New Star
The New Star (新星) was a 5000 ton ship leased by a company based in Hong Kong. At the time of the sinking it was flying a Sierra Leone flag. There were 16 crew members, 6 Indonesian and 10 Chinese citizens. The vessel was owned by Tongyu Shipping Zhejiang (浙江通宇船務有限公司) and leased to the Hong Kong based J-Rui Lucky shipping company (香港吉瑞祥（香港）有限公司).
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Famous quotes containing the word star:
“What is this flesh I purchased with my pains,
This fallen star my milk sustains,
This love that makes my heart’s blood stop
Or strikes a sudden chill into my bones
And bids my hair stand up?”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“A rocket is an experiment; a star is an observation.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)