Contractors fined for violation of safety rules
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     Ka Shun Civil Engineering Company Limited, Maxna Limited, New Anta Engineering Limited and Yi Ko Engineering Co were fined $28,000 in total at the Fanling Magistrates' Courts today (February 26) for violation of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.

     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred in Tin Shui Wai on December 24, 2011, in which a worker fell a distance of about 1.5 metres from a wooden stepladder while conducting false ceiling installation work and subsequently died.

Ends/Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Issued at HKT 17:25

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