10,000 Hong Kong homes left without water as burst pipe hits Shau Kei Wan again

More than 10,000 households in Hong Kong’s Eastern district were left without running water on Tuesday after a pipe burst in Shau Kei Wan – marking the area’s second major outage since July – forcing restaurants to close and sending residents queuing into the streets for emergency supplies. Tap water supplies began to be gradually restored from 9.30pm following emergency repairs to the burst main on Shau Kei Wan Road, which was accidentally damaged by a contractor during road maintenance,...