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052300 Sitrep one.
Attention Glover.
5 November, 1967
A Cathay Pacific Airways Convair Jetliner with 116 passengers and 11 crew on board crashed into sea on take-off Kaitak Airport this Sunday morning.
But only one passenger a Vietnamese woman killed in crash.
Altogether 41 people taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital where 20 admitted. Others treated and discharged.
In addition 3 people taken Queen Mary Hospital where they also treated and discharged.
General condition of 20 people admitted described as satisfactory.
Aircraft was bound Saigon at time of accident.
Wreckage towed and placed on reclamation at R.A.F. compound.
Item. 7,000 ton Cargo Ship SS Habib Marikar with crew of 44 went åground on reef near Linclon Island about 340 miles South of Hong Kong.
All crew except Chief Officer believed be Norwegian been picked up or taken off ship by SS Bengkalis and USS Navarro.
Bengkalis with 38 of uninjured survivors returned Hong Kong tonight.
Navarro with 5 injured survivors on way Hong Kong.
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4 constables and a corporal injured in separate explosions in Wanchai area of Hong Kong Island this Sunday evening.
2 of constables treated at Queen Mary Hospital and dis- charged while other 2 constables and corporal detained for treatment.
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ACHIVES No. 63
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