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Article: Malacanang clears Hanjin from liabilities in accident
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- The Manila Times
- Article date:
- March 13, 2008
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The government will not terminate the contract of Hanjin Heavy Industries Corp. Philippines (HHIC) even after three workers died in a recent accident at the country's largest shipbuilding facility in Subic Bay Freeport.
"The Palace doesn't support suspending Hanjin's operations because of the accident. I called Chairman Armand Arreza and he said the accident didn't involve Hanjin but its supplier. Hanjin has no liability," Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said.
A supplier of Hanjin and not Hanjin itself undertook the activity in the shipyard, he said.
"The workers were unloading a beam which is part of 20 ton crane when the crane snapped from its trestle. Its supplier of course has the ...