Hong Kong welcomes six babies into world in first hour of New Year’s Day


Three girls and three boys were born in Hong Kong’s public and private hospitals in the first hour of New Year’s Day.

The CUHK Medical Centre, a private teaching hospital owned by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, delivered the city’s first baby of 2026 at 12am. The newborn boy is his parents’ first child.

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