SUSPECTED HYPOTHERMIA
HONG KONG - A SINGAPOREAN man on a trip to Hong Kong to take
part in a war game simulation has died of suspected hypothermia
after temperatures plunged to a low of 15 deg C.
According to local press reports, the death occurred at around
1pm on Saturday at a war game simulation centre in Yuen Long
district, in the north of the territory near Shenzhen.
The Chinese-language Ming Pao Daily News said the 51-year-old
man, Mr Derek Tham, had arrived at the centre together with his
niece and several other friends and was walking towards the venue
of the war game when he suddenly fainted.
The paper said Mr Tham and his fellow war game enthusiasts were
in their combat fatigues, had drawn their weapons, and were raring
to go when the tragedy happened.
His companions quickly alerted the police and an ambulance
arrived shortly afterwards and rushed Mr Tham to the nearby Pok Oi
Hospital, where he was officially pronounced dead at 2.34pm,
according to Apple Daily.
The cause of his death is still being investigated, although a
doctor who spoke to the press told reporters that Mr Tham, who
suffered from high-blood pressure, could have died after the cold
temperature in the area triggered a heart attack.
