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Update | Missing Hong Kong boy, 10, found after police search

Ho Yau-yip left Hong Kong Student Aid Society’s Island Hostel on Lantau on Sunday

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The 10-year-old boy, surnamed Ho, ran away from Hong Kong Student Aid Society’s Island Hostel at Shek Pik on Sunday. Photo: Handout
Danny MokandErnest Kao

Police have located 10-year-old Ho Yau-yip, who went missing earlier this week after running away from a care home on Lantau.

The boy was found in a restaurant on Tin Shui Road Tin Shui Wai in the small hours of Thursday. He sustained no injuries and was sent to Tuen Mun Hospital for examination. No suspicious circumstances were found.

On Sunday, Yau-yip ran away from Hong Kong Student Aid Society’s Island Hostel at Shek Pik, where he had lived for the past six months.

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Hong Kong Student Aid Society's Island Hostel at Sheck Pik on Lantau. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong Student Aid Society's Island Hostel at Sheck Pik on Lantau. Photo: Handout
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The hostel staff alerted Lantau police while the mother said her son might have headed towards the Kwai Fong area, Langham Place in Mong Kok, Olympian City in Tai Kok Tsui, Sheung Shui or Tin Shui Wai – all locations that he is familiar with.

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