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Alias CHENG KWAN, 59 years,
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Onwer of Steam Launch SAI KUNG,
5 Kam Wah Street, 2nd floor,
of Hong Kong.
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States:
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I am the owner of Steam Launch SAI KUNG my son 植培
發 CHENG CHIK PUI is owner of Steam Launch WAN FAT. I left
Shaukiwan on board Stea Launch SAI KUNG at 08.15 hours on
21
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.1.40 towing six junks to Ping Chau Mirs Bay.
We arrived there at 13.30 hours and my launch
then steamed back for Shaukiwan without tow. At about
was
16.00 hours Steam Launch Sai Kung was off Sharp Peak.
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I saw the Steam Launch KWONG HING about .3, miles
飯常诫
ahead of me with a junk in tow astern, off FAN TSANG CHAU
(Conic Island). I saw a Japanese trawler abeam of the
KWONG HING about 30 feet from the launch, they all appeared
to be stopped. They were only about 300 feet to the East
of Conic Island.
I knew that the KWONG HING was en route from Sha
U Chung to Hong Kong, she is regularly on this run and I
had passed her at about 12.30 hours on 21.1.40 near PING
CHAU (Mirs Bay).
The trawler was painted grey and had one funnel
aft and one mast forward, it was about 100 feet in length.
It carried a Japanese mercantile flag at the stern on a
short spar.
The flag was a plain red spot on white with no
lines from the centre to the edge of the flag.
I could see no characters or number on the trawler.
When about 2 miles from the trawler I saw the
trawler tow the KWONG HING and jun
三門
anog junk
in line astern, towards
the East in direction of SAM MUN KWAN at speed of approximately
6 knots.
When last seen by me the trawler was about 4 miles