To Kwa Wan

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.

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Residents evacuated after 'shaking' in To Kwa Wan building

16 May 2013

More than 50 residents of four buildings in To Kwa Wan were evacuated after tenants reported they felt one of the structures shake on Thursday morning.

Emergency crews were sent to...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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Talking Points

6 Mar 2013

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.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

4 comments

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

5 comments

4:27AM

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.

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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...

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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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Q&A With Our Experts, September 12, 2012

Q: I live in Sha Tin but plan to move closer to my daughter's school in Kowloon City. I would like to buy a two-bedroom flat in districts such as Kowloon City or To Kwa Wan. My budget is less than...

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