CK Asset opts to rebuild 3 blocks at starter homes project after steelwork scandal

Three of the six residential buildings at CK Asset’s “starter homes” project in Hong Kong will be demolished and rebuilt in what the developer called the most “time-saving” solution, two years after a scandal over substandard steel reinforcement work halted construction. The Buildings Department said on Thursday that it had approved demolition plans for three blocks at the Anderson Road development in Kwun Tong, while remedial work was under way at the other three. Earlier investigations found...