Hospitals welcome first 'Year of the Horse' babies at stroke of midnight

Hong Kong's first babies of the Lunar New Year were born at the stroke of midnight, with private and public hospitals both welcoming newborns.

At Union Hospital, a baby boy weighing 2.94 kilograms and a baby girl weighing 2.9 kilograms were both delivered at 12am on Wednesday.

The first baby in a public hospital, a boy weighing 3.05 kilograms, was also born at midnight at Kwong Wah Hospital. He was delivered by cesarean section and is the first child of his parents.