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Grim future for diabetic orphan

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THE aunt of seven-year-old Leung Ho-kay, whose parents died in a fall on Tai Mo Shan on Sunday, says she will look after her for the rest of her life.

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Ho-kay, an only child, suffers from diabetes and must have injections three times a day.

She was with her parents when they fell, but is not aware that they are dead.

Her aunt, Leung Fung-ming, said: ''If I have my own family, I will treat her as my own daughter.'' Ho-kay is living with her grandmother and grandfather and three aunts in a Sha Tin flat.

''Our major problem now is how to explain to Ho-kay the death of her parents,'' said Ms Leung. ''We haven't told her the truth. We worry that it will worsen her health.

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''We also think it is not the best time to let her go to school. We fear her classmates may tell her the truth.

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