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Punishment sought for piling blunder

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Jimmy Cheung

A legislator will press his colleagues to demand punishment for two officials found at fault in a report into a piling scandal.

Lawmakers meet on Wednesday to discuss the findings of a two-year inquiry which concluded that the substandard piling of some government-subsidised housing blocks was the result of unrealistic production targets and insufficient monitoring.

Frederick Fung Kin-kee, chairman of the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, believes lawmakers should take the opportunity to censure senior officials implicated.

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The main political parties that took part in the inquiry have agreed to leave to the government any decision to punish retired housing chief Dominic Wong Shing-wah and former director of housing Tony Miller.

In a Legco select committee report last month, Mr Wong was criticised for failing to set realistic production targets, while Mr Miller was deemed to have not sufficiently dealt with the risks involved.

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But the pair escaped punishment or censure, although Legco passed a no-confidence motion in June 2000 against Mr Miller and former Housing Authority chairman Rosanna Wong Yick-ming for the blunders.

Mr Fung, a housing expert, said he would amend the motion and require the council to condemn Mr Wong and Mr Miller as well as demand punishment.

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