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Indonesian Ferry Carrying 200 People Sinks Off Sulawesi Coast By Leony Aurora and Naila Firdausi Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- An Indonesian ferry carrying about 200 people sank off the coast of South Sulawesi province after the boat was struck by a wave, a transport official said. Eighteen survivors have been rescued so far. The ferry, Teratai Prime, which was on its way to Samarinda on Indonesia's part of Borneo, from Pare Pare in South Sulawesi capsized at 3:30 a.m. local time, Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for the transport ministry in Jakarta said. Pare Pare is about 1,400 kilometers east of Jakarta. The survivors, including one member of crew, reached the port of Majene in Sulawesi, where the boat sank, Ervan said by phone from Jakarta. Rescuers were searching for those still missing, he added. The number of people on board was put at more than 260 according to an earlier report by Agence France-Presse, citing an unidentified official. Ferries in Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, often carry more people than they are designed for because of a lack of transportation facilities. At least 31 people were killed when a ferry sank off the southeast coast of Sulawesi in October 2007, while more than 500 people were assumed dead after a ferry sank off the coast of the island of Java on Dec. 29 2006. Samarinda is about 500 kilometers (310 miles) west of Pare Pare.
