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Uncovered defects in 24 of the 28 lifts at Queen Mary Hospital's new clinical block caused them to start or stop abruptly, be misaligned with floor levels or fail to open. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Authorities may appeal engineer’s non-custodial sentence in hospital lift case

Government seeking legal advice after Law Wing-chai was sentenced to 160 hours of community service for improper submission of safety documents.

Crime in Hong Kong

Engineer gets 160 hours’ community service over Queen Mary Hospital lift defects

Hong Kong housing

Quality concerns prompt further tests on concrete used in 3 housing blocks

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Exclusive | Senior civil servant asked to resign over defective lifts at Queen Mary Hospital

But Architectural Services Department, where Tuesday Li served as a chief project manager, says her departure didn’t involve ‘forced resignation’.

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Tuesday Li previously served as a chief project manager at the Architectural Services Department. Photo: Development Bureau
Widespread installation defects have delayed the full commissioning of the hospital’s new block. Photo: Karma Lo
Twenty-four of the 28 lifts in the new 34-storey clinical block are unfit for use. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong reserves right to seek compensation over faulty hospital lift work

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn says contractors must cover remedial costs after lift defects delay Queen Mary Hospital’s new block.

Hong Kong society

Letters | Queen Mary Hospital lift defects raise larger questions for Hong Kong

Readers discuss oversight of critical public infrastructure, a better development model for the Northern Metropolis, and a project in Hung Shui Kiu.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong suspends contractors over Queen Mary Hospital lift defects

Authorities say 24 of 28 lifts in new block are affected, delaying the launch of clinical services until repairs are completed.

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Damaged electronic components, faulty wiring connections and poor installation workmanship were among the problems affecting 24 of the 28 newly installed lifts in Clinical Block 1. Photo: Karma Lo
Faulty lifts in Clinical Block 1 at Queen Mary Hospital have delayed the launch of all clinical services at the building. Photo: Karma Lo
The faults caused lifts to start or stop unevenly, halt at positions that were not level with the floor, or fail to open their doors. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong inquest finds rare gastroscopy complication caused man’s death

Coroner rules death caused by brain swelling after procedure at Queen Mary Hospital in 2024, with rapid deterioration limiting treatment options.

From our archives

When a teenager was stabbed to death with a fork … over an alleged stare

In the 1980 incident at Wah Fu Estate, Chan Wai-tak was chatting with a friend when he was fatally attacked by a group of youths.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong team seeks patients to test AI tool targeting potentially fatal disease

‘P-Cardiac’ uses Asia’s largest patient records database to check risk of developing cardiovascular disease, among top causes of death in city.

The AI-powered tool is the first of its kind in the city. Photo: Shutterstock
Crime in Hong Kong

Doctor cleared of Hong Kong assault held in India amid rape-murder probe

Dr Sandip Ghosh held over alleged corruption after probe into murder-rape of student in Kolkata hospital where he was principal.

The doctor was acquitted in 2017 after being accused of molesting a male nursing student at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. Photo: Dickson Lee
Accidents and personal safety

Woman dies, 3 others injured in fire that broke out in Hong Kong’s SoHo

Fire starts in No 9 on Gough Street in SoHo area in Sheung Wan at about 10.20pm.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong urged to probe trampoline park after tourist falls and loses kidney

Woman says right kidney ‘shattered’ after falling and striking edge of foam pool at Ryze Ultimate Trampoline Park on June 7 of last year.

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Hong Kong society

2 Hong Kong taxi drivers injured, 1 wild boar killed in separate road accidents

Taxi driver forced to brake suddenly to avoid boar on Aberdeen Praya Road, but another cabby minutes later slams into and kills pig.

Taxis were involved in both of the accidents. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong’s Li Ka Shing Foundation funds non-invasive liver cancer treatment

Li Ka Shing Foundation donates Asia’s first cutting-edge, non-invasive device for treatment of liver cancer to city’s oldest university.

Business magnate Li Ka-shing (centre) also made a virtual appearance at the ultrasound medical device’s unveiling on Tuesday. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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Heated argument: 1 dead and 2 injured as a barbecue boils over

Remembering the night when groups of picnickers fought with forks to the deadly end

From our archives

The great escape: when 3 prisoners broke out of a Hong Kong jail

After 2 months of planning their escape from Chi Ma Wan open prison, the prisoners were recaptured within a couple of days

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Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong tram driver arrested after girl, 3, dies in accident, 3 others hurt

Family may have tried to cross road on red light, source says.

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The three-year-old girl was trapped under the tram in Kennedy Town. Photo: Facebook
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong cabby, passenger injured after crashing into lamp post in Admiralty

Incident temporarily disrupts westbound tram services and two car lanes on Queensway during morning rush hour.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong plea for organ donations as heart failure man waits for gift of life

Chan Wai-ho’s heart working at just 20 per cent of normal as Hospital Authority appeals for organ donations.

Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong woman dies, husband in coma after alleged fire murder-suicide bid

Pair found with serious burns in smoke-filled Mid-Levels flat; husband suspected of murder-suicide attempt.

Belmont Court on Kotewall Road in Hong Kong’s upscale Mid-Levels neighbourhood. Photo: Google Maps
From our archives

On This Day | Landslip in Hong Kong’s Kennedy Town kills 3 people in 1994 – SCMP archive

On this day 30 years ago, heavy rain washed away a slope in Hong Kong, killing three people and forcing 2,000 families to evacuate.

1994’s landslide at Kwun Lung Lau housing estate in Kennedy Town killed three people, including a 9-year-old girl and her father. Photo: Eric Li
Accidents and personal safety

Former Post data specialist dies in stand-up paddleboarding accident in Hong Kong

Jude Law Kai-yiu, 30, who was employed by the Post from 2017 to 2019, is believed to have drowned off Lamma Power Station Beach, police say.

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YCIS celebrates remarkable IB results of the 2024 cohort With Two Perfect Scorers

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Freeze women’s eggs? But ‘soil’ may be bad, Hong Kong health chief says

Minister Lo Chung-mau’s comment that a frozen seed may not grow on ‘soil’ that has aged draws strong response from female lawmaker.

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Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau has said that he hoped young people would balance family and career by getting married and having children at an earlier age. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong’s Yuen Kwok-yung shares journey to becoming disease expert in new book

My Life in Medicine: A Hong Kong Journey is set to be released in mid-July and charts leading microbiologist’s forays into nature, space and public health.

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University of Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung has described writing the book as “nostalgic therapy”. Photo: May Tse
Accidents and personal safety

Hong Kong taxi hangs over steep drop after crash; passer-by falls to road below

Chaotic scenes on Lower Albert Road in Central as taxi slams into a railing and woman falls to street below.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong girl, 12, hurt trying to stop father during alleged attack on mother

Mother, 53, sustained injuries to left hand, back, neck and right ankle while daughter hurt head, back and fingers.

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