Read the full judgment text of HCMP 000550/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 7 May 1996.
1. The applicant is the widow of one Tran Tien Dung, deceased. Both of them arrived in Hong Kong on 30 May 1989 on board a boat from Vietnam seeking asylum. Their boat was intercepted within Hong Kong territorial waters by marine police. As was the standard practice, they were given a written notice (in English, Chinese and Vietnamese) advising them of the alternatives opened to them concerning their intended voyage. They decided to come ashore and an order was made under s.13D(1) of the Immigra