The daughter sustained neck and chest injuries and was sent to Tuen Mun Hospital.

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According to police’s initial investigations, the man had attempted to cover his daughter’s head with a plastic bag and hit her chest.

After the incident, the man left his home despite his wife trying to stop him. At about 7.30pm, officials found him hanging from a belt inside the changing room of a clubhouse at a private estate, police said.

He was later declared dead at the same hospital. A postmortem will be conducted.

Officers have seized a note containing the will of the man, alongside a plastic bag suspected to have been used by him.

The force is treating the case as an attempted murder-suicide.

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Local media reported that the man had mentioned the heavy burden of caring for his daughter, who has suffered brain disorders from a young age.

The Social Welfare Department on Friday said it was highly concerned about the tragedy and would approach the family to offer emotional counselling and help.

The attempted murder-suicide on Thursday added to Hong Kong’s growing list of carer tragedies.

On May 14, an 86-year-old father was found dead in a flat in Mei Foo alongside his 59-year-old daughter, who had been using a wheelchair after her right leg had been amputated because of diabetes. Their deaths were not considered suspicious.

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In December, a couple in their seventies were arrested over the suspected murder of their chronically ill daughter in Wong Tai Sin. Police said the 47-year-old victim had needed her parents’ care for at least five years.

A hotline targeting carers was set to launch in the third quarter of this year. The allowance for those looking after elderly and disabled people under the Community Care Fund will be made a regular scheme in October this year, increasing from HK$2,400 (US$306) to HK$3,000 a month.

The measures, announced by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu in his first policy address, followed a government-commissioned study into the needs of carers. It was completed in June 2022 and yielded 11 recommendations.

Legislator Stanley Li Sai-wing said while the crushing pressure faced by carers was a pressing issue for Hong Kong society, he found the government’s responses slow and inadequate.

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He said, “There is a lack of mid- to long-term policy to solve the problem as there is no action outlined after setting up the hotline.” Li added that carers who benefit from other welfare payments should also be qualified for the HK$3,000 allowance.

Both Li and Alvin Chung Sai-cheong, a representative of the community organisation Care for Carers, urged the government to establish community-level service hubs to offer respite services and facilitate knowledge sharing and mutual support among those looking after the elderly and disabled.

Chung explained that while non-governmental organisations provided similar services, such offerings would remain fragmented and financially unsustainable without the government’s intervention at the policy level.

Li also called for a “pass” system to formally identify carers, which would allow them to access more community resources and enable a proper appreciation of their role in society.