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1. 15 hurt, one critically, as catamaran mows down boat and ferry hits cargo vessel

   Posted Mar 21st 2009, 12:00am by Clifford Lo

   ... Cheung Chau at about 4am, pitching an elderly couple into the sea and leaving the man searching frantically for his unconscious wife for about 15 minutes. About 90 minutes later a ferry ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/674040/15-hurt-one-critically-catamaran-mows-down-boat-and-ferry-hits-cargo-vessel
2. 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

   ... Department in light of the ferry accident. It also said the government had ordered the director of marine to launch an internal inquiry in due process. The families on Wednesday said they were ...

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

   Charges bedevil ferry report's release

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

   ... to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying yesterday after 50 days of hearings. Chow Chi-wai, 56, captain of Hongkong Electric's Lamma IV, and Lai Sai-ming, 54, captain of public ferry Sea Smooth, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1218625/charges-bedevil-ferry-reports-release
4. News - Hong Kong - LAMMA FERRY DISASTER

   Lamma ferry crash captains charged with manslaughter

   Posted Apr 11th 2013, 02:00pm by Agence France-Presse

   ... to the authorities later this month. Hong Kong’s worst sea incident in 40 years saw a high-speed ferry, the Sea Smooth, collide with a pleasure craft, the Lamma IV, carrying around 120 passengers a company ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1212148/hong-kong-ferry-crash-captains-charged-manslaughter
5. News - Hong Kong - LAMMA FERRY DISASTER

   Skippers each face 39 counts of manslaughter

   Posted Apr 11th 2013, 12:00am by Thomas Chan

   ... Kong and Kowloon Ferry, are each charged with 39 counts of manslaughter. Chow and Lai were represented by Gerard McCoy SC and Audrey Campbell-Moffat, respectively, in Eastern Court. The pair ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1211781/captains-face-manslaughter-charges-over-lamma-ferry-disaster
6. News - Hong Kong - BOAT ACCIDENT

   Thirty injured as Cheung Chau ferry collides with barge

   Posted Apr 06th 2013, 12:21am by Stuart Lau

   ... News Hong Kong ferry collision Cheung Chau Stuart Lau stuart.lau@scmp.com New World First vessel collides with barge in foggy conditions on way to Cheung Chau More than 30 people were injured when a passenger ferry collided with a barge as it approached Cheung Chau last night. At least three passengers on the New World First Ferry vessel sailing from Central to the island were ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1208150/thirty-injured-cheung-chau-ferry-collides-fog
7. News - Hong Kong - LAMMA FERRY INQUIRY

   Final statements in Lamma ferry inquiry delivered

   Posted Mar 11th 2013, 09:05pm by Simpson Cheung

   ... News Hong Kong Lamma ferry disaster Lamma ferry tragedy Simpson Cheung simpson.cheung@scmp.com Paul Shieh Wing-tai SC says crews of both the Lamma IV and Sea Smooth had not kept a proper look-out The lack of proper lookout or the possibility of “reckless gambling” in the form of a who-blinks-first game between the coxswains of both vessels could be the cause of the disastrous ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1188622/final-statements-lamma-ferry-inquiry
8. 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

   ... News Hong Kong Lamma ferry disaster Marine Department Olga Wong olga.wong@scmp.com Statement condemned by man whose brother and nephew were among 39 who died in crash The Marine Department insisted yesterday that its director had already expressed his remorse for the Lamma ferry tragedy following criticism from relatives of some of the 39 people who died. It added that Director ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1239172/lamma-ferry-disaster-relatives-told-marine-chief-expressed-sorrow
9. News - Hong Kong - TRANSPORT

   Passengers stop overloaded ferry from sailing

   Posted May 11th 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... News Hong Kong Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry Cargo Jennifer Ngo jennifer.ngo@scmp.com Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry vessel had both exits blocked with cargo, so police were called Safety on board a vessel belonging to the ferry company involved in last year's deadly sea collision came under fire again yesterday, as angry passengers stopped the boat from leaving the dock ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1234861/passengers-stop-overloaded-ferry-sailing
10. Comment - Insight & Opinion

    After Hong Kong ferry tragedy, there must be accountability

    Posted May 02nd 2013, 12:00am by SCMP Editorial

    ... Comment Insight & Opinion Hong Kong ferry crash ferry disaster Tragedy Accident SCMP Editorial A government's job is to protect its people. The finding of the commission of inquiry into the Lamma ferry tragedy that "serious systemic failings" within the Marine Department were in part to blame, therefore, comes as a shock. Hong Kong's waters are our ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1227838/after-hong-kong-ferry-tragedy-there-must-be-accountability

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