The cable bridge at Long Ping Station in Yuen Long caught fire on the evening of last Tuesday (June 21), resulting in large-scale power outages in Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun, affecting about 160,000 households, of which 20,000 households will not arrive until the next day (22nd). The power was restored in the morning, and a small-scale power outage occurred in Yuen Long at night two days later (23rd).
The inconvenience or property damage caused by the power outage for more than ten hours is still limited, but people from all walks of life should not take it lightly.
The government's response this time has not been perfected, and a review is urgently needed. The public's preparedness for disasters can also take this opportunity to improve. If there is a larger-scale and longer-term power outage in the future, we can also be calm.
There was a regional and long-term power outage in Hong Kong. The last time was March 4, 1984, when three generators of the CLP Castle Peak Power Plant failed, causing a major power outage in Kowloon and the New Territories for about three hours from noon that day. In addition to accidents involving people trapped in lifts and loss of businesses, railways and traffic lights stopped operating, and flights at Kai Tak Airport were delayed.
Deputy Secretary for the Environment Tse Chin-wan said that the Government is very concerned about the cable bridge fire incident and has activated an inter-departmental emergency mechanism to maintain emergency services and medical services in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai.
(Photo by Yang Jialong)
Many people bluntly said that they have not experienced such a scale of power outages that have spread throughout Tunyuantian for many years, but the power outages are not far from us.
Remember Typhoon Mangkhut?
On September 16, 2018, Mangosteen hit Hong Kong. There were violent storms and flooding everywhere. Huge waves hit Xinghua Village. After that, water and electricity were cut off in many districts, including Tap Mun, housing estates in the south of Tseung Kwan O, and Tin Ping Village in Sheung Shui. The latter It took five days for some floors to restore power.
In contrast, in the Tuenyuan power outage, the responsibility of the power company is unavoidable, and there are two major deficiencies in the government's response and aftermath arrangements.
The first is not to use the "emergency warning system" to release information to the public.
Second, the high-level government response was slow, and the overall planning was in chaos...
For details, please read the 323rd issue of "Hong Kong 01" Electronic Weekly Newsletter (June 27, 2022) "
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