143 hikers rescued in 9 months
The Civil Aid Service rescued 143 hikers in the first nine months of the year. Twenty-one were on their own; 19 of them men. 'Many men are overconfident and overestimate their ability,' said James Ho Wai-shek, the service's tactical force commander, at the Mountaineering Safety Promotion Day 2010. Groups showed off new equipment, including a HK$880,000 cross-country rescue vehicle.
Man falls from second-floor flat
A 62-year-old man fell from his flat on the second floor when he was drying his clothes in Wong Tung House on the Tung Tau Estate in Wong Tai Sin. He suffered a broken leg and an eye injury.
League seeks activist's freedom
Members of the League of Social Democrats in nine cars staged a protest calling for the release of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo. They travelled from Tai Wai to the central government's liaison office in Western.
