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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1974.
LIFTS NOT OPERATING
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ALL SIX LIFTS IN BLOCK 23 OF TUNG TAU ESTATE WERE OUT OF ACTION THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING DUE TO THE UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE OF THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTOR.
AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SOUGHT AND OBTAINED IMMEDIATE SERVICE FROM THE SUB-CONTRACTOR WHO MANAGED TO BRING FOUR OF THE LIFTS BACK INTO SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER NOON.
THE OTHER TWO WILL BE REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
COMMENTING ON THE BREAKDOWN A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THIS WAS DUE TO POOR SUPPLY OF SPARE PARTS AND THE UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE MAIN CONTRACTOR. IN FACT, ONE OF THE LIFTS HAD BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BECAUSE THE NECESSARY SPARE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
+THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAD INSTRUCTED THE MAIN CONTRACTOR TO AIRFREIGHT. THE NECESSARY SPARE PARTS FROM ITALY AS FAR
BACK AS JULY FOR THE REPAIR OF THIS PARTICULAR LIFT.
+SUBSEQUENTLY IT WAS ALSO DECIDED THAT SPARE PARTS FOR THE GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF THE OTHER LIFTS BE FLOWN OUT AS WELL WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE LIFT COMPANY CONCERNED HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FULFIL ITS OBLIGATIONS+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE SIX LIFTS IN THE PAST WEEK OR TWO APPEARS TO HAVE DECLINED FURTHER DUE TO A LABOUR DISPUTE BETWEEN THE MAIN CONTRACTOR AND HIS SUB-CONTRACTOR.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO AVOID INCONVENIENCE TO TENANTS, HAS AGREED TO PAY THE SUB-CONTRACTOR DIRECT FOR THE REPAIR OF THESE LIFTS.
AT PRESENT, THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ABLE TO EMPLOY A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR BECAUSE THE LIFTS NEED SPARE PARTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLY FROM THE MAIN CONTRACTOR WHO IS ALSO THE SOLE SUPPLIER.
+THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN THINKING OF REPLACING THESE LIFTS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO BUT WHEN THE CONTRACTOR ASSURED IT WOULD IMPROVE ITS SERVICE, IT WAS DECIDED TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER CHANCE,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE STAFF OF TUNG TAU ESTATE ARE GIVING EVERY POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE TO TENANTS WHO, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE AFFECTED BY THIS BREAKDOWN.
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