FIVE Hongkong children who have had life-saving liver transplants in Australia met for the first time last night to celebrate their new lease of life.
And their parents have announced they will form a support group to share their experiences and the problems of raising their children.
Among the five girls was three-year-old Lau Fu-in, whose operation was paid for with a $2 million donation from South China Morning Post readers.
Fu-in received a liver from an unknown donor early last year in a 10-hour operation at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane.
Fu-in, who will turn four next month, said: ''We can play together. I am happy to see other children.'' The toddler read out the names of the four children, all of whom received their new livers in the Brisbane hospital.
The party was held at the home of the oldest, and first Hongkong child to receive a liver transplant in Australia, Diana Lee Hoi-yan.
