Sengkang lift
malfunctions for the second time in 3 days
SINGAPORE: A day after several Members of Parliament (MPs)
called on the authorities to check on lift reliability, a lift in
Sengkang has acted up again. This is the second time in three days
that the lift's problems have been brought to light, amid the
recent lift issues at HDB blocks.
A resident who lives at Block 299A Compassvale Street told
Channel NewsAsia that she had tried to take the lift up to her
apartment on the ninth floor on Sunday afternoon (Jun 12). The lift
jerked and stopped midway for a few seconds, eventually opening on
the fifth floor.
Channel NewsAsia was there when the maintenance crew arrived and
witnessed an angry resident telling the worker that this has been
an ongoing problem. The resident also said he had complained to the
Town Council about this matter before and asked them to change
their lift vendor.
According to Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council's chairman Zainal
Sapari, they have instructed their lift contractor Sigma to do a
thorough check and shut down the lift if necessary, until the
source of the problem can be identified.
Meanwhile, residents at Blk 299A told Channel NewsAsia that the
lift's bumpiness and sudden stopping between floors have been
intermittent.
It also caused a resident, 53-year-old Faridah Mohamed to fall
once. "The lift suddenly shot up, it bounced back down and then it
went up again. When the lift door opened, it was not level with the
ground. I didn't notice, so I walked and stumbled, and fell
down."
On Tuesday, a lift at Block 150 Petir Road “over-ran” and
injured a 59-year-old woman. The Building and Construction
Authority then ordered Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council to
appoint an independent Authorised Examiner to inspect the lift,
recommend rectification works and submit the findings to the
authority.
- CNA/xk