Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation
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     Meng Chang Decoration Limited was fined $50,000 at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (June 23) for violation of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.

     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on November 10, 2015 at a construction site in Sai Kung.  A worker fell to his death from an internal staircase inside a 3-storey village house under renovation.

Ends/Thursday, June 23, 2016
Issued at HKT 17:25

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