Reproducimos artículo en www.chinaview.cn (22 Marzo 2007 )

 MANILA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The eleven Chinese seamen who survived a ship sinking Tuesday night off the northern coast of the Philippines arrived in Manila Thursday after they were brought to the waters off Manila port by an Indian ship which rescued them on the high seas.

    The eleven seamen were rescued by the Indian ship M.V Prabhu Yuvika off the coast of Ilocos Norte 450 kilometers north of Manila, after their ship M.V Unicorn Ace, which was owned by a company in Taiwan of China but flew Panamanian flag, sank Tuesday night allegedly due to bad weather.

    The survivors told Xinhua the ship was carrying lumber products from Malaysia to Taiwan when it sank, but did not provide further details.

    The survivors were brought to the South Harbor of Manila by the Philippine Coast Guard after they waved good-bye to their Indian life-savors.

    One of the total 19 crew members of M.V Unicorn Ace was found dead, five still missing and 13 rescued.

    Two other survivors are being brought to Hong Kong by another ship which passed the site of the wreckage together with M.V Prabhu Yuvika hours after the sinking took place.

    Chinese Consul General in Manila Guo Shaochun visited the survivors on board the Indian ship and arranged their safe arrival at Manila with the help of Manila bureau of London-based global maritime insurance group, Protection and Indemnity.

    Guo thanked the Indian ship's crew and captain Gurvinder Singh, for rescuing the Chinese seamen.

    Ten of the 11 survivors were from Shandong Province in eastern China, one from Zhejiang Province in southeast China and one from Taiwan province.

    They will undergo medical check-ups in Manila before flying back to China.