Canto-pop veteran Shirley Kwan rescued in waters off Discovery Bay
Singer said to be unhappy with work taken uninjured to hospital in stable condition
Local Canto-pop veteran Shirley Kwan Suk-yee was hospitalised after being rescued by fire and police officers from the waters off Discovery Bay before dawn Tuesday.
Police said Kwan, 50, was uninjured and conscious when taken to North Lantau Hospital, where she was in stable condition.
The case was first classified as that of a “person fallen into sea”, but police later treated it as one of a “person in distress”.
The incident happened shortly before 5am Tuesday after the singer and a female friend were walking along seaside Siena Avenue after having dinner at the hotel Auberge Discovery Bay.
“Her friend reportedly told officers that Kwan was unhappy because of work and had walked down to the sea for a swim,” a police source said.