Newborn girl left on beach in Tuen Mun

Police are searching for the parents of a newborn girl who was abandoned at Castle Peak Beach in Tuen Mun yesterday.

About 50 police talked to residents in Sam Shing Estate and nearby areas in an attempt to track down the baby's parents.

The infant, wrapped in a white towel and purple shirt, was found by a 14-year-old boy on the beach at lunchtime.

The boy told a lifeguard who called police at 1.38pm.

The newborn was sent to Tuen Mun hospital for a check-up, where she was pronounced healthy. Last night she was still in hospital and will undergo further tests.

Assistant Castle Peak divisional commander (Crime), Chief Inspector Kelvin Ip Chun-wing said it did not appear the baby had been born on the beach.