MTR Corporation orders halt to unauthorised work at station after column concerns

Hong Kong’s rail giant, the MTR Corporation, has ordered a contractor to fix substandard columns erected on the platform of a station under construction after discovering unauthorised remedial works to fill gaps of up to 30cm to the ceiling. The Highways Department said on Saturday that it had asked MTR Corp to submit a detailed investigation report within two weeks on the construction quality problem and the unauthorised remedial works at Tung Chung West station. It also stressed that the Tung...