents and siblings. She joined this escape as

Subject was a minor C.I.I. She was born in China in 1977 and was all along living at (ip 廣西省防城縣,那良鎮大坡村

).

arranged by her parents on 17-4-90. From then on, she followed her uncle and shared the same itinerary until her arrival in Hong Kong.

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