Time to flush away deadly design faults in Hong Kong

Staying home is the best way to keep the Covid-19 virus at bay, so it would seem. But this is only true when residential buildings do not come with structural design issues or faulty sewage pipes.Even though the problems have long been recognised as contributing factors to the outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) in 2003 and the coronavirus epidemic since 2020, little has been done to solve them.With infections in their tens of thousands each day this month, Hong Kong…

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