The Immigration Department under the Hong Kong Government confirmed on Sunday that a Hong Kong resident was on the missing Malaysian fight bound for Beijing.

The department has made the confirmation after acquiring further information this morning. It has contacted the concerned family members who are currently in Beijing.

The staff of the immigration section of the department's Beijing office offered to provide all necessary assitance to the family, who had followed the handling of the air mishap.

The department will keep close contact with the Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong, the Chinese embassy in Malaysia, the Malasyian airlines to closely monitor the situation and provide assistance to the involved Hong Kong resident and the family members.

The Beijing-bound flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200, departed Malaysia's capital of Kuala Lumpur at 0:42 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Saturday, and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m. the same day. The plane is carrying 239 people.