​The Registered Contractors' Disciplinary Board (the Board) has completed disciplinary inquiries under the Buildings Ordinance (BO) on two fatal site incidents and decided that the two Registered Specialist Contractors (RSC) concerned should be disciplined for having been convicted by a court of offences relating to building works.

     The Board's written decisions and orders issued on November 10 were published in the Gazette today (November 21). Details are available at the following links:

Case 1: egazette.gld.gov.hk/pdf?type=egn&year=2025&volume=29&gno=47&notice_no=7299&extra=0
Case 2: egazette.gld.gov.hk/pdf?type=egn&year=2025&volume=29&gno=47&notice_no=7298&extra=0

     The first case involved a fatal incident that occurred on October 19, 2021, at a construction site for foundation works in Shap Sze Heung, New Territories. While a team of workers was carrying out wire rope replacement work of a crawler-mounted crane, one of them was hit by a swinging wire rope and passed away later that day. The RSC was prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for violation of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations (CSSR) and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation. The RSC was convicted and fined $37,000 at the Shatin Magistrates' Courts on June 24, 2022. In view of the convictions of the RSC, the Buildings Department (BD) notified the Board for its consideration of disciplinary action against the RSC under the provisions of section 13(1) of the BO.

     Upon completion of the disciplinary inquiry, the Board ordered the RSC to be fined $220,000 and to pay a total of $50,300 being the costs of the Board and the BD for conducting the inquiry.

     The second case involved a fatal incident that occurred on March 23, 2020, at a slope maintenance site in Yau Yat Chuen, Kowloon Tong. A worker, while carrying out slope maintenance work, fell from a height of about 3 metres from the top of a retaining wall to the ground. He sustained a serious head injury and passed away on the same day. The RSC was prosecuted by the LD for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and the CSSR. The RSC was convicted and fined $42,000 at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts on December 21, 2020. In view of the convictions of the RSC, the BD notified the Board for its consideration of disciplinary action against the RSC under the provisions of section 13(1) of the BO.

     Upon completion of the disciplinary inquiry, the Board ordered the RSC to be fined $124,000 and to pay a total of $58,500 being the costs of the Board and the BD for conducting the inquiry.

     A spokesperson for the BD reiterated that any registered contractor who contravenes the relevant provisions of the BO in carrying out building works, or is convicted by any court of an offence relating to building works, or has been negligent or has misconducted themselves in building works, will be subject to enforcement action including criminal prosecution and disciplinary action under the BO.

Ends/Friday, November 21, 2025
Issued at HKT 11:00

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