Kochi police are investigating after workers at Cochin Shipyard discovered a message reading "I Love Pakistan" etched inside a vessel undergoing maintenance. The writing, found on an internal wall about 10 days ago, prompted a complaint from the shipyard, a sensitive naval facility.
Three Petronas workers died and one was injured in an incident on a platform. The victims were descending to the sea for maintenance when a lifeboat rope or hook reportedly came loose, causing them to fall. Investigations are ongoing.
The independent committee tasked with investigating Hong Kong’s deadly Tai Po blaze has finished 21 sessions of evidential hearings in three rounds, pointing to multiple apparent loopholes in the supervision of the estate’s renovation project and the government’s regulation of fire hazards. The inferno broke out on November 26 last year when all eight blocks at Wang Fuk Court were undergoing exterior maintenance work and were covered in scaffolding and mesh netting. The fire tore through seven...
A lift technician has died after being struck by a large piece of falling metal while carrying out maintenance work inside a shaft at a luxury estate in Hong Kong, according to an initial police investigation. The 26-year-old man was working inside the shaft on the eight floor of Block 4 of Pacific View on Tai Tam Road in Stanley while three other colleagues were on the upper floor on Monday, a force spokesman said. The investigation suggested an L-shaped iron piece, about a metre long and 10cm...
Hong Kong police have arrested two people on suspicion of burglary after one of them allegedly climbed maintenance work scaffolding at a residential building and prised open window grilles at two homes before stealing HK$6,000 (US$765) in cash. The force also warned on Saturday that it was becoming a trend for burglars to enter flats at buildings undergoing renovation to their exteriors through scaffolding, urging security guards to heighten their vigilance. Cheung Man-tik, a senior inspector...
Hong Kong health authorities are investigating a third measles case involving a 37-year-old aircraft maintenance worker at the airport, epidemiologically linked to two colleagues. The man, who had no direct contact with travellers, developed fever and myalgia on Wednesday, followed by cough and sore throat, and sought medical attention at a private clinic in Tuen Mun on Thursday. Authorities say all three cases worked for the same company at the airport and the latest patient is uncertain about vaccination status.
