Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to a considerable number of experienced, senior and knowledgeable individuals, all involved, or once involved, in the construction industry of Hong Kong, for their perspectives, insights and often direct knowledge of events. Thanks are also due to the DSD and the DevB of the Hong Kong government for their very full and detailed responses to the written questions the authors put to them. This account is richer because of all these inputs, than it would otherwise have been, by relying solely on published information and the authors’ own memories.