Frost warning for New Year’s Day, sub-zero temperatures on Hong Kong’s highest peak as ‘intense cold surge’ grips city

• Temperatures on Tai Mo Shan hovered between 0 and minus 1 degrees Celsius in the early hours, according to the Hong Kong Observatory
• ‘Winter monsoon’ to keep temperatures between 8 and 14 degrees on New Year’s Day, while frost expected at higher elevations and in parts of New Territories