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Edith Lin

Danny Mok

The water supply for the northern part of Hong Kong’s Tuen Mun was suspended at 11pm on Tuesday, after an underground pipe leak left two lanes along a major road temporarily closed.
The suspension affected at least 23 residential estates and two hotels.
The Water Supplies Department said it aimed to fully reopen Tuen Mun Road before the Wednesday morning rush hour, adding that it was working hard to complete the repairs.
The Hospital Authority’s New Territories West cluster earlier said that services at Tuen Mun Hospital, Castle Peak Hospital and Siu Lam Hospital would be unaffected by the supply suspension as the department had dispatched several water wagons.
Authorities announced the water suspension at around 8pm, with the move intended to facilitate emergency repair works at Yuen Long-bound lanes on Tuen Mun Road.
Some of the lanes near Siu Hong MTR station were closed after reports of water seepage emerged on Monday night.
The department said it would send eight water wagons and 120 water tanks to provide supplies to affected residents in northern Tuen Mun before the 11pm suspension.
“The Water Supplies Department’s team is working hard on emergency repairs and aims to restore the affected freshwater supply by or before early Wednesday morning and to fully reopen Tuen Mun Road before the morning rush hour,” it said on social media.
The buildings set to be affected by the suspension include those located north of Wong Chu Road, south of the intersection between Tsun Wen Road and Tsing Chung Koon Road, and northwest of Tuen Mun River.
Tai Hing Estate, Shan King Estate, Affluence Garden, Blossom Garden and Venice Garden were among at least 23 residential developments affected.
Alongside industrial buildings in the area, four-star hotels Pentahotel Hong Kong and Hotel COZi Resort were also affected.

Two water tanks were delivered to the neighbouring hotels in the evening. Guests have been advised to use their room kettles for collecting water.
A staff member at Hotel COZi Resort’s front desk said restaurants on the property would be unaffected but guests were advised to shower before 11pm. The four-star hotel had reserved some water, but the amount could be insufficient to serve all of the guests, the employee said.
While the hotel did not provide bottled water, guests could use their electric kettles to collect water, the staff member added.
At Pentahotel, a front desk employee said guests would be advised to return earlier to shower. The employee added that the supply of drinking water would be unaffected as the venue had stocked up water dispensers.
The flushing water supply at the venue was also unaffected, the employee said.
Authorities said some buildings with water tanks could maintain a supply for a certain period and that the impact of the suspension would depend on the capacity of their tanks.
It added that the flushing water supply in the vicinity of Tuen Mun Ferry Pier had also been suspended.
The department said it would provide further updates in due course and apologised for the inconvenience caused.
After the leak was reported on Monday night, police arrived to close down the route’s central and fast lanes so engineers could carry out repairs.
The initial repairs were only completed on Tuesday morning, resulting in traffic jams that stretched for miles. More than 20 bus routes were also temporarily diverted due to the incident.
The department later said the leak was detected in a drinking water main beneath the slow lane, while the freshwater supply was unaffected.
It had announced by 4pm that a temporary road restoration was under way, with authorities reopening the central and fast lanes before 6pm.
Engineers also closed the slow lane to make repairs after the evening rush hour peaked at 8pm.
It said the central lane was also closed again at 9pm to allow engineers to fix the main pipeline.


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Authorities say decision made so engineers can carry out emergency repairs after water seepage reported on Tuen Mun Road