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Jun 29, 2011
4 elderly women fall off 'faulty' escalator
But mall's management staff say incident is 'normal' and just 'a big hoo-ha'
By Poon Chian Hui
(From left) Madam Cheong Tai, 81, Madam Liew Poh Chan, 72, Madam Hoh Peck Tau, 72, and Madam Kiong Mok Lan, 76, at Changi General Hospital yesterday. They fell backwards when the escalator's handrail in Punggol Plaza stopped. -- ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG
FOUR elderly women suffered deep cuts, fractures and bruises at Punggol Plaza yesterday morning when the handrail of the escalator they were on suddenly stopped moving.
The women, in their 70s and 80s, were just three steps from the top. As they were clutching on to the handrails, they lost their balance and fell backwards.
ALL GIDDY?
'How is it possible that all four of us suffer from giddiness at the same time?'
Madam Hoh Peck Tau, 72, who claimed that one of the mall management officers said the accident happened because the women became giddy
4 elderly women fall off 'faulty' escalator
But mall's management staff say incident is 'normal' and just 'a big hoo-ha'
By Poon Chian Hui

(From left) Madam Cheong Tai, 81, Madam Liew Poh Chan, 72, Madam Hoh Peck Tau, 72, and Madam Kiong Mok Lan, 76, at Changi General Hospital yesterday. They fell backwards when the escalator's handrail in Punggol Plaza stopped. -- ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG
FOUR elderly women suffered deep cuts, fractures and bruises at Punggol Plaza yesterday morning when the handrail of the escalator they were on suddenly stopped moving.
The women, in their 70s and 80s, were just three steps from the top. As they were clutching on to the handrails, they lost their balance and fell backwards.
ALL GIDDY?
'How is it possible that all four of us suffer from giddiness at the same time?'
Madam Hoh Peck Tau, 72, who claimed that one of the mall management officers said the accident happened because the women became giddy