Owners at Fung Tak Estate in Diamond Hill chose Mitsubishi Elevator Hong Kong Company Limited to replace the estate’s lifts, giving the company 93.71% of the vote on October 25. Mitsubishi’s winning bid was HK$28.69 million.

Nine companies bid for the work. The lowest bidder quoted HK$26.524 million; TAIZOOM ELEVATOR COMPANY (H.K.) LIMITED was second-lowest at HK$26.58 million. Before the vote, an Urban Renewal Authority representative said the estate would not receive funding under the Lift Modernisation Subsidy Scheme if owners selected Taizoom.

The funding warning came amid scrutiny of Taizoom’s installation work elsewhere. HK01 reported that 48 lifts replaced by the company at Tsui Ping North Estate and Pok Hong Estate lacked fire-door-frame components. Subsequent Electrical and Mechanical Services Department inspections found lifts missing the components in 338 private buildings where Taizoom had worked.

The frames secure fire-resistant door material, a former chairman of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers’ mechanical, marine, naval architecture and chemical division said. Without a frame, a door could shift during a fire and affect smoke control.

Meeting materials cited an Electrical and Mechanical Services Department performance-rating period from July 2025 to June 2026, during which Taizoom was rated as having no safety problem. The lift engineering consultant said the Department had since suspended the rating because of major deficiencies, and that the Urban Renewal Authority’s electronic tender platform had already suspended Taizoom’s tender eligibility. A representative of the Authority said it would suspend Taizoom’s eligibility while the matter was clarified.

In a notice circulated online, Taizoom attributed the missing components to negligence by the installation team and inadequate supervision. The company said the manufacturer had arranged to produce the parts and that it would fit them after they arrived in Hong Kong. Once the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department had confirmed the work, the lifts would be returned to use. Taizoom also said the lifts it had installed were safe and operating normally.