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Contractor fined for violation of safety legislation
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     King Wah Construction (HK) Company Limited was fined $150,000 at Eastern Magistrates' Courts today (September 7) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.

     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred at a construction site in Sheung Wan in which a worker was found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft on October 20, 2017. It was believed that on October 17, 2017, the deceased fell from the opening of the lift shaft on the 19th floor to the bottom of the lift shaft in the course of work.
 
Ends/Friday, September 7, 2018
Issued at HKT 18:35
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