Financial commentator Louie Shum Chun-ying died at Ruttonjee Hospital on October 24 after collapsing on Lockhart Road in Wan Chai while heading to a taxi stand. Doctors confirmed his death at about 9pm.
Shum had left a gathering at a friend’s home in Wan Chai at about 7.30pm. A passer-by found him after he fell and called for help. He was taken to hospital unconscious.
Police found no signs of robbery or a struggle and treated the case as non-suspicious, HK01 reported. The cause of death remained subject to confirmation by autopsy.
Shum wrote newspaper columns analysing stocks from 2000 to 2015.