IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Inati Ref. VRD
Total
Description
on
Port of Embarkation
of vessel
Cailing
Date
Description of Boat People
Board
in VN
***
Serial No.
1259
Arrival Date 12-5-1990
Date of Reg. 13-5-1990
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
RXXXXXXXXXX ************* xxxxxxx
1. Believed to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped over China/ Macao.
North Central South Yx/No
Chinese type wooden sailing junk installed with a 15 h.p. engine.
22
HO CHI MINH CITY
S.VN.
28-4-90
at 1330 hrs.
Vietnamese
:
Source
Chinese
22
Breakdown : M 3 W7 B 74 5
93/90
Family Composition
Families
4 Individuals 2
Measurement
20m x 3m
Personal Effects :
Description of Voyage
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
-
Boatmaster : HO PHAT SANG
Matixex
XXXXXXX
The junk has not been towed to GIRC. No photo is available.
These 22 persons left HO CHI MINH CITY by train and arrived at HANOI on 1-5-90. They stayed there for 3 days to seek a courier. A 40 years old Vietnamese male merchant, "DANH", was met and charged 0.7 tael of gold from them for escort service to the border town DONG DANG. On 5-5-90, they arrived at LANG SIN and were intercepted by a VN policeman of unknown name. As claiming to visit relatives in PRC, they were then let go with nothing impounded. After having a night's rest, they headed for DONG DANG and the courier left them after passing the Sino-Vietnamese border. They then passed the Friendship Pass
42, 3) and went eastward to FUSUI (via PING XIANG
綏)
() by vehicle which was hired at a cost of $400 RMB from a local folk of unknown name. In FUSUI, the boatmaster met his uncle, HO CHUNG YEE (何
1), who promised to lead them to HONQI 1). Travelling eastward by bus, they passed through NANNING (7) and ZHAN JIANG
bus, they py arrived at DOUMEN (1) an 8-5-90 where they
on
1) and finally
paid $600 RMB to a 30 years old Chinese male for a sailing junk.
At 1900 hrs,
/they
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