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China News
| 8 months ago
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sent condolences to Leung Chun-Ying, chief executive of China' s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, on the recent ferry collision off the coast of Lamma Island that claimed 38 lives. In his letter, Lee said he...
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China News
| 8 months ago
British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed condolence to the victims in the disastrous ferry collision happened in Hong Kong on Oct 1, according to a British Consulate-General Hong Kong press release on Wednesday. The press release said,...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 8 months ago
Flags flew at half mast around Hong Kong on Thursday at the start of three days of mourning for the 38 victims of a ferry collision which sent shockwaves through the Asian financial centre. Chief executive Leung Chun-ying will lead senior officials...
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BBC South Asia
| 8 months ago
Hong Kong mourns victims of Lamma Island boat collision Hong Kong begins three days of mourning for victims killed in the collision Hong Kong is mourning the 38 victims of a fatal collision between two boats on Monday off Lamma Island, even as...
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China News
| 8 months ago
As at 6 pm local time Tuesday, a total of 38 persons died in the vessel collision accident, 30 of whom were certified dead at scene while eight others were certified dead upon arrival of hospitals, the city government said in a statement. A total of...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 8 months ago
A Hong Kong lawmaker is urging the government to deal quickly with the aftermath of the Lamma Island ferry disaster that killed 38 people, so that survivors and relatives of the victims can pursue legal claims against those found responsible.
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
When two boats filled with people collided on Hong Kong's busy waterways, the impact knocked a hole in one vessel's engine room and the water poured in too fast to stop it from sinking. Passengers struggled to find life vests and dozens drowned in...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 8 months ago
The wreck of a boat that sank in a collision off Hong Kong, killing 38 people, was examined Wednesday after being hauled to shore as the city sought answers to its worst maritime accident in decades. The Lamma IV was towed to a beach to reveal a...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
Seven crew from the two vessels have been arrested on suspicion of endangering passengers by operating the craft unsafely...A group of firemen and police officers investigate on a salvaged boat which sank after colliding with a ferry Investigation:...
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The independent
| 8 months ago
Suggested Topics A British national was among the victims of the Hong Kong ferry disaster, the Foreign Office has confirmed. Thirty-eight people were killed when pleasure cruiser the Lamma IV collided with a passenger ferry on Monday night. The...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
Hong Kong fatal boat collision leads to arrests 3 October 2012 Last updated at 02:01 ET Seven crew members have now been arrested from the two boats that collided in the waters off Hong Kong, leaving 38 people dead...Five children are among the dead...
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Epoch Times
| 8 months ago
October 3, 2012 The bow of the "Lamma IV" vessel is seen partially submerged during rescue operations near Hong Kong on the morning of Oct. 2, 2012, after it collided with the Sea Smooth ferry on the previous night. (Laurent Fievet/AFP/Getty Images)...
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Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
The company that owns the ferry involved in one of Hong Kong 's deadliest accidents in decades said Wednesday it passed an inspection just last month, though authorities have offered no explanation about how two boats collided on a clear night in one...
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Kuwait Times
| 8 months ago
At least 36 perish as ferry sinks 2 ferries collide near island south of Hong Kong AT SEA: Police officers on a small boat secure the area around a half submerged boat yesterday after Monday night's collision near Lamma Island, off the southwestern...
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The independent
| 8 months ago
Police arrested seven crew members involved in a ferry collision in Hong Kong that left 38 people dead and has raised questions about safety on one of the world's busiest harbours. The crash, which marred celebrations of China's National Day holiday,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
Hong Kong police today arrested six crew members from two boats in a collision that killed 38 holiday revellers, but offered no theory about how the vessels ran into each other on a clear night in one of the safest and most regulated waterways in...
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China News
| 8 months ago
Chinese maritime surveillance ships conducted Tuesday another patrol in waters off the Diaoyu Islands , keeping close watch on the illegal entrance of the Japanese right-wingers in the areas, according to the State Oceanic Administration. Four...
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China News
| 8 months ago
President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice-President Xi Jinping on Tuesday expressed condolence over Monday's deadly ship collision in Hong Kong and urged the HK government to spare no efforts to rescue the missing people and comfort the...
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Zee News
| 8 months ago
54 Zeenews Bureau Hong Kong: At Least 37 people lost their life when a ferry collided with a pleasure boat in one of the city's worst maritime disaster in decades on Monday night, according to the BBC reports. The Hong Kong Electric company's vessel...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 8 months ago
Hong Kong has thrived as Asia's throbbing transport hub, but a deadly ferry accident on the busy National Day holiday has raised questions about safety on the city's frenetic harbour. A total of 37 people were killed and scores injured when a...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Chinafotopress/Getty Images At least 37 people have been killed in a ferry collision in Hong Kong , prompting the territory's chief executive to announce an inquiry into the incident. The collision on Monday evening took place off Lamma Island, which...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 8 months ago
Thirty six people were killed when a pleasure boat on a trip to watch holiday fireworks collided with a ferry and sank off Hong Kong, in the city's worst maritime accident in decades. More than 120 passengers and crew were on the Hong Kong Electric...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 8 months ago
They are being investigated for endangering people's lives at sea," security minister Lai Tung-kwok told a press conference a day after the collision. He said three crew members of the company pleasure craft that sank in the incident, and where all...
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Russia Today
| 8 months ago
23 A sunken ferry is lifted out of the water after an accident off Hong Kong October 2, 2012. (Reuters/Tyrone Siu) (5.6Mb) embed video Two passenger ferries have collided off the coast of Hong Kong, leaving at least 36 people dead in one of the worst...
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Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Central News Agency 2012-10-02 12:10 PM Hong Kong , Oct. 2 (CNA) At least 36 people, including children, have been killed after two ships collided off Yung Shue Wan on Lamma Island Monday...
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MarketWatch
| 8 months ago
Rescuers approach a partially-submerged boat after two vessels collided in Hong Kong on Oct. 1, 2012. MarketWatch) At least 36 people were killed in Hong Kong following a collision Monday night between two boats near Lamma Island, according to...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
1 October 2012 British officials fear that UK citizens might be among at least 36 people who died when two passenger ferry boats collided off Hong Kong. Bodies have been pulled from the water after one of the boats carrying passengers to a firework...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
The death toll from the collision of a boat with more than 120 people on a holiday outing and a ferry in Hong Kong rose to at least 36, authorities said. The official Chinese news agency Xinhua, quoting Hong Kong's Information Services Department,...
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Newyork Times
| 8 months ago
Confirmed Dead in Hong Kong Ferry Collision Kin Cheung/Associated Press Rescuers checked on a partially submerged boat after it collided with another vessel Monday, near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong. At least 36 people died...
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Al Jazeera English
| 8 months ago
50 More than 120 passengers and crew were on the boat, belonging to the Hong Kong Electric Company [EPA] At least 25 people have died after a Hong Kong ferry packed with more than 120 people collided with another ferry and sank near Lamma island in...
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China News
| 8 months ago
At least 25 people were killed, over 100 were injured after two vessels collided on Monday evening off the Lamma Island on the southwest of the Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong city government said Tuesday. The incident occurred at the seafront of the...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
At least eight people died and more than a dozen are missing after a ferry packed with more than 120 passengers collided with a tugboat and sank south of Hong Kong on Monday night. More than 100 have been lifted so far from waters off Lamma, an...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
Hong Kong ferry passenger search after Lamma collision More than 20 people were taken to a hospital on Lamma island with injuries, police said A rescue operation is under way for passengers missing after two boats collided off Hong Kong, injuring...
