HK lift engineer sentenced for falsifying safety docs at Queen Mary Hospital

A Hong Kong lift engineer was sentenced to 160 hours of community service for submitting misleading documents and improperly issuing safety certificates related to faulty lifts at Queen Mary Hospital's new block. The case follows the discovery that 24 of 28 lifts in the new block had defects, raising concerns about oversight in critical infrastructure. The sentence is a routine legal outcome but highlights ongoing regulatory enforcement in Hong Kong.