Skyrail (Ngong Ping 360) incident
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    Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) is concerned about the service interruption of the Skyrail system which occurred during its trial operation this (June 17) afternoon. EMSD engineers have been on site after the incident to carry out investigation.

     EMSD is working with the Skyrail Company to identify the causes of the service interruption today and the improvement measures required to ensure the Skyrail system could operate safely and smoothly before putting into service for the public.

Ends/Saturday, June 17, 2006
Issued at HKT 22:12

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