A fire broke out at the Yuen Long Cable Bridge yesterday, causing major power outages in Tin Shui Wai, Tuen Mun and Yuen Long, and power supply has not been restored in some areas until this morning.
Chen Shaoxiong, a member of the Legislative Council who is also a senior consultant of CLP, said on the RTHK program this morning (22nd) that CLP is deeply sorry for the affected customers, and the staff have been working tirelessly to repair, hoping to minimize the impact and restore the power supply as soon as possible. .
▼On the evening of June 21, there was a power outage in Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai▼
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Chen Shaoxiong: The protection system should be activated in case of a cable bridge accident
Chen Shaoxiong said that the cable bridge has a fire protection and protection system. Unless there are special circumstances, it should play a protective role and will not cause extensive damage. CLP will investigate the cause of the accident with the police and fire protection.
Regarding the engineer's suggestion that the cable may catch fire due to aging, Chen Shaoxiong believes that the cable involved is relatively old, and CLP will also arrange replacement or maintenance for aging facilities.
When asked whether the power load is too large, Chen Shaoxiong believes that CLP has always monitored the load systematically. If there is a problem, it should have been detected and taken action to deal with it, but no possibility can be ruled out at present.
Zhang Xinyu: Why not use the emergency warning system?
Zhang Xinyu, a member of the New Territories North Legislative Council, said that CLP had already stated this morning that the power supply could be fully restored within a few hours, and the staff had already dealt with it overnight.
He believes that CLP needs to review the technology. For example, in theory, if one line of the power supply network does not work, there should be another line. However, there are still large areas where power supply has not been restored for a long time last night.
In addition, Zhang Xinyu pointed out that the power supply network in Hong Kong was relatively reliable in the past, which may lead to an emergency. There may not be sufficient plans for emergency incidents. Although government departments such as civil affairs, police, and fire protection are working very hard to assist the public, some inter-departmental tasks such as distributing temporary supplies such as food and torches seem to be There is no plan, and it is expected that the government will improve in the future.
In addition, he questioned why the emergency warning system was not used, given the widespread impact of the blackout last night.
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