Ang Mo Kio lift shot up 17 floors, trapping a maid

[yellowwolf]

Originally Posted by uClick

Later today lift in parliament break down and kill a few MPs, they'll start talking

Parliament house got lift ?

[SiaSuay]

After giving town councils some more sinking funds. After increasing SC&C there is still no improvement at all . Now got people injured some more .

[skyleon]

Jurong West lift that fell 4 floors serviced last month

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PublishedJul 4, 2017, 5:00 am SGT



Woman's leg fractured in Jurong West accident; lift out of service till probe is over


Timothy Goh

Ng Jun Sen


A Jurong West lift that plummeted four storeys last Saturday, injuring a woman in it, had its monthly servicing just two weeks earlier on June 15, a spokesman for the Jurong-Clementi Town Council said yesterday.

Responding to media queries, the town council spokesman said it "deeply regrets" the incident and confirmed that lift D at Block 542, Jurong West Avenue 1, will remain out of operation until the cause of the accident has been verified.

The woman in her 30s, who fractured her leg, was with her husband, 10-year-old daughter, brother and brother-in-law on Saturday night.

Her brother, Mr Zulkiffle Saad, 48, told The Straits Times they were visiting a relative for Hari Raya. The lift had stopped on the fourth floor, and he had taken a step out of the door when they heard a sound "like a cable snapping".



continue reading here : http://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...ced-last-month


Looks like somebody not doing their job properly .

[Wruckers]

Originally Posted by yellowwolf

Parliament house got lift ?

Parliament house no lift?

[skyleon]

Lift that caused man's fatal fall had history of being faulty



Shaffiq Alkhatib, The Straits Times
Aug 02, 2017 04:40 pm
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In the months leading to an elderly man's fatal fall, there were six instances where the lift floor was not level with the lift lobby floor when the doors opened at Block 247, Pasir Ris Street 21, the coroner's court heard on Tuesday (Aug 1).

On May 15 last year, Mr Lim Hang Chiang, 77, fell backwards and hit his head after reversing his mobility scooter out of the lift without noticing that its floor was about 13cm higher than the lobby floor.

He died the next day in hospital.

On the second day of an inquiry into his death, Building and Construction Authority (BCA) investigation officer Winson Lee, who took the stand, said the six earlier "mislevelling" incidents took place between December 2015 and March last year.

He told State Coroner Marvin Bay that the BCA launched an investigation after the fatal incident, and found out about these instances following complaints residents had made to Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council about the lift.

Mr Lee said the town council had received such complaints once a month between January and March last year. The BCA then conducted an in-depth investigation and viewed closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of the area.

He said the levelling problem took place "intermittently" and no one was injured in the earlier cases. The problem was either auto-corrected with built-in recovery mechanisms or rectified after technical repairs, the court heard.

CCTV footage of the fall was played in court yesterday, showing Mr Lim riding his mobility scooter into the lift at the 10th storey. Two more men entered the lift before it went down to the ground floor.

Mr Lim was the first to leave the lift and, due to the uneven ground, his mobility scooter toppled over and he fell. The two men rushed to help him and he was seen waving his hand around as he lay face-up on the floor outside the lift.

Mr Lim re-entered the lift minutes later with his mobility scooter and got out at the 10th storey. There was no "mislevelling" problem when he exited the lift.

His family members later took him to Changi General Hospital, where he threw up thrice before falling into a coma.

According to earlier news reports, CT scans and an X-ray showed he had a cerebral haemorrhage and the internal bleeding affected half of his brain. He died in the early hours of May 16.

The inquiry has been adjourned to Aug 22.


continue reading here : http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/lif...y-being-faulty

[SiaSuay]

Sue the lift maintenance company ; sue the town council and sue the MP in charge of that block .All sleeping on the job until someone died . This death could have been avoided in the first place.

[HalfBake]

Originally Posted by SiaSuay

Sue the lift maintenance company ; sue the town council and sue the MP in charge of that block .All sleeping on the job until someone died . This death could have been avoided in the first place.

No use suing, because the judge wears white

[SiaSuay]

Originally Posted by HalfBake

No use suing, because the judge wears white

You are wrong lah the judge wears black when on duty .

[chukeliang]

How ah
.?. Sentosa the tower got ppl trapped inside
Wah tower so tall how to rescue?

[skyleon]

Lift issues continue to plague three Punggol West estates


The ward’s MP Sun Xueling has submitted recommendations to HDB and will meet the agency next week

By Alfred Chua

Published: 7:30 PM, September 1, 2017




SINGAPORE — After an overall decline in lift-related complaints in Punggol West since last October, “unacceptable” incidents have cropped up again at three estates, prompting the ward’s Member of Parliament Sun Xueling to take matter up with the Housing and Development Board (HDB).

“It is unacceptable that a lift technician is nowhere to be found for 3½ hours. It is also unacceptable that right after servicing, the same lift breaks down again the next day,” Ms Sun, a Pasir Ris-Punggol group representation constituency MP, wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

She was referring to the issues “plaguing” Punggol Arcadia, Punggol Regalia and Punggol Residences.

After going through the lift issues with the town council, Ms Sun sent findings to the HDB on Tuesday and made two recommendations.

She suggested having a lift maintenance team on standby, to “step in when the lift contractor is unresponsive or has shown itself incapable of rectifying faults”.

The second suggestion is tougher action against the lift contractor, Sigma. HDB needs to “hold the contractor accountable for the current unacceptable state of affairs and for the lift contractor to provide concrete steps to rectify (the problems)”, she told TODAY.

Residents at the three estates said they have encountered lift doors that do not shut properly, unresponsive lift buttons and lifts that abruptly stall, among other issues.

Ms Sun said that lift complaints for Punggol West had halved since last October, but complaints for the three estates within the ward have gone up by 30 to 50 per cent in the past two months. She said she will be meeting the HDB next week.

In response to TODAY’s queries, the HDB said: “We will work with the town council and the lift contractor, Sigma, to improve the performance of these lifts.”


continue reading here : http://www.todayonline.com/singapore...l-west-estates


Well done new estates also got lift problems

[macux]

Originally Posted by SiaSuay

You are wrong lah the judge wears black when on duty .

Wears black but his decision always in favour of those in white

[JeanReNo]

This is terrible .

[localla]

I tot mrt ,n hdb got problem.
Now kallang special power the building got smoked woh...

All water pumps check already.
Now rain ,they shld check again just in case it fail.

[kpkbIppI]

Originally Posted by localla

I tot mrt ,n hdb got problem.
Now kallang special power the building got smoked woh...

All water pumps check already.
Now rain ,they shld check again just in case it fail.

The problem is the greedy people at the top

[KelongPresident]

Originally Posted by kpkbIppI

The problem is the greedy people at the top

Thanks to the 70% who voted for them .