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More safety documents missing on Hong Kong’s Sha Tin-Central link as To Kwa Wan becomes second affected station
- Director of Highways Jimmy Chan tells Legislative Council meeting more documents missing on HK$97.1 billion rail link
- MTR Corporation refuses to reveal extent of problem, saying they need more time to search for relevant records
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Hong Kong’s highways director has demanded the MTR Corporation hand over safety documents for a second station on the Sha Tin-Central link after the railway operator disclosed that yet more had gone missing for the city’s most expensive rail project.
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The loss of documentation for another station on the beleaguered line has cast further doubt over when it will be able to open.
Director of Highways Jimmy Chan Pai-ming told a railways subcommittee meeting at the city’s Legislative Council on Friday that To Kwa Wan station was also affected, and departmental staff and government consultants were conducting audits on other stations for the HK$97.1 billion (US$12.3 billion) link.
The MTR Corporation refused to reveal the extent of the problem, only saying it needed more time to search for the documents and relevant records.
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It was revealed in January that for three locations at Hung Hom station, more than 60 per cent of inspection documents, known as RISC forms, were missing and that there had also been unauthorised design changes. It followed earlier allegations of shoddy construction work on platforms and station walls.
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