HK tourist drowns in Bali

HK tourist drowns in Bali

JAKARTA: A boat carrying 10 tourists from Hong Kong sank off
the Gunung Payung coast near the resort island of Bali, killing
one of the tourists, a local police official said Tuesday.

Captain Nyoman Ade said by telephone from Bali that the boat,
manned by a local crew of two, had been chartered by the tourists
to cruise along the coast Monday when it sank, AFP reported.

Ade said a Hong Kong woman, identified as Ho Ziu-yee, 28,
drowned, while the other passengers were said to be safe and
alive.

The cause of the accident is still being investigated, police
said.