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China’s national development most acutely felt in Hong Kong and Macau, forum hears
By Katherine Langford
Stronger concrete needed to fix ‘basic mistake’ of defective MTR station columns: experts
Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · St. Paul, MN
Marcus manages the day-to-day editorial workflow across all brands, coordinating coverage assignments and ensuring editorial standards are met. He previously served as city editor at the Pioneer Press and holds a degree in Political Science from Carleton College.
More from Marcus →Managing Editor · Monday, November 9, 2026 at 3:14 AM · 1 min read
Hong Kong’s railway operator can use high-strength concrete to rectify the structure of dozens of defective columns at a station under construction, an engineer and a construction sector leader have said, describing the shoddy work as a “basic mistake”. Their remarks came after the Buildings Department revealed on Saturday that about 30 columns at the Tung Chung West MTR station were defective because the concrete failed to reach the upper ceiling, leaving steel reinforcement bars...
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