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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1970.
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SHIP OFF ROCKS
GREEK freighter today ran aground on rocks near Waglan Island as it steamed into Hong- kong.
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The 24-man crew was taken off the 2,400 ton but later freighter ss Paris by Marine Police went back on their ship when it floated free as the tide rose and took it off the rocks.
The ship is not badly damaged, and a Marine Department spokesman said it was not in dan- ger of sinking. There was no threat of oil pollu-
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tion. Near lighthouse
The Paris ran up on the rocks about 5.15 am as it passed Wag- lan Island lighthouse on its way in- to Hongkong Harbour,
It had come from Singapore. The ship radioed for help and Ma. rine Police and Marine Department launches went to the vessel
Sixteen of the crew were taken off on police launches and the captain and seven other crewmen left the
ship in a lifeboat and waited about 150 yards away until dawn,
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NE OF the top men in the Government serv- ants' fight for a higher pay increase has flown to London to try to get help from an asso- ciation of British civil servants.
He is Mr J.M. Hegarty, who be- sides being one of the top officials of the Association of European Civ- 11 Servants in Hongkong is also the Departmental Secretary of the Co- lonial Secretariat.
The STAR learned today Mr He. garty has flown to Lowlon to re- present Hongkong's three associa- tions of Government employees.
He may also see a top British lawyer to find out whether he is interested in taking up the civil servants' case when a Committee of Inquiry is appointed to look into their claims.
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announced increases of between five per cent and 19 per cent for Sup- erscale officers.
The associations asked for a six per dent rise back-dated to April 1 last year, plus two more rises of three per cent to operate from April 1 this year and April 1 next year, When their application for these increases was refused, the asso- ciations then officially asked the Government for a Committee of In- quiry into their claims.
Week-long talks
In London, Mr Hegarty will have week-long talks with members of Britain' Whtley Council, association of Bric'sh
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