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An elderly man drowned while swimming at Lung Mei Beach in Hong Kong’s Tai Po on Thursday morning.
Police said they received a report at 7.25am of a swimmer struggling to stay afloat.
Officers rescued the 73-year-old man about 100 metres (328 feet) from shore.
He was taken to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po, where he was pronounced dead.
Police retrieved a backpack believed to belong to the man from a locker at the beach.
Lifeguard services at the public beach operate from 9am to 6pm between April and May.
The man-made Lung Mei Beach, which opened in 2021, is the only public beach in Tai Po district.
Environmentalists and green groups had previously argued the project would be a disaster for the 200 marine species in the area.
Creatures including seahorses, starfish and sea urchins were relocated to a nearby bay before work began on the 200-metre artificial beach.


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Man was taken to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po, where he was pronounced dead


Man was taken to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po, where he was pronounced dead.


Elderly man drowns during morning swim at Hong Kong’s Lung Mei Beach

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Man was taken to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Tai Po, where he was pronounced dead