Fireboat

Murder inquiry after woman 'pushed off ship'

25 Sep 2010

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a mainland woman died after allegedly being pushed into the sea while travelling as a passenger on a casino ship as it returned to Hong Kong yesterday...

8:24PM

HK$10m yacht hits the rocks

22 Apr 2009

A yacht worth more than HK$10 million ran aground early yesterday after the person piloting the vessel was suspected to have lost his way in the dark and holed the yacht in a rocky area off Sai...

5:43AM

Three feared drowned after sampan sinks off Sokos Islands

19 Oct 2007

Three people were missing, presumed dead, after a sampan loaded with cement and bricks sank south of Lantau yesterday. Three others, including its owner, were plucked from the water by passing...

8:14AM

Long-serving fireboat finally set to open as a museum

2 Sep 2007

After repeated delays because of bad weather and unexpected technical problems, the fireboat Alexander Grantham will be opened to the public as a museum at the end of the month.

12:47AM

Suspected smugglers' speedboat kills swimmer off Shataukok pier

13 Mar 2006

A 49-year-old swimmer was killed and his companion narrowly escaped injury yesterday when they were run over by a hit-and-run speedboat amid low visibility in Shataukok.

11:17AM

Former officer stirs with pride as fireboat rises from water

11 Mar 2006

Whole city should be proud, he says of Alexander Grantham's 49 years of service

10:57AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Famous fireboat makes its final journey

A FAMOUS Hong Kong icon, the fireboat Alexander Grantham, makes its final journey today.

10:57AM

Fireboat to make final voyage

The city's former flagship fireboat, the Alexander Grantham, is about to settle into a new home on the shore of Victoria Harbour, reborn as a museum.

10:44AM

Scientist to deliver speech

Distinguished scientist Paul Harrison will give a public talk next Monday at the Audio Visual Centre in the Hong Kong Park.

11:11AM

Stay-aboard fisherman dies, two safe as fire engulfs boat

A mainland fisherman died yesterday when his boat caught fire east of Big Wave Bay.

Rescue workers found a body in the beached vessel last night, but it has not yet been identified...

7:11AM

Fisherman missing after boat fire

A mainland fisherman was missing and another was in critical condition in hospital last night after their wooden boat burst into flame in Chinese waters southwest of Lamma Island yesterday.

3:03AM

Master feared drowned

The master of an Aberdeen-based trawler, 46, was feared drowned after he fell overboard while casting a fishing net off the Ninepin Group of islands. Marine Police launches, a fireboat, helicopter...

12:43AM