Missing woman, 60, found alive on hillside near Hong Kong cemetery

Police say nearly two-week search for Ngan Lai‑ching hampered by typhoon and days of heavy rain

Hong Kong authorities have found a 60-year-old woman on a hillside near a cemetery nearly two weeks after she went missing, despite the search being hampered by a typhoon and days of heavy rain.

Police said on Monday that Ngan Lai‑ching left her home at Kwong Ming Court in Tseung Kwan O on the morning of July 24 without a mobile phone or an Octopus card. The force said she had a history of schizophrenia.

Ngan’s daughter reported her missing after she failed to return home the following day, with the force classifying her as a high-risk missing person.

Rescuers used police security camera footage to narrow down the search to hills near the Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery, about 3km (1.86 miles) south of her home.

Civil Aid Service personnel discovered one of her shoes at about 11.30am on Monday, with the other found 10 metres further up a hill.

Ngan was located near the cemetery and On Luen Village at 1.08pm. She was conscious but had multiple abrasions.