SEARCHERS looking for missing French hiker Pascal Vernhes reached the top of Castle Peak yesterday and spoke to Hongkong Telecom maintenance workers who said they had seen him trekking last Sunday.
They were to continue searching the area today and said they would pass the Telecom workers' information on to police.
About 30 friends and relatives of the missing PR Asia finance director took up the search for Mr Vernhes yesterday, after police gave up on Friday night.
Police yesterday interviewed a woman thought to be among the last to see the 35-year-old before he disappeared on a Castle Peak walking track last Sunday into bushland surrounding the 500-metre hill.
His car was found near Tsing Shan Monastery on Monday.
'My mother and I saw him last Sunday, driving his car alone near the monastery around 11am,' the witness told the Sunday Morning Post. 'I didn't know who he was until I saw pictures of him around the area in the last few days.' About 10 police officers were in the area helping with the search yesterday.
Mr Vernhes' two young daughters are with relatives in France.
