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Lead Contamination Of Hong Kong Drinking Water
Samples of potable water in Hong Kong were found to contain excessive levels of heavy metals including lead, nickel and cadmium in 2015. Such discoveries of contamination caused widespread crisis within the city. The scandal began in June 2015 when the Democratic Party announced that testing of drinking water at Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon revealed lead contamination. The Hong Kong Housing Authority subsequently confirmed that the levels of lead exceeded the standard established by the World Health Organization. Since the initial discovery at Kai Tak, lead contamination of drinking water has been found at numerous other housing estates, schools, and public buildings across Hong Kong. Heavy metal content in domestically used water Potable water that is used in Hong Kong indicated high levels of heavy metal when it was tested. The heavy metals include lead and nickel. The discovery was made in 2015 when the Democratic Party undertook the responsibility of testing the water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China State Construction Engineering
The China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) () is the largest construction company in the world by revenue and the 8th largest general contractor in terms of overseas sales, as of 2020. While most of the assets of CSCEC were floated in the stock exchange as China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited (CSCECL), CSCEC retained some assets such as schools and hospitals, as well as the stake in China Construction International Corporation () which was not able to be transferred. Thus, CSCEC granted the listed company supervising rights. Corporate structure The CSCEC has numerous branches or subsidiaries. It is divided into five main divisions and twelve traditional core business areas, including eight Group's engineering offices and four Design Institutes, as well as its own national research laboratory. The main business units of the group are planning and design, project development, equipment leasing, trade, construction and facilities management. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate
Lower Ngau Tau Kok (II) Estate was a 7-block public housing estate built on reclaimed land in Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located opposite Kowloon Bay station on the MTR. The demolition of the estate started in March 2010. The estate, along with the Lower Ngau Tau Kok (I) Estate, which was demolished in June 2004, formed the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate. A new estate, retaining the name Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate, is being constructed on the site. The estate was often described as the last resettlement estate in Hong Kong. History Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate was formerly Ngau Tau Kok Village. It was built in the 1967 to 1969 as a resettlement estate. Ngau Tau Kok Estate was split into Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate and Upper Ngau Tau Kok Estate in 1973. Blocks 8 to 12 were the first resettlement blocks in Hong Kong to be built with prefabricated parts. Year of intake for Lower Ngau Tau Kok (II) Estate was 1967. It has six streets that surround the estate. The first ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ching Ho Estate
Ching may refer to: People * Ching (given name), a unisex name * Ching (surname), a romanization of some Chinese surnames such as Cheng and Zhuang * Ching Hammill (1902–1925), American football player * Ivan Ching Johnson (1898–1979), Canadian National Hockey League player * Ching, nickname of Willis Augustus Lee (1888–1945), World War II US Navy vice admiral * Ching Lau Lauro, stage name of an English magician popularly known as Ching (flourished 1827–1840), true identity unknown * Ching Shih (1775–1844), also known as Madame Ching, a notorious and highly successful Chinese pirate Other uses * Ching (instrument), a Thai and Cambodian musical instrument * "Ching" (song), a single from Swami's album ''Equalize'' (2007) * Ching, a fictional 12-year-old Chinese swordswoman in the TV show ''Pucca'' * Ching chong, and ching chang chong, pejorative terms that mock or play on the Chinese language or Asian people perceived to be Chinese or people of Chinese appearance * Qing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Chau Estate
Un Chau Estate (), or Un Chau Street Estate () before redevelopment, is a public housing estate on the reclaimed land of Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between and Cheung Sha Wan Road, next to MTR Cheung Sha Wan station. It consists of 10 residential buildings completed in 1998, 1999 and 2008, which were developed into 4 phases. Phase 5 was developed on the site of the former Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate. Background Un Chau Street Estate had 8 residential blocks completed in 1969, but all the blocks were demolished in 1990s and 2000s, and replaced by new-typed buildings. The redeveloped estate was renamed as "Un Chau Estate". Phase 1 and 3 consists of 6 residential buildings (a building for senior citizens included) and a shopping centre, which were completed between 1998 and 1999. Phase 2 and 4 consists of 5 residential buildings completed in 2008. Phase 5 is on the site of the former Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate. It comprises three site-oriented domestic blocks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Fook Estate
