Bad communication holds up police station revamp
Inadequate communication within the police force had led to a 21-month delay in a $650 million facelift for 59 police stations, the Audit Commission said.
Inspections also found that reception areas at six out of nine police report rooms were not manned by officers, while spare space totalling 1,686 square metres at three stations had remained unoccupied for more than two years.
Web cameras, keyboards and speakers in 16 report rooms were not used, while the information kiosk in the airport police station was only used once per day, the worst average usage for any such facility.
$208m mail system fails to sort out problems
Hongkong Post has been criticised for paying $208 million for a mail-sorting system with a working capacity only half that advertised. And despite a promise of less than 1 per cent sorting errors, 7.5 per cent of the mail ended up in the wrong place.