33 years ago today, on June 19, 1992 (May 19, 1992), the Hong Kong government repatriated the Vietnamese boat people for the first time. On June 19, 1992, the Hong Kong government repatriated the Vietnamese boat people who had been stranded in Hong Kong for a long time to Vietnam for the first time. The problem of Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong has been a problem that has plagued Hong Kong for 25 years. From the 1970s to the 1980s, to the end of the last refugee camp in Hong Kong on July 17, 2000, Hong Kong received up to 200,000 boat people. Although the large number of boat people has brought a heavy burden to Hong Kong in terms of economy and law and order, it is also the largest international humanitarian relief operation in Hong Kong's history.