Hong Kong authorities reviewing strategy in search for 2 missing Filipinas

Hong Kong authorities are reviewing their strategy for finding two missing Filipino domestic helpers after calling off a search along the hiking trail where the women were last seen about 10 days ago, the Post has learned.

Two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday that the Fire Services Department had stopped searching along the Lung Mun Country Trail near Tsuen Wan at around 10.15am that day.

Department officers and police began their search for Imee Mahilum Pabuaya, 24, and Aleli Perez Tibay, 33, shortly after noon on Saturday, the sources said, and the operation remains ongoing.

Police said on Monday the pair were last seen on the trail, located in Tai Mo Shan Country Park, between 4.30pm and 5pm on October 4.

The pair, listed by police as missing last Friday, may have descended the mountain via the Sam Dip Tam route, the force said.

According to a previous police report, the women were seen near Yeung Uk Road in Tsuen Wan in the early afternoon on October 4.