1 October 2012
Last updated at 15:33 GMT
More than 20 people were taken to a hospital on Lamma island with injuries, police said
Search teams had rescued some 74 people from the water, Reuters news agency reported.
More than 20 people had been taken to a hospital on Lamma island with injuries as the rescue operation continued, a police spokesman was quoted as saying.
Lamma lies some three kilometres (two miles) south-west of Hong Kong island, and is popular with tourists and expatriates.
Hong Kong is one of the world's busiest shipping channels.
Hong Kong ferry passenger search after Lamma collision
More than 20 people were taken to a hospital on Lamma island with injuries, police said
A ferry and a tug boat have collided off Hong Kong, injuring more than 20 people, police say.
The ferry, which was carrying more than 120 passengers, sank after Monday night's collision near Lamma island.Search teams had rescued some 74 people from the water, Reuters news agency reported.
More than 20 people had been taken to a hospital on Lamma island with injuries as the rescue operation continued, a police spokesman was quoted as saying.
Lamma lies some three kilometres (two miles) south-west of Hong Kong island, and is popular with tourists and expatriates.
Hong Kong is one of the world's busiest shipping channels.
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