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    Hong Kong mourns ferry victims

    •October 4, 2012
    • Relatives of victims who died in Monday's ferry collision throw paper money to pay tribute to those lost, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in Hong Kong. A show of concern by Beijing over the boat collision that killed dozens of people in Hong Kong this week has backfired, further damaging the communist government's image in the former British colony. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
    • A group of firemen and police officers investigate on a salvaged boat which sank after colliding with a ferry near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. An official with the ferry company involved in the collision that killed 38 people said Wednesday that the vessel recently passed inspection, but he had no details about how the crash occurred.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
    • Survivors accompanied by rescuers, are taken onto shore after a collision involving two vessels in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a boat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died.The government said in a statement that the ferry was carrying about 120 people when the accident happened Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. Few other details were given. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
    • A survivor carried by rescuers, is taken onto shore after a collision involving two vessels in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a boat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died.The government said in a statement that the ferry was carrying about 120 people when the accident happened Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. Few other details were given. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
    • Search and rescue workers arrive at a public mortuary in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. A boat packed with revelers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank off Hong Kong, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, authorities said. The two vessels collided Monday night near Lamma Island off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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    Survivors accompanied by rescuers, are taken onto shore after a collision involving two vessels in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a boat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died.The government said in a statement that the ferry was carrying about 120 people when the accident happened Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. Few other details were given. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

    People across Hong Kong dressed in black and fell silent

    for three minutes at midday Oct. 4 as they started three days of

    official mourning.