HONG KONG — The unexpected loss of life of a captain on Hong Kong’s ancient Star Ferry has terrorized the Chinese language territory and highlighted the severity of its labor crunch as tourism rebounds following the end of pandemic creep restrictions.

Early within the morning of Can even 3, a captain in his 40s who had been working the night shift modified into once found collapsed on board a ferry, and later modified into once pronounced silly at a sanatorium. His partner suggested local media he had worked for 23 straight days.