University of Hong Kong students forced to stay off campus after excessive formaldehyde levels were found in new Kennedy Town residences say they still don't know whether they can move in tomorrow.
Student union president Dan Chan Koon-hong said the university had yet to inform affected students when they could move into the new hostel, two of four blocks in Lung Wah Street.
That's despite HKU saying last Wednesday that the cancer-causing air pollutants would be dispersed in a week.
As of yesterday, about half of the 800 non-local affected students had been given interim accommodation in nearby hotels. Some were living in a youth hostel in Chai Wan and other residences offered by the university. HKU set aside HK$1 million to subsidise students' off-campus accommodation.
The emergency at the much delayed hostel project is believed to be caused by new furniture.
Two of the four blocks will not be completed until next month.
