Tram derails in Shau Kei Wan and mounts pavement; no injuries, Transport Department orders tram company to investigate

A tram derailment occurred on Shau Kei Wan East Street at about 1am. A tram left the tracks, mounted the pavement and crashed into a ground-floor shop of a building, leaving the vehicle tilted with some wheels off the road surface. Shop signs and tents were destroyed in the crash, and no one was injured. The tram involved had left Shau Kei Wan East Street terminus and was heading back to Sai Wan Ho tram depot, and is suspected to have lost control and derailed while turning. The Transport Department has ordered the tram company to thoroughly investigate the incident.