Note:
(a) 赛舌尔 Seychelles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles
(French East India Company took control starting in 1756 and named the islands after Jean Moreau de Séchelles, Louis XV’s Minister of Finance [1690-1761; minister 1754-1756]; transfer to UK formalised in 1814 at the Treaty of Paris [before Napoleon's defeat at Battle of Waterloo on Aug 18, 1815 and sebsequent second abdication]; independence from UK in 1976)
(b) VOA is mistaken: Not United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization, but United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations.
UKMTO Dubai http://www.mschoa.org/Links/Pages/UKMTO.aspx
("The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) office in Dubai acts as the primary point of contact for merchant vessels and liaison with military forces in the region. UKMTO Dubai also administers the Voluntary Reporting Scheme, under which merchant vessels are encouraged to send regular reports, providing their position/course/speed and ETA at their next port whilst transiting the region bound by Suez, 78°E and 10°S. UKMTO Dubai subsequently tracks vessels and the positional information is passed to CMF and EU headquarters. Emerging and relevant information affecting commercial traffic can then be passed directly to ships, rather than by company offices, improving responsiveness to any incident and saving time.")
(i) ETA stands for "estimated time of arrival." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_time_of_arrival
(ii) CMF: Coalition Maritime Forces
(c) So far, only VOA mentions Chinese-born captain, but not BBC or other wire reports.
"We have the view of the general public. I think the recent polls have really been showing that about 75 percent of the population says that they are approving of changes to the prostitution law and would consider favorably a legalization of prostitution so long as it doesn’t really happen in their own backyard,' [Stephen] Lakkis[, director of the Center for Public Theology at Taiwan Theological College] said.
"Sex work has meanwhile gained favor overseas. In the past decade, Bangladesh and New Zealand decided to allow prostitution, subject to certain conditions, while Hong Kong and the United Kingdom allow walk-up brothels.