Friends and classmates yesterday mourned 16-year-old Hung Hoi-wai, who fell to her death on Monday. Hoi-wai wanted to go out to celebrate her birthday but was stopped by her parents. Around 6am on Monday, she climbed out of the window of her third-floor flat in Kowloon City Road and fell to her death.
She had tied a nylon string around her waist and to the window frame to support herself, but it had snapped, police said.
Hoi-wai suffered serious head injuries and was found lying motionless on the ground.
A passer-by shouted for help and alerted Hoi-wai's 19-year-old sister, who called police.
Hoi-wai, a Form Four student at New Asia Middle School in To Kwa Wan, was taken unconscious to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where she was declared dead. The school's principal Wong Wai-ting described Hoi-wai as a good student.
'She was a positive and enthusiastic girl. She had a good relationship with teachers and was well-liked by students,' she said.
