Coastweek Newspaper Vol 6 No 8 (February 25-March 3,1983)

Abstract

Inside this issue: Mombasa tug attemots dramatic sea rescue: Several million Dollars worth of industrial minerals have been lost during a dramatic and unsuccessful salve operation to rescue a burning cargo ship which sank in the Mozambique Channel, 1,200 kilometers south of Mombasa last week, Bridge across Kilifi creek: Two teas from Japan will soon be arriving here to conduct feasibility studies into the possibility of having a bridge spanning Kilifi Creek and either a bridge or tunnel linking Mombasa Island with the burgeoning South Coast, Asian films: A tales of the beauty and the beast:What does a girl do after being assaulted? Seek redress in court? Will justice prevail? These are the questions that Bharati (Zeenat Aman) who, as a successful beauty queen and model is ravished by a sex-hungry contest sponsor Ramesh (Raj Babbar), a millionaire, in Insaf Ka Tarazu at the Kenya cinema on Sunday, Bargain price on the Nissan pick-up: New vehicle prices have continued to the rise due to devaluation of the Kenya shillings, New Police Commander: Mr. Joseph P. Wambua has been transferred to Kenya Railways to take up the new appointment as Commandant for the Railways and Ports Police, Quickest lunch in Mombasa: Thirty top executive from banks, real estate and the shipping industry at the Coast, together with some from the UK, were invited to sample what Freddie Irumba, general Manager of Mombasa Beach Hotel describes as the quickest lunch in town, Zambian Travel Agents On Coast Visit: Sponsered by Kenya Airways in conjunction with Alliance Hotels a group of 14 travel agents from leading companies allover Zambia spent five days on the Kenya Coast to see themselves the attraction it has to offer with a view to more aggressively promoting Kenya as a holiday venue.