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EVIDENCE OF TSANG HUI CHING FRUIT STALL MANAGER AFFIRMED.
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My name is Tsang Hui Ching and I am a fruit stall
manager. I was at the counter of my fruit stall at the
time of the fire. My stall was near the bathroom on the
port side of the main deck. I saw smoke on the opposite
side from where I was and people shouting "Fire" so I
stood up and told the people to keep quiet.
I rushed up
the port ladder to fetch a fire extinguisher and then went
half way down the starboard ladder and played the extin-
guisher on to fire. My foki also got a fire extinguisher
from near my stall and played it on the fire. We put the
fire out but later smoke appeared nearby and people became
panicky.
We used fire extinguishers.
used after the extinguishers.
Hose pipes were only
The baggage was carefully
stowed and there were passage ways between the baggage.
Passengers brought the baggage with them. I saw one woman
fall overboard from the upper deck port side so I took
off my coat and rescued her. If there had been no panic
all passengers could very easily have left the ship. I
saw many passengers trying to get their baggage ashore.
The foregoing is a true
record of the evidence I have given.
Sd. Tsang Hui Ching.