Embattled Hong Kong rail operator hit with fresh safety scare over Yuen Long station pillars that have been sinking since 2012
MTR Corp reveals subsidence forced developer Sun Hung Kai Properties to suspend building work on third phase of luxury Grand Yoho development, but says public was never in danger
Already reeling from a series of scandals the embattled MTR Corporation was hit by another safety scare on Friday when it emerged that pillars holding up a section of track at Yuen Long station are sinking.
This time, however, one of MTR Corp’s harshest critics, lawmaker and former rail boss Michael Tien Puk-sun, agreed with the corporation’s assessment there had been no wrongdoing and no risk to public safety.
Weeks of revelations by the media concerning shoddy work and cover-ups during ongoing construction at three stations along the Sha Tin to Central link have rattled the company.
On Friday, the rail operator said it had discovered in 2012 that a viaduct at the Yuen Long station, near the construction site of the third phase of the luxury Grand Yoho development, had started to show signs of subsidence.