Tribute to ferry disaster victims

People across the southern Chinese city dressed in black and fell silent for three minutes at midday yesterday as they started three days of official mourning.

The accident happened when a utility company’s boat carrying more than 
120 people collided with a ferry on Monday night and partly sank off the island of 
Lamma.

Relatives of those who died yesterday threw paper money to pay tribute to those lost.

More than 100 people, mostly on the boat, were injured. Initial suspicions on the cause of the collision have focused on human error.

Police have arrested a total of seven crew members from the two boats on suspicion of operating their crafts unsafely.