Memorial area set up at Sha Tin fire station to mourn Hong Kong fireman who died in clifftop rescue

A fire station in Sha Tin has set up a memorial area on Thursday for citizens to pay their respects to a firefighter who died in the rescue of two hikers a day before. Yau Siu-ming, 50, lost his footing and slipped off a cliff during an all-night search and rescue operation that began on Tuesday. The lost hikers were an off-duty policeman and his girlfriend, who became trapped in a treacherous part of Ma On Shan Country Park. The principal fireman was carried down in a coma but it took 10...