“VERY SHOCKING”
An employee at Napolizz Pizza, located across the affected site, said she saw police running towards the scene of the incident.
“Then we saw people started to walk (that way) and that’s when we went out and saw that the building had collapsed,” said the 29-year-old, who only wanted to be known as Ms Avinisha.
Mr Chen Xiao Wei, who works across the road at Anson House, said he felt a “vibration” at about 2pm but did not hear anything.
“It was not so strong but can feel something. Then my colleague told me that the building collapsed,” said the 50-year-old, who works on the 12th floor.
Mr Kartik Vaidya, who also works at Anson House, said he was extremely concerned about the safety of workers when he first learnt of the collapse.
“This building has been undergoing demolition works for a few months now and so every week, when I come down, I see the levels coming down,” he said.
“To see that it has collapsed was very shocking.”