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Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today handed down a review decision, accepting the Government's application for review of an earlier court sentence and increasing the fines imposed on the relevant contractors. The Labour Department welcomes the decision. The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on December 14, 2022, at a construction site in Yau Tong. A worker, while dismantling an I-beam, was struck and killed by the suddenly collapsed I-beam. Aggressive Construction Engineering, High Grade Engineering and a contractor were prosecuted by the department for violations of the Factories & Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations, and were fined $36,000, $43,000 and $35,000 respectively at Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts on October 31, 2024. After the sentencing, the Government filed a review application with the court regarding the fines imposed on the relevant contractors. The review hearing was brought up today before the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts. The fines imposed on Aggressive Construction Engineering, High Grade Engineering and the contractor were increased to $74,000, $79,000 and $74,000 respectively. The department said that the ruling reflects the severity of occupational safety and health offences, and will disseminate a clear message to all contractors that they have to protect workers' safety and health at work in accordance with the laws. The Government will continue to pay attention to court rulings and will file review applications for cases where the sentences are relatively light.
At
10 p.m.
at the Hong Kong Observatory :
Air temperature : 29 degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity : 77 per cent
Please be reminded that:The Very Hot Weather Warning is now in force. Prolonged heat alert! Please drink sufficient water. If feeling unwell, take rest or seek help immediately. If needed, seek medical advice as soon as possible. The air temperatures at other places were:
Hong Kong Observatory29 degrees ;
King's Park28 degrees ;
Wong Chuk Hang27 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling27 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan27 degrees ;
Tai Po27 degrees ;
Sha Tin28 degrees ;
Tuen Mun28 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O27 degrees ;
Sai Kung28 degrees ;
Cheung Chau28 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok29 degrees ;
Tsing Yi28 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon25 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley27 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park28 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan28 degrees ;
Kowloon City28 degrees ;
Happy Valley29 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin28 degrees ;
Stanley27 degrees ;
Kwun Tong28 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po29 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park29 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park28 degrees ;
Tai Mei Tuk27 degrees .
Communicable Diseases Watch Volume 21, Number 8, Weeks 31 - 34 (July 27 – August 23, 2025)
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