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Despite all the obstacles at Yuen
Chau Kok, Hui Hon could not afford any delays and often
skipped the correct procedures. The site agent
told the ICAC investigators, for example, that in order
to speed the work up, he had asked workers to drop the
temporary casings into the pile shafts instead of installing
them properly.

The site agent resorted to using yet more shortcuts. When
cleaning the pile shafts, instead of running the tremie
pipes right down to the bottom to completely flush out
debris or silt, he asked the workers to run the pipes
only halfway down the pile shaft. This avoided stirring
up the debris at the bottom, so guaranteeing that the
flushing water from the shaft would soon run clear. The
site agent could then report to the HD that the cleaning
process had been properly completed, when in fact it had
not.
He maintained that it was in no way wrong of him as an
employee to do what his boss told him to. When he had
conveyed his concerns about various problems to his boss
and other colleagues, his boss had insisted that things
should be done his way. If the site agent wanted to keep
his job, he had better follow instructions.
In fact, the site agent
carried on forging various test results and records over
and over again, and matters soon snowballed. Mr Leung
recollected, "This man claimed that he was just following
the instructions of his boss, but he had underestimated
the consequences of his actions."
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