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Chitchat China: Eight Dead After Lift Falls 18 Floors

Cosmos10

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China: Eight Dead After Lift Falls 18 Floors

http://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world...floors/ar-BBupPNO?li=BBr8Cnr&ocid=mailsignout

Published: A day ago

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Picture:© Getty Longkou is a port city in the Shandong province


Eight people have been killed after the lift they were in plunged 18 floors to the ground on a construction site in China.

The Longkou city government in Shandong province announced the news on its official microblog page.

It said that all of the victims were taken to hospital but none survived.

Despite improvements in recent years, work safety remains a problem in China, where regulations are routinely ignored and cost-cutting by management often leads to accidents.

In March, a 43-year-old woman died after being trapped for a month in a lift in a residential building in Xian after it was shut down without warning by maintenance workers.

In September last year 20-year-old Robin Llyr Evans from Wales was killed after falling into a lift shaft while working at a tennis centre in Wuhan.
 

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Ok, Singaporeans better pray hard that this is not something that is going to happen to our newer high-rise apartments in the foreseeable future hoh :(

In my opinion, the older apartments were better built with better quality control. Apartments built in the recent years had questionable quality control.
 

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Ok, Singaporeans better pray hard that this is not something that is going to happen to our newer high-rise apartments in the foreseeable future hoh :(

In my opinion, the older apartments were better built with better quality control. Apartments built in the recent years had questionable quality control.

In that case buy old resale flats! :biggrin:
 

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Ok, Singaporeans better pray hard that this is not something that is going to happen to our newer high-rise apartments in the foreseeable future hoh :(
In my opinion, the older apartments were better built with better quality control. Apartments built in the recent years had questionable quality control.
serves them right for using "lauteng puak tou lowkah" lifts in this longkou city :cool:
The Longkou city government in Shandong province announced the news on its official microblog page.
 

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Dont worry. Temasick will buy out all these defective lift n semd to china for repair. It will cost anot usd20 bln. A small price to pay for pulic safety. The company a $2 Fap setup will b run by ex general since they run out of ex mp.
 

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From SDP Facebook:

This scary video (shown below) of dangerous lift mishaps in China shows some of the problems that also happened in Singapore where one passenger fell and died, another had an arm cut off, and a third had her spine fractured.

This is why the SDP has called for a COI on the lift problems here to address questions that include the quality of lifts, process of procurement, country of manufacturer, role of EM Services in supplying spare parts, role of Town Councils, etc. We must get to the bottom of the matter before more accidents happen.

[video=youtube;SiPSL1fknh8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiPSL1fknh8[/video]
 

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SDP calls for COI on lift mishaps in light of latest E M Services investigation

by Singapore Democrats

http://yoursdp.org/news/sdp_calls_f...st_e_m_services_investigation/2016-07-15-6137

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It has transpired that a few companies are being investigated for refusing to supply spare parts to lift repair and maintenance contractors because of anti-competitor practices.

One of these companies is E M Services, a property-management company that manages nine PAP-run Town Councils. E M Services is also a lift supplier as well as maintenance contractor.

According to the Straits Times, a complaint was made two years ago to regulatory body Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) that E M Services had withheld selling spare parts to its competitors.

E M Services was found guilty of the malpractice but no action was taken against the company. Even then, it agreed to supply parts to third-party contractors only in May this year.

Ironically, E M Services is owned by HDB and Keppel Land. Its staff had comprised serving PAP MPs.

The latest revelation poses several grave issues which the PAP government cannot avoid:
1.
When was E M Services found guilty of breaching anti-competition rules when the first complaint was made two years ago?

2.
Did the CCS or other relevant bodies announce the complaint against E M Services and the resultant conviction?

3.
Why was there no action taken against E M Services when it was found guilty of breaching rules two years ago?

4.
Why was E M Services allowed to continue to withhold selling spare parts to third-party contractors until two months ago?

5.
Did the withholding of lift parts by E M Services and other companies under investigation cause the breakdowns of lifts in HDB blocks – some of which resulted in severe injuries and even death among passengers?

6.
Did the former Minister for National Development, Mr Khaw Boon Wan, and the present one, Mr Lawrence Wong, know of these problems? If they did, when did they know about it and what action did they take?

7.
Why did Mr Lawrence Wong not raise this issue in his earlier statements this year despite his concern of the several incidents of lift mishaps in the past several months?

8.
Who was/were the complainant/s in the matter against E M Services and other companies, and what was/were the specific nature of the complaint/s?

9.
How many E M Services staff or Board of Directors are/were also PAP MPs, Town Council staff or Town Councillors?


Information regarding the entire episode has been coming in dribs and draps, and the more is known the more questions arise. In light of the latest development, the SDP calls on the Government to convene an independent Commission of Inquiry to get to the bottom of the problem. A life was lost and serious injuries incurred over the sordid fiasco. There must be accountability.
 
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