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Two power outages disrupt Hong Kong's Ho Man Tin area
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Two power outages disrupt Hong Kong's Ho Man Tin area

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  • Two power outages affected Hong Kong's Ho Man Tin area, with the first lasting over four hours overnight into Thursday and disrupting hotel operations and about 1,000 households.
  • CLP Power reported equipment failure near Waterloo Road in Kowloon at 11:18pm Wednesday, impacting 1,000 customers.
  • Power was restored by 3:47am Thursday after emergency repairs and mobile generators, but a second instability occurred Thursday morning due to heavy load, affecting 650 customers before full restoration by 8am.

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CLP Power supplies electricity to Kowloon and the New Territories in Hong Kong. The outages occurred in the Ho Man Tin area, affecting residential and hotel operations.

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Two power outages hit Hong Kong’s Ho Man Tin, the first lasting more than four hours overnight into Thursday, disrupting hotel operations and about 1,000 households.

CLP Power, which supplies electricity to Kowloon and the New Territories, said equipment near Waterloo Road in Kowloon first malfunctioned at 11.18pm on Wednesday, affecting about 1,000 customers.

“After CLP Power’s engineering personnel conducted an emergency repair and deployed some mobile electricity generators at the scene, the power supply was resumed at 3.47am on Thursday,” a spokesman said.

“As residents consumed power on Thursday morning, the temporary power supply experienced instability due to heavy load, temporarily affecting power supply for about 650 customers. Following emergency repairs, electricity was progressively restored to the affected customers by 8am.”

Open Questions

  • What caused the initial equipment malfunction near Waterloo Road?
  • Whether the temporary power supply instability was fully resolved after 8am
  • If any compensation will be provided to affected customers

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This article was originally published by SCMP Economy.

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