Mr Law, who is attached to Tseung Kwan O Division Patrol Sub-unit 4, rescued the baby girl on June 26 after a young lady gave birth to the baby in a toilet at her Choi Ming Court home.

Mr Law recalled: "Both the lady and her younger brother were in a panic and a pair of little legs could be seen sticking out from the toilet bowl.

"While my female colleague took care of the understandably emotional young lady, I put on gloves and dashed into the toilet to get the baby out from the toilet bowl.

"The baby's face had already turned purple when I got her out from the toilet bowl. Fortunately, I noticed that she could still respond to stimulus and so I asked my colleagues to get a basin and water to clean up the blood and dirt from her face and body to facilitate her breathing.

"Soon the baby girl started breathing normally and she was eventually taken to hospital for further treatment," he continued.

Mr Law told OffBeat that extra care was needed in the rescue because the baby's body was so slippery and delicate.

"Although I was very worried that she might slip out of my hands, I knew I must not hold her too tightly in case I hurt her.

"Rescuing a baby is so different from rescuing an adult because a baby cannot express feelings. We can only judge its condition through careful observation," Mr Law explained.

The officer said that he was very happy to learn that his efforts had successfully saved the baby's life. Mr Law believed that, with the valuable experience gained in that incident, he would feel more confident when handling any future unforeseeable incidents.

PC Law recalls how he rescued a babe from the toilet