Plunge baby's 'far, far away' fate

The ashes of 13-month-old Chan Kwan-yu, who fell off her bunk bed and out of a sixth-floor window, were scattered in the South China Sea yesterday.

The scattering followed a silent farewell from her parents in the morgue at Queen Mary Hospital, where the child died last Saturday.

Kwan-yu was bouncing on her bunk bed while playing with her two brothers when she slipped and fell out of a window at the family's Wan Chai home on March 29. Their father, Chan Chi-keung, was washing the boys' school uniforms on the rooftop when tragedy struck.

Offerings of cake, biscuits, sweets and a carton of milk were placed on an altar at the entrance to the morgue.

A brief Buddhist ceremony was held before Kwan-yu's body was cremated, along with a toy puppy and car.

'Her ashes will be scattered into the sea so that she can go far, far away,' Mr Chan said.

The 39-year-old consoled his sobbing mainland wife, Cheung Siu-chun, who was granted a three-month two-way permit to be at her daughter's bedside the day after the accident.