Hong Kong lift engineer sentenced to community service over hospital defects
Engineer Law Wing-chai has been sentenced to 160 hours of community service after being convicted of submitting misleading documents and improperly issuing safety certificates linked to faulty lift installation at Queen Mary Hospital’s new block. The Eastern Court ruling followed the disclosure that 24 of 28 lifts had problems.
A Hong Kong-registered lift engineer has been sentenced to 160 hours of community service over defective installation work at Queen Mary Hospital’s new block, the South China Morning Post reports. Eastern Court sentenced Law Wing-chai, 54, on Wednesday after convicting him of two summary offences under the Lifts and Escalators Ordinance. The offences involved submitting misleading documents and improperly issuing safety certificates.
Law was held liable for faulty installation work connected with the hospital’s new block. The sentence was handed down a month after authorities revealed that 24 of the block’s 28 lifts had defects, according to the supplied report. The available material does not specify the precise nature of the defects, how long the lifts were affected or whether patients, staff or visitors were injured.
It also does not state whether other individuals or companies face proceedings. The case concerns the engineer’s documentation and certification responsibilities under Hong Kong’s lift-safety law. The court’s sentence is community service rather than a custodial term, but the supplied information does not include the prosecution’s arguments, Law’s response or the court’s reasons for choosing the penalty.
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