In 1979 more than 60,000 Vietnamese refugees arrived at Hong Kong's sea boundary. In a talk with Annemarie Evans on RTHK's Hong Kong Heritage, I describe what it was like as a frontline Marine Police officer tasked to deal with the influx. The programme link is here:
https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3/programme/hongkongheritage/episode/597629
Photos
Les has uploaded several photos he took of the Vietnamese refugees in their boats: