Hong Kong mourns Lamma ferry victims
Flags flew at half mast across Hong Kong on Thursday, marking the start of three days’ mourning for the 38 people killed in Monday’s ferry disaster. At noon, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and senior officials led in observing three minutes of silence at the government headquarters in Admiralty. Both the national and Hong Kong flags will be at half-mast until Saturday.
Flags flew at half mast across Hong Kong on Thursday, marking the start of three days’ mourning for the 38 people killed in Monday’s ferry disaster.
At noon, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and senior officials led in observing three minutes of silence at the government headquarters in Admiralty. Both the national and Hong Kong flags will be at half-mast until Saturday.
Across the city, hundreds, if not thousands, of Hongkongers paid tribute to the victims of the tragedy.
Workers at government offices, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, the Legislative Council, schools and Hongkong Electric – which owns the wrecked ferry Lamma VI – also fell silent.
In Times Square, Causeway Bay, more than 100 people, Hongkongers and tourists alike, silently watched the live broadcast on the giant TV screen above the square.
Many bowed their heads and closed their eyes, thinking about the collision between two vessels off Lamma Island.