A Chinese tourist recovering from collarbone surgery has garnered praise for prioritising someone else’s safety over his own by descending a cliff to rescue a drowning Japanese woman at a tour site in Japan. The 54-year-old man, identified as Yang, hails from Xian in Shaanxi province, northwestern China. He was travelling with his wife at…
An elderly woman was found on Hong Kong’s Kowloon Peak by a rescue team on Monday morning, a day after her family reported her missing. Police said the woman, aged 72, was discovered in a conscious state on the mountain, which is also known as Fei Ngo Shan. She was reported missing by her family…
A Hong Kong rescue team, alongside mainland counterparts, found a survivor in the rubble of a Mandalay hotel in Myanmar on Wednesday. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said that a 52-year-old man was rescued from a hotel on 65th Street in Mandalay by the city’s rescue team, in collaboration with the Chinese rescue force….
A Hong Kong rescue team has continued the search for survivors in the earthquake-stricken city of Mandalay in Myanmar as part of an overnight mission. As of 8.30am on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Security Bureau said rescuers were still continuing their mission near the Mandalay Palace with search and blasting tools, in an operation…
Hong Kong will deploy a search and rescue team to earthquake-stricken areas in Myanmar on Saturday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said, while expressing his condolences to the victims. “The search and rescue team will do their utmost to help save lives on the ground. Upon receiving the order, this group of elite rescuers…