Cargo ship sinks, 12 missing near Hong Kong, say officials

Twelve crew members from a Chinese cargo ship are missing after it collided with a container vessel and sank just outside Hong Kong waters today, authorities said.

The collision happened in the early hours of the morning near Po Toi Island which lies on the edge of Hong Kong's territory, a fire department spokesman told AFP.

"Two cargo ships collided and one of them sank," a police spokeswoman told AFP.