4日，香港特区官员在特区政府总部前为撞船事故遇难者默哀3分钟。2日下午，梁振英宣布4日定为“全港哀悼日”，并连续3天将特区区旗下半旗志哀，主要官员会取消非必要公开活动。【新华】

Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung (C) and other principal officials observe three minutes of silence in mourning to pay last respects to the victims of a fatal ferry crash in front of the city government's headquarters in Hong Kong on Oct. 4, 2012. Thirty-eight people including at least five children were killed after two ferries collided on Monday evening off Hong Kong' s Lamma Island. [Xinhua]