By Tony Lai What goes up…


A lift incident coming to light puts the spotlight on the government’s slow progress in setting up a regime for the examination and maintenance of elevators and escalators and a deprived pool of human resources


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he elevator has become a necessity of modern life with more and more skyscrapers dotting city horizons. In Macau, where shining casinos and resorts prevail, the glitter often


hides the grime. It has taken a recent accident to shed light on the safety concerns about elevators and escalators here, problems that have been left unaddressed for years due to a lack of mandatory examinations and a dearth of qualified professionals. Following a major elevator accident in


18 MAY 2018


nearby Hong Kong some years ago, the Macau authorities launched the city’s first guidelines on safety examination and approval procedures for elevators and escalators in private projects in April 2013. But questions remain on how effective these guidelines are. A 12-year-old boy’s right thigh was fractured


last month in a residential project in the northern district – Long Yuen Building – squeezed by malfunctioning lift doors. According to local think tank Synergy of Macau the safety certificate for said elevator in


MOP2,000


Cost for lift/escalator examination


30 per cent Latest percentage of


elevators and escalators undergoing annual examinations


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