More glass falls from luxury high-rises
Restaurant worker injured in SoHo and window pane crashes from flat at Bel-Air
Panes of glass from two more luxury high-rise blocks have fallen off, with one crashing down onto the alfresco dining area of a SoHo restaurant, injuring one of its staff.
Meanwhile, residents at the Larvotto in Ap Lei Chau are still waiting for answers as to why a window pane on the 28th floor fell more than a week ago - the latest of several such incidents at the luxury estate in the past year.
The new cases to have emerged involve Soho38, a 30-storey block near the Mid-Levels escalator, and Cyberport's Bel-Air residence.
A glass panel from a balcony on the 23rd floor of Soho38 fell onto Koh Thai restaurant on May 10 just after 3.30pm. A female worker, 58, was injured by the falling glass and sent to Queen Mary Hospital.
A resident who lives two buildings down said the impact was so great that glass was strewn all over the car park of her block. "There was a lot of glass on our property," she said.
Kerry Properties, which developed and manages Soho38, claimed only "a small piece of tempered glass" was involved and said the police and Buildings Department had investigated.