The CLP Cable Bridge in Yuen Long rarely caught fire last night (21st), resulting in a major power outage in Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai, affecting as many as 160,000 households.
However, the Education Bureau only announced that 11 schools were affected and had to suspend classes until nearly 7 o'clock this morning (22nd). After an interval of more than an hour, the list of suspending schools was updated to 14. A large number of teachers and students are helpless.
A teacher in a school that has suspended classes said that they only received the notice of class suspension after leaving the door this morning. They have tried to notify parents in a WhatsApp group in real time, but a large number of parents have no power on their mobile phones.
The teacher also pointed out that the incident had a greater impact on cross-boundary students, and it was difficult to take care of students without electricity supply. He criticized the Education Bureau's contingency mechanism as having problems, relying only on schools to report the electricity supply situation. When it won't arrive, did Mi inform everyone earlier?"
▼On the evening of June 21, there will be a power outage in Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai▼
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The student's residence was unable to notify the class suspension by phone or SMS last night or without electricity supply.
Miss Wang, a teacher who reported to teach in a school in Tin Shui Wai, called the radio program this morning and said that at 5 o'clock this morning, there was no report on the school's suspension arrangement, so she went out the door and took the first bus as usual. Back to school.
But at about 6 o'clock, she suddenly received a notice from the school director that her school had to suspend classes today due to power supply problems. She immediately notified the parents of the students through the WhatsApp group that the class was suspended, "I tried to contact some parents, but some of them were selected. Phone, a phone should be dead!”
She criticized the Education Bureau for announcing the decision to suspend classes too late, and did not have a contingency mechanism. It only relied on the affected schools to report the power outage situation in the morning before deciding whether to suspend classes. How about informing everyone?" She continued, "He (the Education Bureau) should be able to contact the China Electric Power Co., Ltd. to check the power supply situation. If the power supply is not available, you (the Education Bureau) should contact us. You can take the initiative, grab the information, it’s not difficult, it’s easy to do the analysis at the same time, I don’t know how to explain it.”
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Schools quickly switch to online form to make up lessons
As for schools, Ms. Wang said that due to power outages in schools, students could not attend classes after class, and some students were cross-border students who were the most affected.
At present, they can only continue to study in the form of online supplementary lessons.
CLP announced last night that four housing estates, including Tin Ching Village, Tin Chak Village, Tin Yuet Village and Tin Fu Court, in Tin Shui Wai, Tin Shui Wai, have not been restored to power.
The principal of Wanjun Boqiu College, a DSS secondary school adjacent to Tin Ching Village, said that his school had resumed power supply at around 6 a.m. this morning.
He also pointed out that the school is operating normally. Only some students do not have electricity in their homes in the morning and cannot attend classes. The school has provided real-time online classes or make-up classes in the future.
▼ Tun Yuan Tian blackout▼
Regarding the accusation that the Education Bureau announced the class suspension arrangement too late, he admitted that the Education Bureau only asked him about the situation of the school building at 6 o'clock, and it was delayed for more than half an hour before releasing the relevant information to the public. If it is difficult, he may have to contact the school to understand the actual situation. For example, he asks me at 6:00 or 6:30. If the school has electricity, we can go as usual. There are people in the school who are ready to standby because it's early today."
He also pointed out that, unlike the arrangements for bad weather, it is difficult for the Education Bureau to know the situation of schools in the district through observation and data, stressing that this time is a special event, and rashly suspending classes on a large scale is not a good thing for students, and it will also affect the arrangements of parents .
▼On the evening of June 21, there will be a power outage in Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai▼
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The Education Bureau issued the first press release on the suspension of classes in some schools in Tin Shui Wai at 6:44 this morning
According to the press release system of the Information Services Department, the Education Bureau issued its first press release at 6:44 this morning, announcing that local areas in Tin Shui Wai are still without power. Later, at 8:09 in the morning, it was added that three new schools would be closed, which is the time when ordinary schools have already been in class.
14 schools suspended in Tin Shui Wai:
1. Chinese YMCA Secondary School
2. Queen Elizabeth Secondary School Old Students' Association Tong Kwok Wah Secondary School
3. Hong Kong Federation of Youth Group Lee Shau Kee College
4. Tin Shui Wai Methodist Secondary School
5. Cambarron Presbyterian Yew Road Primary School
6. Chinese YMCA Primary School
7. Hong Kong Putonghua Learning Society Technology and Creative Primary School
8. Chiu Yang Baixin Primary School
9. Christian Mission Alliance Yip Siu Yam Memorial Primary School
10. Tai Po Baptist Church Kindergarten Tin Chak Village Branch
11. Assembly of God Chapel Tin Chak Kindergarten
12. Hong Kong Christian Service Tin Hang Nursery School
13. Yan Chai Hospital Ming Tak Kindergarten
14. Tin Shui Wai Missionary Kindergarten
Power outage｜Residents in Yuen Long could not sleep in the sweltering hot weather and stayed on the 16th floor without elevators to the community hall overnight Massive power outage｜Engineers pointed out that during the summer solstice, high electricity consumption or cable fires and 2 potential reasons for the outage｜Government activated emergency center Residents endure and urge CLP to submit a report on the blackout｜Long Ping and Tin Fai Road Community Halls serve as temporary shelter centers, police set up 4 report room hotlines
