MTR Corporation halts unauthorised remedial works at station after column concerns

Hong Kong’s rail giant, the MTR Corporation, has ordered a contractor to fix substandard columns erected on the platform of a station under construction after discovering unauthorised remedial works to fill gaps of up to 30cm to the ceiling.

The corporation said on Saturday that routine inspections last month uncovered the incomplete works and that it had immediately instructed the main contractor, Bouygues-Dragages Joint Venture, to suspend the remedial works.

“During routine inspections of...