> Ferry carrying 200 sinks
>
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26384367-401,00.html
>
> A FERRY carrying more than 200 people sank off Indonesia's Sumatra
> island, possibly due to bad weather, police said.
>
> The Dumai Express was sailing from Batam island to Pekanbaru in Riau
> province when it went down about 10am (0300 GMT) off Karimun island
> near Singapore, local police official Boy Herlambang told AFP.
>
> "The ship's manifest listed 213 passengers and 13 crew members
> including the ship's captain,"he said.
>
> "Right now, many of them are still floating in the water and we're
> trying to rescue them as quickly as possible.
>
> "The boat sank likely due to heavy rain and big waves and it is
> difficult to get to them because of bad weather conditions."
>
> Indonesia's 234 million people are spread across 17,000 islands and
> are heavily dependent on a network of ships and boats, which have a
> poor safety record.
>
> Up to 335 people were killed when a ferry sank off Sulawesi island in
> January. In December 2006 a ferry went down in a storm off the coast
> of Java, killing more than 500 people.
>
...bet you it was full of Afghans...
>You mean the thousands of ferries in that part of the world are always full
>of Afghans?
>In that part of the world they have more ferries than Australia has
>busses.Learn something about the world.
Yes they are a Nation of Islands but they do seem to have a lot of
horrendous disasters with ferries?
Petzl
--
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It's mass transportation on a shoestring.
The only travel many can afford.
On the other hand, they don't have many car accidents
as they do not drive as agressive as we do.
...they can stay in their village, Fritz...
As village idiots?
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"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
- Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.
"This is the recession we had to have!"
- Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.
"Silly old bugger!"
- Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.
"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
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"A billion trees ..."
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"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor
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- Garrett the carrott
...that 3rd World Country called Indonesia, like Malaysia, has a law that
requires muslims NOT to have a visa to enter those countries...the
savages come from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Burma and Sri Lanka, then
come down south to jump on boats...
...GOOD...Allah Be Praised!!!!..................
...Your people have lots of motor-cycle accidents, though...and ox
accidents...don't worry...soon, your relatives will be here...
> Phil wrote:
>> "HD" <her...@bigpond.com> wrote in news:eXiOm.56802$ze1.7645@news-
>> server.bigpond.net.au:
>>
>>> "Petzl" <pet...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:mudjg5h0557mk6bq0...@4ax.com...
>>>> On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:59:32 GMT, "HD" <her...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You mean the thousands of ferries in that part of the world are
>>>>> always full
>>>>> of Afghans?
>>>>> In that part of the world they have more ferries than Australia
>>>>> has busses.Learn something about the world.
>>>> Yes they are a Nation of Islands but they do seem to have a lot of
>>>> horrendous disasters with ferries?
>>>
>>> It's mass transportation on a shoestring.
>>> The only travel many can afford.
>>> On the other hand, they don't have many car accidents
>>> as they do not drive as agressive as we do.
>>>
>> ...they can stay in their village, Fritz...
>
> As village idiots?
>
...better that than 10 million coming here as ALP sponsored 'poor'
people...