The Registered Contractors' Disciplinary Board (the Board) has completed a disciplinary inquiry under the Buildings Ordinance (BO) regarding a fatal incident at a construction site and decided that the registered general building contractor (RGBC) concerned should be disciplined for having been convicted by a court for offences relating to building works.

     The Board ordered the RGBC to be reprimanded and to pay a total of $88,400, being the costs of the Board and the Buildings Department (BD) for conducting the inquiry.

     The Board's written decision and order issued on August 7 was published in the Gazette today (August 15). Details are available at the following link: www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20252933/egn202529334997.pdf.

     The case involved a fatal incident that occurred at a construction site in Tung Chung on June 29, 2019. A worker was struck by a toppled pile of aluminum panels while he was handling the panels. The worker was seriously injured and was certified dead at the hospital. The RGBC was prosecuted by the Labour Department for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The RGBC was convicted and fined $10,000 at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on January 3, 2022.

     In view of the conviction of the RGBC, the BD notified the Board for its consideration of disciplinary action against the RGBC under the provisions of section 13(1) of the BO.

     A spokesperson for the BD reiterated that any registered contractor who is convicted by any court of an offence relating to building works, or has been negligent or has misconducted himself in building works, may be subject to disciplinary action under the BO.

Ends/Friday, August 15, 2025
Issued at HKT 11:00

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