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1. News - Hong Kong - LAMMA FERRY TRAGEDY

   Inspections identify six minor defects on local ferries

   Posted May 23rd 2013, 12:00am by Simpson Cheung

   ... News Hong Kong Lamma ferry disaster Simpson Cheung simpson.cheung@scmp.com Only six of 304 vessels inspected after the National Day ferry disaster had problems with their watertight devices, the marine department said. And they were all minor issues, it added. The department said it had inspected all the ferries and launches operating in Hong Kong following the fatal ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1243636/inspections-identify-six-minor-defects-local-ferries
2. News - Asia - ENVIRONMENT

   Major projects can counter flooding in Asian cities, experts say

   Posted May 20th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News Asia Disaster Flood Drainage Agence France-Presse in Chiang Mai Asia's flood-prone cities should fund major drainage, water recycling and waste reduction projects to stem deluges and secure clean supply for rising populations, experts said yesterday at a water security forum. Rapid urbanisation has heaped pressure on water resources and drainage systems across Asia, leaving ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1241488/major-projects-can-counter-flooding-asian-cities-experts-say
3. News - Hong Kong - LAMMA FERRY DISASTER

   Families of Lamma ferry disaster victims blast 'bureaucratic' chief executive

   Posted May 15th 2013, 07:20pm by Lai Ying-kit

   ... “evasive” when discussing an inquiry report on the accident during a press conference. A commission of inquiry set up to investigate the disaster concluded in its report late last month ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1238357/families-ferry-disaster-victims-blast-bureaucratic-chief-executive
4. News - Hong Kong - LAMMA FERRY DISASTER

   Lamma ferry disaster relatives told 'marine chief expressed sorrow already'

   Posted May 17th 2013, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... of Marine Francis Liu Hon-por remained saddened by the October 1 disaster - which a commission of inquiry found had been caused in part by his department's "serious systematic ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1239172/lamma-ferry-disaster-relatives-told-marine-chief-expressed-sorrow
5. News - China - CHINA DIGEST

   China Digest, May 1, 2013

   Posted May 01st 2013, 12:00am

   ... News China China Disaster Flood Accident CHONGQING Tapping natural springs Land officials are urging private investors to tap into vast natural springs in the municipality, the Chongqing Morning Post reports. More than 200 sites with drinkable mineral water have been found, with a combined capacity of 250 million tonnes a year. But the city's 11 mineral water producers have ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1227028/china-digest-may-1-2013
6. News - Hong Kong - EDUCATION

   PolyU helps set up Sichuan institute to manage disaster

   Posted May 21st 2013, 12:00am by JOLIE HO

   ... News Hong Kong Sichuan Earthquake The Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction Jolie Ho jolie.ho@scmp.com PolyU collaborates with mainland university to offer masters programmes to nurture talent in the field of disaster management China's first disaster management institute has been set up in Sichuan after two deadly earthquakes struck the province in five ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1242218/polyu-helps-set-sichuan-institute-manage-disaster
7. News - China - SICHUAN FIVE YEARS ON

   Peasant survivors of 2008 quake find life in modern flats a struggle

   Posted May 09th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHIYUK

   ... News China Sichuan Earthquake Disaster Zhou Youcheng Choi Chi-yuk in Dujiangyan chiyuk.choi@scmp.com Resettled rural dwellers say they preferred squalid cottages destroyed in quake to new flats Rows of tidy new flats now sit on the edge of a large kiwi fruit field in Shihua, Sichuan , which was devastated by an earthquake five years ago. The magnitude-8 quake toppled more than ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1233216/peasant-survivors-2008-quake-find-life-modern-flats-struggle
8. News - China - SICHUAN

   New births help Sichuan quake victims overcome loss of children

   Posted May 07th 2013, 12:00am by Zhuang Pinghui

   ... News China Sichuan Earthquake Disaster Birth Motherhood Zhuang Pinghui in Wenchuan, Sichuan pinghui.zhuang@scmp.com Healing influence of motherhood enables women who lost their children in 2008 to overcome despair and rediscover purpose in life Yang Zhengrong smiled at the mention of her son, who will turn three in August. "He is such a joy to the family," ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1231719/new-births-help-sichuan-quake-victims-overcome-loss-children
9. News - China

   Live Blog: Yaan earthquake - Day 2

   Posted Apr 21st 2013, 08:30am by Ernest Kao

   ...   2.15pm Sichuan’s traffic police has issued a circular banning the use of private vehicles used for anything other than earthquake rescue and relief work in the disaster area. Vehicles used ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1219713/live-blog-yaan-earthquake-day-2
10. News - Hong Kong - LAMMA DISASTER INQUIRY

    Charges bedevil ferry report's release

    Posted Apr 20th 2013, 12:00am by Simpson Cheung

    ... News Hong Kong Lamma ferry disaster Simpson Cheung simpson.cheung@scmp.com Government seeks legal advice on publication of findings in light of possible manslaughter trial The government is seeking legal advice on how to publicise the report on the Lamma sea collision in view of manslaughter charges laid against the two skippers. The commission of inquiry submitted its report ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1218625/charges-bedevil-ferry-reports-release

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