Hong Kong Adventist Academy confirms one of its students died from heatstroke on Saturday, set to meet education officials
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenKristen CheungPublished: 2:18pm, 29 Jun 2026Updated: 2:22pm, 29 Jun 2026A Hong Kong school has activated its crisis management team to provide counselling support in response to the death of an 11-year-old boy during a training run over the weekend, while the institution’s leaders are set to meet education officials.Hong Kong Adventist Academy, a private Christian school in Sai Kung’s Clear Water Bay, confirmed on Monday that one of its students had died from heatstroke on Saturday after falling unconscious at the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground.
The Education Bureau said a day after the incident that it had started immediately providing support after learning of the death.
The school said it had activated its emergency response unit and assigned counsellors to help affected students and staff, and would meet bureau officials and social workers on Monday to coordinate support. It did not specify a time for the meeting.
The bureau said it would maintain close contact with the school.
The school, which enrols both local and international pupils, said it had not organised the run and added that its summer break began on June 19.
