Read the full judgment text of HCMP 003759/1990 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 31 January 1991.
1. The applicant, Nguyen Ngoc Toan, is a 15 year old boy who belongs to the group of persons commonly known as "Vietnamese boat people". Travelling by boat from Vietnam, he arrived in Hong Kong on July 5, 1988, seeking resettlement elsewhere. Under our immigration laws, his landing here was unlawful. Nevertheless, section 13A(1) of the Immigration Ordinance, Cap.115 empowers an immigration officer or chief immigration assistant to permit a person like him to remain here as a refugee pending rese