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- Chunghwa: Ships to arrive to repair quake-broken cables
Date: 28-Dec-2006 Sources: (Xinhua Online)
Ships carrying crews to repair the two undersea fibre-optic cables, which were broken in earthquakes, will arrive in the affected area in several days, an official of Taiwan's main telecommunications company said Thursday.
The repair work is vital for restoring regular telephone and Internet services throughout Asia, which were severely disrupted in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck late Tuesday just off Taiwan's southern coast.
Wu Chih-ming of Chunghwa Telecom said the repair ships are expected to depart soon from ports in Japan, the Philippines and Singapore, but their precise sailing schedule is still unknown.
'The ships are now performing various repair works at other areas, and we expect the operators to inform us about their work schedules and when these ships can arrive,' he said.
The rupture of cables is believed to be the most serious disruption since 2001, when a submarine cable connecting the mainland with the United States was cut off more than four times, mostly by fishing boats.
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