Monday 1 October 2012

Eight dead, dozen missing after Hong Kong ferry sinks

Rescuers approach a partially-submerged boat after two vessels collided in Hong Kong HONG KONG (Reuters) - 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 island south of Hong Kong popular with tourists and expatriates, but it was not immediately clear how many were dead, a government spokeswoman said. A spokesman for the Hospital Authority said: "Eight are dead so far, we do not have their identities and it is not clear how many are adults or children. ...




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