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Between 1978 and 1981, it
was estimated that an average of 150 Vietnamese refugees arrived at Hong
Kong daily... |
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Skyluck refugee ship sunk
of Lamma Island. |
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Vietnamese refugees. |
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Over 10,000 Vietnamese refugees
were allowed to come on shore at the Government Dockyard the day these
photographs were taken... |
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Such tearful scenes of family
reunion are often seen at Kai Tak airport every time a Government chartered
flight flies in from Ho Chi Minh City... |
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After arriving at Hong Kong,
Vietnamese refugees were arranged to stay at the Government Dockyard temporarily. |
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A rusting freighter brought
2,700 Vietnam refugees to Hong Kong just before Christmas Eve and a weighty
problem to the Government... |
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Vietnamese refugees were
allowed to come on shore at the Government Dockyard at Canton Road... |
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A rusting freighter brought
2,700 Vietnam refugees to Hong Kong just before Christmas Eve and a weighty
problem to the Government... |
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Government Dockyard at Canton
Road. |
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A rusting freighter brought
2,700 Vietnam refugees to Hong Kong just before Christmas Eve and a weighty
problem to the Government... |
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Vietnamese refugees carrying
their meager belongings on shore. |
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Vietnamese refugees. |
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The Governor Sir Murray
MacLehose was both jubilant and wary when he flew back from the United
Nations Conference... |
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Vietnamese refugees. |
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Refugees are not all jaded
and faded by the rigours of their trans-South China Sea voyage as this
picture shows... |
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A scene that had been continually
grabbing world headlines. This freighter, the 3,500-ton Skyluck,
will go down in Hong Kong history... |
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Vietnamese refugees. |
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A scene that had been continually
grabbing world headlines. This freighter, the 3,500-ton Skyluck,
will go down in Hong Kong history... |
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Vietnamese refugees. |
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The 33-day vigil by Vietnamese
refugees on board the freighter Skyluck proved too much for a group of
100 on Sunday March 11... |
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Vietnamese refugees arriving
at Hong Kong by junks. |
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The 33-day vigil by Vietnamese
refugees on board the freighter Skyluck proved too much for a group of
100 on Sunday March 11... |
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Vietnamese refugees. |
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The fleet of battered refugee
junks set sail for the new anchorage off Kau Yi Chau Island. With
the fleet went a rusting motorised barge... |
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Vietnamese refugees continuously
arrived at Hong Kong. |
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A soldier from Royal Green
Jackets shepherds a group of illegal immigrants away from the helicopter,
which has just touched down. |
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Vietnamese refugees. |
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The number of immigrants
- both legal and illegal - applying for identity cards and extensions of
stay at the Victoria Barracks... |
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Vietnamese refugees waiting
for medical checks. |
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On 29th of June, some of
the refugees on board the 'Skyluck' severed her anchor chain. She
drifted ashore on Lamma Island... |
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Boat people were waiting
for medical checks before transferring to refugee camps. |
