Yau Kwok-yee reportedly found lifeless by the officers from the Government Flying Service early on Tuesday at the foot of a two-metre drop in Ng To Shui, Tuen Mun.
Alone hiker who was announced missing on Sunday has been found dead in Hong Kong’s northwestern New Territories, Hong Kong police said.
The 67-year-old man named, Yau Kwok-yee was found by the officers from the Government Flying Service early on Tuesday at the foot of a two-metre drop in Ng To Shui, Tuen Mun, police stated.
Contrarily, the Fire Services Department later said he was found at a drop of five metres.
Afterwards, his remains were brought to the service’s headquarters at Hong Kong Airport and the circumstances behind Yau's death were not immediately clear.
The search efforts were immediately commenced by the police, firefighters, the Civil Aid Service and the Government Flying Service after his wife reported him missing to the police late Sunday evening.
According to the report, Yau was searched by the rescue team in the Castle Peak area, including Por Lo Shan, Lung Kwu Tan, Tsing Tai Stream, Fa Heung Lo Teng and Nim Wan.
The family of Yau was unable to contact him after he failed to return to his home in Tuen Mun.
He said he was going to hike in the Por Lo Shan area for a 3km (1.9-mile) northbound walk on Castle Peak, with Ha Pak Nai as his destination.
A GPS signal check at one point indicated that he was at Ng To Shui, situated at the upper portion of the well-known Tsing Tai Stream.
The family also shared the news of the Yau missing on social media.
Yau’s daughter previously told local media that a team of hikers had encountered her father at around 1 pm on Sunday at a rural spot called “Ching Chun Hung Kok” in the Castle Peak area.
The daughter earlier said Yau was a semi-retired hydraulic systems salesman who worked two to three days a week. He went hiking near his home on days off and usually returned between 4 pm and 5 pm.
Veteran mountaineer Chung Kin-man said trails in Tuen Mun were generally barren and lacked shade, while paths near Tsing Tai Stream could be slippery.
獨自徒步旅行者在香港西北部新界失踪後死亡
香港警方稱，週日宣布失踪的一名獨自徒步旅行者在香港西北部新界被發現死亡。
警方表示，政府飛行服務隊人員週二凌晨在屯門五渡水一處兩公尺高的懸崖下發現了這名 67 歲男子遊國義。
相反，消防處後來表示，他是在五公尺高的地方被發現的。
隨後，他的遺體被運至香港機場的服務總部。
丘死亡的具體情況尚不清楚。
在他的妻子週日晚間向警方報告他失踪後，警察、消防員、人民安全服務隊和政府飛行服務隊立即開始搜尋工作。
報道稱，救援隊在青山一帶搜查遊，地點包括婆羅山、龍鼓灘、青泰溪、花香螺登及稔灣。
丘未能返回屯門家中，家人未能聯絡上他。
他說，他打算在婆羅山地區徒步青山，向北行3公里（1.9英里），目的地是下白泥。
GPS訊號檢查顯示，他當時身處五渡水，位於著名的青泰溪上游。
家人也在社群媒體上分享了Yau失蹤的消息。
丘的女兒先前告訴當地媒體，週日下午1點左右，一隊徒步旅行者在青山地區一個名為「青春紅角」的鄉村地點遇到了她的父親。
女兒稍早表示，丘是一名半退休的液壓系統銷售員，每週工作兩到三天。 休息日他會在家附近健行，通常在下午 4 點至 5 點之間返回。
資深登山家鐘建文表示，屯門的步道普遍荒蕪且缺乏陰涼，而青泰溪附近的路徑則可能很滑。
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