GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS PROTEST IN FRONT OF UK VESSEL, 1999-01-11 (photo)

Greenpeace activists (L) hold banners in protest against the scrapping of U.K registered container vessel, Encounter Bay, (rear) as it enters Singapore's Coastal waters January 11. Singapore is the last port of call before the ship proceeds to be scrapped at a yard in China. Greenpeace is voicing concerns over inappropriate disposal of toxic substances from the ship when it is cut. They blame developed countries for entasking third world countries to do the cutting of scrapped ships which results in the inappropriate disposal of toxic substances such as asbestos, oil and wire insulation into the ground and waterways. RE/CC/KM