A 51-year-old hiker who went missing on Lantau Island has been found dead after a two-day search amid a heatwave in Hong Kong. Authorities launched a search for the man, surnamed Chan, on Thursday after his wife made a report to police that morning. She said he had not returned home after leaving for a…
Hong Kong rescuers are searching for a 79-year-old man missing since Saturday, with authorities discovering one of his shoes nearly 20 hours into the operation. Police said on Sunday the man, surnamed He, was hiking with his wife along Section 10 of the MacLehose Trail at around 10am the day before. They had been heading…
A 79-year-old mainland Chinese man who went missing while hiking on Hong Kong’s MacLehose Trail over the weekend was found on Monday afternoon. Rescuers found He Chengan conscious near Kwan Tai Temple in Tai Tong along Section 10 of the trail, where he had last been seen, police said. A government helicopter airlifted him to…
A Hong Kong man who went missing for more than 12 hours during a hike in Yuen Long was found by an employee of Tai Lam Tunnel on Monday morning. The force received a report from a 57-year-old woman, surnamed Lee, at 5.22pm on Sunday, saying that her 28-year-old son was missing after going off…
A 49-year-old man was rescued on Sunday after his paraglider spiralled out of control and crashed into a wooded area in Hong Kong’s New Territories, the second accident involving such aircraft this month. Police received a report at 11.27am from a hiker on Section 4 of the MacLehose Trail that a paraglider had lost control…
This story is now being updated in a live blog. Please visit the link for up-to-the-minute developments. Two people were killed after a cargo plane slid off the north runway of Hong Kong International Airport early on Monday morning, apparently striking a ground vehicle and plunging almost entirely into the sea, police have said. At…
A man has drowned after jumping off a boat that had run aground and started to list during a fishing trip in the waters off Hong Kong’s eastern New Territories. The angler, 47, and his friend set off along Lam Tsuen River aboard a seven-metre-long (23-foot-long) sampan at around 10.30pm on Monday during the Mid-Autumn…
Hong Kong authorities are searching for a man from mainland China who has been missing since Saturday following a hiking trip to Lamma Island, where he last told a colleague that he suspected he had lost his way. Zheng To, 52, had arrived in Hong Kong the same day for a short business trip and…
The body of a 38-year-old expatriate who went missing on Tuesday while canoeing in the sea off Sai Kung has been found, Hong Kong police have confirmed. The force received a report on Friday at 7.54am from a boater who saw a body floating in the water about 500 metres (1,640 feet) away from Sai…
Two Hong Kong hikers were taken to hospital by helicopter after being attacked by bees in two separate incidents on a hill in the southern part of the city on Sunday. Police said they received reports that the hikers were attacked by the bees at Yuk Kwai Shan, prompting the Government Flying Service to send…