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Hunt for crewman called off

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The search for the last crewman missing from the fishing boat which sank off Ap Lei Chau on Friday was called off yesterday afternoon.

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Divers from the Fire Services Department worked from 10 am to 5 pm on the fourth day of the search.

The bodies of the Hong Kong owner Lam Mou-wing, 45, and mainlanders Lam Chi-hei, 36, and Lam Chi-yau, 37, were found on Sunday but there is still no sign of 42-year-old mainlander Chan Lai-san.

The sunken vessel's only survivor, mainlander Wong Ho, 40, will be asked to provide a statement.

The 14-metre boat collided with a 9,990-tonne Burma-registered freighter, the Magway, in the East Lamma Channel as the fishing boat headed for Aberdeen.

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A spokesman for the Marine Department said a joint investigation with the police started on Friday.

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