
			Proprietor fined for violation of safety legislation
		
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		Man Cheong Transportation Company Limited was fined $200,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (October 30) for violating the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The prosecution was launched by the Labour Department.
The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on September 12, 2024, at a cargo handling wharf in Yau Ma Tei. A worker, while assisting in the unloading operation of a piece of heavy cooking equipment from the tail lift of a lorry, was crushed to death by the equipment, which suddenly toppled and fell from the tail lift.
  
		Ends/Thursday, October 30, 2025
Issued at HKT 12:45
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