About 30 substandard columns found at Hong Kong MTR station under construction

Engineers have identified about 30 substandard columns at a Hong Kong railway station under construction, building authorities have revealed, with the MTR Corporation ordering the contractor to rectify the structures after discovering unauthorised remedial works. The Buildings Department said on Saturday that the structural engineering team for the Tung Chung West station project first identified the problem in early October. It involved a substandard concrete column on the platform of the...