The contractor of Kai Ching Estate has challenged a government architect's claim that the Housing Authority knew nothing about the World Health Organisation's guidelines on drinking water quality before July this year.
Kai Ching was the first of 11 public housing estates found with excessive lead in tap water.
Addressing the judge-led Commission of Inquiry into the tainted water scandal, lawyer for China State Construction – the estate's main contractor – said the authority knew about the guidelines back in May 2010.
Senior Counsel Ian Pennicott said a clause in the contract required water quality to meet the WHO standard.
His account contradicts that of Housing Authority chief architect Yim Yu-chau, who insisted they were not aware of the guidelines at that time.
Kai Ching was the first of 11 public housing estates found with excessive lead in tap water.
Addressing the judge-led Commission of Inquiry into the tainted water scandal, lawyer for China State Construction – the estate's main contractor – said the authority knew about the guidelines back in May 2010.
Senior Counsel Ian Pennicott said a clause in the contract required water quality to meet the WHO standard.
His account contradicts that of Housing Authority chief architect Yim Yu-chau, who insisted they were not aware of the guidelines at that time.
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