Contractors suspended over ‘extremely serious’ Queen Mary Hospital lift defects

Hong Kong authorities have suspended the main contractor and lift subcontractor working on a new clinical block at Queen Mary Hospital from public works tenders after serious defects left most lifts unreliable and delayed the launch of services. The Architectural Services Department said in a social media post late on Friday that the contractors’ poor performance had been recorded in assessment reports. It added that the firms would be required to bear the full cost of remedial works and could...