SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1989
AGENDA INCLUDE
REPORTS WORKS
PROGRESS
ON THE AND MINOR
PROJECTS AS A REPORT ON MISCELLANEOUS FAILURE, AND FIRE IN THE
OTHER ITEMS ON THE
CLEANLINESS AREAS
CAMPAIGN SQUATTER UNDERTAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE, AS WELL CASES OF LANDSLIP OR MUDSLIP, STRUCTURAL DISTRICT'S SQUATTER AREAS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
OF THE
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING
ON WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD'S SQUATTER AREAS COMMITTEE, TO BE HELD
ROOM, FOURTH TUESDAY (DECEMBER 12) IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE CONFERENCE FLOOR, SAN PO KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, KING FUK STREET.
THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 PM.
WORKERS, CONTRACTOR FINED FOR DANGEROUS ACT
CONTRACTORS AND
* *
WORKERS ARE
RESPONSIBLE BOTH
FOR ENSURING
SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION SITES UNDER THE LAW, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
IT WAS PARTICULARLY
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT WORKERS TO REFRAIN FROM PRACTICES WHICH MIGHT ENDANGER OTHER PEOPLE ON SITE.
IMPORTANT FOR THEMSELVES OR
THAT HE NOTED
IN A RECENT
CASE
$500
HEARD
FOR
AT THE KWUN TONG ACTS WHEN UNSAFE
MAGISTRACY, TWO WORKERS WERE EACH FINED USING A CRANE AT A BUILDING SITE.
WORKER DURING A SITE VISIT, TWO FACTORY INSPECTORS HAD FOUND A
TO THE FIRST FLOOR LIFTED BY A LORRY-MOUNTED CRANE FROM THE GROUND CANOPY OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
BOTH THE WORKER AND THE CRANE OPERATOR
WERE
PROSECUTED UNDER
THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR OF THE SITE, WHO WAS SUPERVISING THE WORKERS, WAS ALSO PROSECUTED, AND FINED $3,000.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE UNSAFE ACT IN THIS CASE COULD TO SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OR EVEN LOSS OF LIFE.
"THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR OFFENCES OF THIS NATURE IS
HAVE LED
$50,000," НЕ
ADDED.
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