Tram services suspended after skip falls from Hong Kong mall
Crane thought to be unable to bear weight of skip causing it to fall and damage overhead wire
Tram services in Happy Valley were suspended on Tuesday after a skip fell from a shopping mall and damaged part of an overhead wire.
The Happy Valley Loop tram service was not in operation in the morning and one lane of Percival Street, near Lee Theatre, was closed to traffic.
A Transport Department spokesman said at the time that it was not known when the service would resume.
Police received a report at around 1.45am on Tuesday that a skip measuring 2.4 metres by 1.7 metres had fallen from a height at the Lee Theatre Plaza, at the junction of Sharp Street East and Percival Street in Causeway Bay.
The skip damaged part of a canopy at the shopping mall as well as the overhead wire of the nearby tramway.