Power restored after 4-hour outage plunges 760 Hong Kong flats into darkness

SCMP · 2026-02-16
Power restored after 4-hour outage plunges 760 Hong Kong flats into darkness

Electricity has been restored after a four-hour outage at a residential high-rise in a Kwai Chung housing estate, caused by a suspected water leak that triggered a power trip ahead of Lunar New Year’s Eve. The city’s biggest electricity company, CLP Power, said that at around 9.13pm on Sunday, a sus