Inspections ordered at 8 more houses in Hong Kong’s One Stanley after rebar scandal

Hong Kong authorities have ordered the developer of the One Stanley luxury estate, K&K Property, to inspect eight additional houses and a common area in a flat following allegations of substandard construction. The order follows reports that a detached house, No 35, contained defects such as insufficient steel bars, deviations in steel reinforcement on some slabs, and the absence of required wire mesh on a ground-floor beam's concrete cover. One of the houses subject to inspection was acquired by the family of a Mongolian mining tycoon.

The South China Morning Post - Hong Kong reports that the Buildings Department has directed inspections for houses No 5, 8, 16, 17, 19, 32, 33, and 36, as well as the common area of a flat in Block 9. Details regarding these inspections were included in a sales brochure updated on Friday.

The Buildings Department previously announced in early October that it would perform random checks on buildings within the estate. This follows a directive from Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, who tasked the Development Bureau with closely monitoring the investigation. According to a source familiar with the matter, provisional purchase agreements had been signed for three of the houses—No 5, 16, and 17.

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