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ASIA / PACIFIC June 6, 2016 THE ASIAN REPORTER n Page 5 Flying fish and a movie help save four people lost at sea By Eileen Ng and Alan Clendenning The Associated Press UALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Spanish couple, a Malaysian woman, and a man from Hong Kong who spent 10 days adrift at sea together say they survived by eating flying fish that landed in their small boat and distilling seawater using a technique one of them saw in a movie. The Spaniards were with the Hong Kong-born owner of a Malaysian resort and a resort employee when a freak wave capsized their boat just off the Malaysian coast last month. They managed to right the boat and bail it out, but they were unable to restart the motor. The food and water they had aboard were lost. Marta Miguel, who was with her partner, David Hernandez, told Spain’s COPE radio station that three flying fish landed in the boat on the third night. “Up to the sixth or seventh day, we didn’t have anything else to eat,” she said. One of the survivors had the idea of eating clams stuck to the bottom of the boat and mussels encrusted on a passing piece of flotsam, which pro- vided more nourishment, she said. They got drinking water thanks to her recollection from a movie. “I recalled seeing something about a castaway who had to do this thing to drink water. I wasn’t certain whether it was from evaporation or the water, but seeing as we had so much time on our hands we made it up as we went K RHYTHMIC RECORD. Women wearing raincoats dance in unison on the Bund in Shanghai. According to the Guinness World Records website, 31,697 participants in Beijing, Shanghai, and four other cities set a new world record for mass plaza dancing in multiple locations by performing choreographed dance moves together for more than five minutes. (Chinatopix via AP) Getting in rhythm: More than 31,000 in China set dance record BEIJING (AP) — China’s dancing grannies have taken their moves to the record books. Guinness World Records says more than 31,000 Chinese participants set a record for mass plaza dancing in multiple locations. Its website said 31,697 participants in Beijing, Shanghai, and four other cities set the new mark by performing choreographed dance moves together for more than five minutes. Participants in Beijing posed with Guinness repre- sentatives in front of the city’s iconic Bird’s Nest stadium. Generally middle-aged and elderly women, such dancers are a common site in parks, plazas, and other public spaces in Chinese cities. While considered a healthy way to exercise and socialize, the performances have sometimes drawn criticism from those living nearby over the loud music accompanying the moves. FREE HOME REPAIRS FOR PORTLAND SENIOR & DISABLED HOMEOWNERS The Asian Reporter is published on the first & third Monday each month. Plumbing l Electrical l Carpentry Call (503) 501-5719 or visit https://reachcdc.org Portland Housing Bureau LOST & FOUND. Pictured from front left to right are Tommy Lam Wai Yin, Marta Miguel, David Hernandez, and Armelia Ali Hassan after being rescued at a resort in Sabah, Malaysia. The four were rescued after their boat capsized off the northern coast of the island of Borneo, according to the Malaysian coast guard. (The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency via AP) along,” Miguel said. owner. They used a cellphone screen and a Hernandez told COPE the four plastic bag to catch evaporating never lost hope, even though many water, according to Miguel. “Doing it vessels and an airplane passed close every 15 minutes, we were each able by, apparently without seeing them to have a drink once an hour,” she told or realizing they were in trouble. COPE. He said they felt “fear and frustra- The two Spaniards were weakened tion” that their families had no news but in relatively good health, Miguel’s of them. “We were more afraid of that father, Luis Miguel, told Spanish than for ourselves,” he said. 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