The government should upgrade the security set-up at the Outer Harbour Reservoir as there are recurring cases of people committing suicide by leaping into the man-made lake, Northern District Community Service Consultative Council member Hong Wai Tong said yesterday.
Hong made the remarks during a regular meeting of the government-appointed council in Areia Preta.
Hong said that two suicides happened at the reservoir this year, with both taking place during the daytime. He underlined that both cases were discovered by people who were walking or exercising there, but not by the security set-up there.
This photo taken on February 1 this year shows a number of police officers, firemen and frogmen at the Outer Harbour Reservoir during an operation to retrieve a male body from the water. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
Northern District Community Service Consultative Council member Hong Wai Tong addresses yesterday’s regular meeting in Areia Preta. Photo: Joel Chu
