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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
7 p.m.
at the Hong Kong Observatory :
Air temperature : 30 degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity : 68 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 Observatory30 degrees ;
King's Park29 degrees ;
Wong Chuk Hang29 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling29 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan29 degrees ;
Tai Po29 degrees ;
Sha Tin29 degrees ;
Tuen Mun29 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O28 degrees ;
Sai Kung29 degrees ;
Cheung Chau27 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok30 degrees ;
Tsing Yi29 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon27 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley29 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park29 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan29 degrees ;
Kowloon City29 degrees ;
Happy Valley29 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin30 degrees ;
Stanley28 degrees ;
Kwun Tong28 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po30 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park29 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park29 degrees ;
Tai Mei Tuk28 degrees .
Communicable Diseases Watch Volume 21, Number 8, Weeks 31 - 34 (July 27 – August 23, 2025)
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