Choi Fook Estate (), formerly Choi Wan Road Site 3B (), is a public housing estate in Ping Shan, Kowloon, Hong Kong near Choi Ying Estate. Formerly a quarry site, Choi Fook Estate is a part of the housing development near Choi Wan Road and Jordan Valley. It is developed into 3 phases. All blocks in Phase 1 & 2 were occupied in 2010 and 2011 respectively, while other one further block in Phase 3 was occupied in 2021. Background The first phase of the estate includes three buildings, Choi Hay House, Choi Lok House, and Choi Sin House. The formalities for occupancy of residents began on 30 July 2010, and the occupancy officially began. There is an elderly community centre in the estate, which was opened with the first phase of occupation; and the second phase of estate, which includes Choi Foon House, was also occupied on 4 July 2011. Construction of the third phase started in 2016. The project has a three-storey ground floor platform with a gymnasium and a wet market, and a 37-stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tung Wui Estate
The following is a list of public housing estates in Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Sandwich Class Housing Scheme (SCHS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), and Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) estates. History Lok Fu, Wong Tai Sin, Wang Tau Hom, and Tung Tau were home to a large number of public housing blocks built in the 1950s and 1960s to provide accommodation to Hong Kong's burgeoning population of refugee migrants. This type of housing, built in haste with limited resources, was rudimentary. The flats were no more than single rooms and families on each floor shared toilet and bathing facilities. In the 1980s, there was a push to redevelop the first generation of estates so that each family was housed in a self-contained flat. By the late 1980s, much of the area had been rebuilt. Overview Chuk Yuen Estate Chuk Yuen Estate () is a public housing estate in Wong Tai Sin and underneath Lion Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hung Hom Estate
Hung Hom Estate () is a public housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The estate is built on a hill along Dyer Avenue and next to Whampoa Estate, Whampoa Garden and MTR Whampoa station. It now consists of five residential buildings completed in two stages in 1999 and 2011 respectively. Background The estate, informally called Tai Wan Shan Resettlement Estate () or Tai Wan Shan Estate (), was a resettlement estate built in Tai Wan Shan, a hill in Hung Hom area. It had four 7-storey blocks completed in 1956. All four blocks were demolished for redevelopment in 1996 and 2000. Completed in 1999, redevelopment phase 1 project consists of two residential buildings built in the former site of Block 3 and 4. Redevelopment phase 2, finished in 2011, consists of three more 40-storey buildings on the former site of Block 1 and Block 3. Houses Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Hung Hom Estate had a population of 6,623. The median age was 52.6 and the majority of r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwai Luen Estate
Kwai Luen Estate () is a public housing estate in Kwai Shing, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It consists of four residential blocks completed in 2011 and 2014 respectively. It was one of the public housing estates detected to have excessive lead contents in its water supply in 2015. Houses Demographics According to the 2016 by-census, Kwai Luen Estate had a population of 7,616. The median age was 36 and the majority of residents (98.7 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.5 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$17,000. Politics Kwai Luen Estate is located in Kwai Luen constituency of the Kwai Tsing District Council. It was formerly represented by Ng Kim-sing, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021. See also *Public housing estates in Kwai Chung The following is an overview of Public housing estates in Kwai Chung, Hong K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Standards
British Standards (BS) are the standards produced by the BSI Group which is incorporated under a royal charter and which is formally designated as the Standards organization#National standards bodies, national standards body (NSB) for the UK. The BSI Group produces British Standards under the authority of the charter, which lays down as one of the BSI's objectives to: Formally, as stated in a 2002 memorandum of understanding between the BSI and the United Kingdom Government, British Standards are defined as: Products and services which BSI certifies as having met the requirements of specific standards within designated schemes are awarded the Kitemark. History BSI Group began in 1901 as the ''Engineering Standards Committee'', led by James Mansergh, to standardize the number and type of steel sections, in order to make United Kingdom, British manufacturers more efficient and competitive. Over time the standards developed to cover many aspects of tangible engineering, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
