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Thirty-nine people were killed when a boat owned by Hongkong Electric collided with a ferry off Lamma Island on October 1, 2012. The power firm was taking staff to see the National Day fireworks display in Victoria Harbour when disaster struck, plunging more than 100 people into the dark waters. It was the deadliest boat accident in Hong Kong in 40 years.
Privacy ultimately has to be weighed against the public interest as calls grow for a full disclosure of the report into the tragedy.
- Some 124 people on the Lamma IV were thrown into waters near Yung Shue Wan when it was hit by a passenger ferry travelling from Central
Carrie Lam cites privacy concerns in declining to release the report, and says she understands families’ feelings, drawing scorn from victims’ relatives.
Carrie Lam cites privacy concerns in declining to release the report, and says she understands families’ feelings, drawing scorn from victims’ relatives.
Defendant maintained removing her mask was gesture of respect for dead, but magistrate finds rationale unreasonable.
Defendant maintained removing her mask was gesture of respect for dead, but magistrate finds rationale unreasonable.
Relatives notified by the court on Saturday that it will not open an inquest into crash, which left 39 dead in 2012.
Relatives notified by the court on Saturday that it will not open an inquest into crash, which left 39 dead in 2012.
The city’s acting housing and transport chief says the Department of Justice has prosecuted all the people it intends to, but a lawmaker insists there is still more to investigate.
The city’s acting housing and transport chief says the Department of Justice has prosecuted all the people it intends to, but a lawmaker insists there is still more to investigate.
Government has yet to fulfil promise to release full internal report into the collision, they say.
Government has yet to fulfil promise to release full internal report into the collision, they say.
So Ping-chi has prison term for misconduct in public office reduced from 16 months to 4½.
So Ping-chi has prison term for misconduct in public office reduced from 16 months to 4½.
The jailed captain of Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry's Sea Smooth, Lai Sai-ming, should be jailed for 18 months instead of eight years, his lawyer told an appeal hearing yesterday.
The jailed captain of Hong Kong and Kowloon Ferry's Sea Smooth, Lai Sai-ming, should be jailed for 18 months instead of eight years, his lawyer told an appeal hearing yesterday.
The mother of a victim killed in the 2012 Lamma ferry disaster in Hong Kong hopes to appoint an independent lawyer to verify a prosecutors’ decision not to charge 17 government officials implicated in the incident.
The mother of a victim killed in the 2012 Lamma ferry disaster in Hong Kong hopes to appoint an independent lawyer to verify a prosecutors’ decision not to charge 17 government officials implicated in the incident.