mourning the victims of the vessel collision in hong kong on 1 october 2012
(4 october 2012) – on the evening of 1 october, two vessels collided near lamma island in hong kong resulting in the death of 38 people and emotional trauma for many families, and sending hong kong into a state of mourning.
the hksar government designated 4 october as a day of condolence when people across hong kong observed three minutes silence at 12:00 noon. from 4 october, the national and regional flags at all central people's government offices in the hksar and hksar government offices were flown at half-mast for three consecutive days in memory of the victims.
the management and employees of china everbright limited in hong kong paid a silent tribute to the victims of the incident in a company meeting room at 12:00 noon on 4 october. the company’s website banner was also changed to black and white. we all prayed that the deceased would rest in peace and the survivors would recover. as a company, we would like to express our sincere sympathy to the families of the victims.
