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Probe into vessel collision being conducted
The Marine Department is investigating a collision involving a catamaran and a kaito off Shek Kwu Chau this (Wednesday) morning.
Zhuhai-bound catamaran "Hoi Bin" with 193 passengers and eight crew members on board collided with a kaito west of Shek Kwu Chau around 10 am this morning.
A hole measuring two metres by 1.5 metres was made on the catamaran's starboard bow above the waterline.
The passengers and crew members of the catamaran sustained no injuries in the accident.
A total of 188 passengers were transferred to another catamaran despatched to the scene by the shipping company to continue their voyage to Zhuhai.
The remaining five passengers who chose to return to Hong Kong will be taken by a Police launch to China Ferry Terminal later today.
The kaito had two crew members and three passengers on board. The master sustained slight injury and was subsequently admitted to Cheung Chau Hospital for treatment and observation.
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Last Royal Navy base in Far East decommissions
HMS Tamar, the Royal Navy's last shore establishment in the Far East, decommissions on Friday (April 11), exactly 100 years to the day that a vessel of that name first arrived in Hong Kong waters as an accommodation ship.
Over 200 sailors will parade in front of the quarter deck at HMS Tamar, on Stonecutters Island, as the White Ensign is lowered for the last time, bringing to an end a 156-year-long association between the Royal Navy and the territory.
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