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Danny Mok

A 14-year-old boy on the second day of a family holiday in South Korea has been killed in a skiing accident.
Joshua Chan Sau-bok, of Mei Foo, is believed to have crashed head-on into a railing  at the High One ski resort near Seoul on Wednesday. 
He and his parents had been on a five-day tour to the South Korean capital which included a day at the resort, said a spokeswoman for the tour's organiser, Wing On Travel.
Company general manager Jo Jo Chan Shuk-fong said it  had learned from his parents that Joshua had some skiing skills and was not on a slope for beginners with the other six members of the tour group and their guide  when the accident occurred. His parents were elsewhere in the resort.  
Chan said: 'His head hit a railing and he sustained a severe head injury. It is believed he died of that injury.'
The family's insurers had been informed of the incident,  and a  Wing On manager in Korea was helping the boy's parents, she said.  The accident had  not affected the tour, which was continuing.  
Joshua was a Form Three pupil at Queen's College in Causeway Bay.
More than 300 people have left messages of condolence to him  and his family  on a special Facebook group page that was set up shortly after news of his death  filtered back to Hong Kong. 
One from S.Y. Joseph Yu said: 'Rest in peace, May God bless you and keep you'. Another from Kennedy Kan said: 'A QC [Queen's College] boy is lost. Rest in peace.' Freeman Lau wrote: 'I will now have a good sleep, and hope  that when I watch the news ...  it was not him.'
A few hours before the family left for  South Korea, Joshua posted his final messages on his own Facebook page.  'Ready to go to the airport!' he wrote, and, 'I've just asked the cabbie to go to Tsing Yi Airport Express Station'.
Joseph Tung Yao-chung, executive director of the Travel Industry Council,  said the council had received a report about the boy's death and had also informed the government. 
Tung said the resort was popular with  Hong Kong tour groups.
An Immigration Department spokesman said it was very concerned about the incident. It would keep in contact with Wing On Travel about the case and would provide any assistance the family requested.
One of the biggest ski resorts in South Korea, High One is at Gangwon-do, about three hours east of Seoul, and features more than 21km of slopes spread over five square kilometres.
It features slopes for skiers of varying abilities.



Teen killed on slope at Korean ski resort