TWO passenger hoists failed safety requirements during territory-wide inspections.
The deputy secretary for Works, Peter Barry, said the Government had already checked about half of the 71 passenger hoists in operation since the death of 12 workers in a hoist accident on June 2. The tests should be finished by the end of the month.
''We pointed out to contractors in two incidences that their hoists were not in accordance with the law,'' Mr Barry said.
''One of them took down his hoist and the other fixed his.'' Mr Barry said the number of teams of inspectors had been increased to three - two from the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department and one from the Housing Department - to speed up the checks.
''It takes us one day to inspect a hoist in detail,'' he said.
Eight different types of model are being examined on 31 construction sites.