Govt Warns Leighton Not To Delay Its Report

Acting Chief Executive Matthew Cheung has warned the MTR contractor Leighton that the government will take action against the company if it does not hand in a report on the Hung Hom construction scandal by Tuesday's deadline.

The company has been linked to faulty work in which steel bars securing a platform to the walls were cut short to make it seem like they had been screwed in as per specifications.

Cheung said the government will make an announcement when they get the report, but it still has to seek legal advice on whether to make the report public.

He said the government takes safety issues very seriously and will not make compromises.

The MTR Corporation delayed its report on a construction problem with a wall at the future To Kwa Wan Station by a day, saying the deadline given – on June 18 – was a holiday. The rail operator also sought a week's extension from the original deadline for its report on Hung Hom Station.