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To Kwa Wan

Letters to the Editor, June 8, 2013

8 Jun 2013

Protect historic treasures of To Kwa Wan

As a resident of Hong Kong I have come to care deeply for this city.

Part of what makes it such a wonderful place to live in lies in the...

2:11AM

Man evicted from decades-old illegal home in To Kwa Wan

6 Jun 2013

Buildings officials yesterday evicted a resident from an unauthorised structure in To Kwa Wan where he had been living for years.

2:26PM

Shaking flats in To Kwa Wan halt MTR construction

17 May 2013

Excavation work at a To Kwa Wan railway construction site has been suspended after more than 50 residents were evacuated because of reports that nearby buildings were shaking.

3:11AM

Lessons in safety need to be learned again

11 Mar 2013

Whenever a terrible disaster occurs, whether it is a fatal blaze or ferry collision, the questions asked are the same. How did it happen? Is anyone responsible? And above all, how can it be...

3:16AM

Repairman fined HK$10,000 over To Kwa Wan building collapse

7 Mar 2013

Chu Wai-wing, 77, the only person prosecuted over the 2010 collapse, which killed four people, maintained he was a "scapegoat" shouldering all the blame, which the Buildings Department should have...

7:06AM

No sign of concrete action since To Kwa Wan tragedy

7 Mar 2013

The Buildings Department appears to have done little to improve its inspection system three years after the collapse of a To Kwa Wan tenement that killed four people, critics say.

4:38AM

Opinion

Is Frederick Ma readying himself for a political comeback?

11:13PM

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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12:54AM

Talking Points

A 77-year-old repairman is sentenced for breaching building regulations while working on a To Kwa Wan tenement which later collapsed, killing four people.

2:51AM

Repairman guilty in To Kwa Wan collapse

A 77-year-old repairman was yesterday found to have breached building regulations for work he did at a To Kwa Wan tenement which collapsed in January 2010, killing four people. Chu Wai-wing faced...

5:35AM

For some, the nightmares remain

Three years after a deadly building collapse, the victims of Ma Tau Wai Road are still picking up the pieces. On the afternoon of January 29, 2010, residents in Block J at 45 Ma Tau Wai Road...

5:12AM

Relatives file claims in To Kwa Wan tenement collapse case

Estate administrators of the four people killed in the collapse of a To Kwa Wan tenement in 2010 have filed claims for compensation.

3:47AM

REDEVELOPMENT

Owner of collapsed To Kwa Wan block 'won't get URA payout'

The owner of a To Kwa Wan tenement building that collapsed in 2010, killing four people, has failed to get any compensation from the Urban Renewal Authority over redevelopment of the area, it...

3:12AM

COURTS

Illegal structures in To Kwa Wan ordered demolished

The Buildings Department has won a six-month legal battle for a demolition order against a decades-old illegal neighbourhood in a To Kwa Wan alley.

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