{
  "id": 16719516,
  "title": "Households in parts of Eastern district without water after pipe burst in Shau Kei Wan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/households-in-parts-of-eastern-district-without-water-after-pipe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T06:22:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3372267/households-parts-eastern-district-without-water-after-pipe-burst-shau-kei-wan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Households in four areas of Hong Kong’s Eastern district have been left without fresh water after a pipe burst in Shau Kei Wan, with authorities expecting the water supply to resume before midnight. A video circulating on social media on Tuesday showed water gushing from the ground at a worksite near a bus stop, with an excavator parked nearby. The Water Supplies Department said on its website…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "GroundUp",
        "title": "Taps dry as Eastern Cape town waits for water works upgrade",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/taps-dry-as-eastern-cape-town-waits-for-water-works-upgrade",
        "published": "2026-10-27T08:08:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}