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At least five Hong Kong hotels have failed to comply with inspection orders, Post finds, after woman killed by falling window in Tsim Sha Tsui
- The Park Lane, King’s Hotel and V Hotel and Serviced Apartments in Causeway Bay, and the Guangdong Hotel and a Marco Polo hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui found to have not carried out instructions issued as far back as 2013
- Research of official data found at least 42 hotels – of about 280 citywide – had received Buildings Department window inspection orders
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At least five hotels in the heart of Hong Kong’s business and tourist districts have failed to comply with government orders to have their windows inspected the Post has found after a pedestrian was killed by a window frame that came crashing down from a five-star hotel on Monday.
According to Buildings Department records, The Park Lane, King’s Hotel and V Hotel and Serviced Apartments in Causeway Bay, and the Guangdong Hotel and a Marco Polo hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui have not carried out instructions issued as far back as 2013.
“Now we can see there is the underlying risk of hotel windows falling off,” said Joseph Ho Hin-ming, an adviser to the department on its mandatory window inspection scheme, amid concerns officials have been lax in ensuring compliance and improving safety.
Only two of the five hotels – Guangdong and V – were requested to inspect guest room windows, while others were only required to check those in common areas.
A 24-year-old mainland Chinese woman was killed in the busy shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui after she was struck by a window that fell from The Mira Hong Kong hotel’s 16th floor on Monday.
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