Hong Kong’s Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) is considering an appeal against the non-custodial sentence of an engineer held liable for faulty lift installation work at Queen Mary Hospital’s new clinical block.
The department said on Thursday it was seeking legal advice on whether to apply for a review of lift engineer Law Wing-chai’s sentence after he was deemed responsible for issuing false safety certifications and failing to spot problems that led to malfunctions.
Its statement came a day after Law, 54, was sentenced to 160 hours of community service on Wednesday. He was earlier convicted of submitting misleading documents and improperly issuing safety certificates.
The court’s decision came a month after authorities revealed 24 of the 28 lifts in the new block of Queen Mary Hospital, the largest hospital on Hong Kong Island, had serious defects.