IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
1238
29-4-1990
30-4-1990
Imm.
Total
Port of
Description
Ref.
on
Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
VRD
Board
in VN
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
North Central South Yes/XX
Chinese type
13
wooden
HO CHI MINH,
S.VN.
motorized
12-4-90
at 0630 hrs.
1.
Believed to be
Vietnamese
:
Source
Chinese
13
junk with an
engine of
Breakdown
M 4 W 6 B 2 1
Sxxxxxxxxxxboxbxbxxcxcxx Bexxxxxxxx
12 h.p.
72/90
Family Composition
Families
3
Individuals 5
Radio broadcast/
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped over China/ Mxxxx.
xxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxx
Measurement
8m x 2m
Personal Effects
XXXXXXX
The junk has not been towed
to GIRC. No photo is available.
Description of Voyage
Simple clothing and belongings VIV issued papers
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Boatmaster : THONG CONG DAU
This group left HO CHI MINH, S.VN. for HAI PHONG, N.VN. by ferry at 0645 hrs. on 12-4-90. They stayed overnight at HAI PHONG on 14-4-90 and proceeded to MONG CAI the next day. They stayed there 3 days waiting for arrangement to cross the Sino-Vietnamese border. By offering some money to some local villagers, they were led to DONG XING E ), CHINA separately.
Some of them passed through the check point of the Sino-Vietnamese border and
some of them went there by boat. Then they gathered again at a local hostel
(
in name of DONG XING HUA QIAO TRAVELLING SERVICES A 3 kJ 11 )
華僑服務旅 on 20-4-90. After staying 1 day there, they went to ZHEN JIANG (7 讧 by bus. On 23-4-90, they changed another bus to TAI PING). They waited there for several days looking around for buying a junk. On 29-4-90, they bought a motorized junk at a cost of RMB $4,000 from a local fisherman. After buying some food, they boarded the junk and set sail for Hong Kong at about 1300 hrs. on 29-4-90. They eventually arrived in Hong Kong in the evening the same day.
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