- Title: HONG KONG: HUNDRED DAY LUXURY CRUISE ABANDONED AFTER LINER RUNS OUT OF FUEL
- Date: 10th January 1974
- Summary: 1. GV Oriental Empress in Hong Kong harbour 0.05 2. SV Lifeboats and funnels 0.08 3. SV Ship's flag 0.13 4. SV Passengers leaving liner 0.16 5. CU Woman passenger 0.29 6. TV Passengers leaving liner (2 shots) 0.38 7. SV Cameraman 0.40 8. 1.05 9. CU Elderly woman passenger 1.20 10. GV Ship in harbour 1.23 REPORTER: Are you angry over this cancellation? WOMAN PASSENGER: "Yes I am." REPORTER: For what reasons? WOMAN PASSENGER: Well, we all very disappointed and we want to got o Africa. This port I've seen three times already. REPORTER: So what's going to happen now? WOMAN PASSENGER: To fly home SECOND WOMAN PASSENGER; "They've just taken us around. Its' unbelievable. I just can't believe it's happening to us." REPORTER: So what's going to happen to you now? SECOND WOMAN PASSENGER: Oh I'm going home but it's being expensive to me. REPORTER: By plane? SECOND WOMAN PASSENGER: By plane? No I haven't even got the confirmation because... like I say they took over from the agency that we went to on our own and we're real mad about it, and now when I went there this morning he doesn't think we're going to have any flight. REPORTER: "Are you angry over this cancellation?" ELDERLY WOMAN PASSENGER: "Oh no of curse not. It's something that couldn't be helped." REPORTER: "What's going to happen to you?" ELDERLY WOMAN PASSENGER: I'm going to Sicily. REPORTER: You're going to Sicily. ELDERLY WOMAN PASSENGER: Yes. Initials AE/22.05 AE/22.21 Visnews reporter David Hardoon interviewed some of the passengers. The interviews appear on film. A transcript follows: Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: HONG KONG
- Country: Hong Kong
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