The police have launched an investigation into the death of a cyclist who was hit by a falling branch in Sha Tin, as his family has criticised the government's management of trees.
Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen responded to the death of Choi Kit-keung, 49, who suffered critical head injuries on Monday, by promising action to safeguard trees.
But he offended Choi's relations, one of whom said on a radio programme that Tang had been 'very unsympathetic' and 'disregarded their feelings' when he said in the afternoon that 'people understand that in Hong Kong trees would fall when there was typhoon or rain'.
Later, Tang said through his office that he was talking about tree-management work, not specifically referring to the tree that fell on Choi.
Officers from Sha Tin district crime squad yesterday visited the cycling track in Yuen Chau Kok Park where Choi was hit on Monday. He died in hospital late on Tuesday.
A police spokeswoman said: 'Officers went there to try to learn more about what happened.'