SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1991
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CONTRACTORS MUST CONSTANTLY OBSERVE WORK SAFETY
BUILDING CONTRACTORS MUST TAKE EXTRA CARE
LIKELY ARE
TO FACE NIGHT, WHEN THEIR WORKERS CONSTRUCTION SITES.
OF WORK SAFETY AT IN HAZARDS GREATER
LABOUR DEPARTMENT CHAN
DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE TAT-KING TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDED THAT HIS STAFF WOULD CONDUCT SURPRISE VISITS TO WORK SITES IN OPERATION, DAY AND NIGHT.
"CONTRACTORS SHOULD NOT TAKE CHANCE TO GAMBLE ON THE SAFETY OF Of THE WORKERS AND SHOULD ALWAYS COMPLY STRICTLY WITH THE PROVISIONS
INSPECTOR CHAN STRESSED. CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS,
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CENTRAL, TO COVER OR
DURING A RECENT NIGHT VISIT TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN FACTORY INSPECTORS FOUND THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAD FAILED PROVIDE RAILINGS TO A FLOOR OPENING AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
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to
"UNCOVERED OR UNFENCED OPENINGS ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS TO.
THE IN
LATE HOURS, INSPECTOR WORKERS WHO MOVE AROUND IN THE SITE CHAN NOTED.
"THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN PROSECUTED LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF FOR 12 MONTHS," HE ADDED.
FOR THE OFFENCE AND Is $50,000 AND IMPRISONMENT
HE SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD SET UP A SPECIAL
AGAINST "BLACK SPOT TO TAKE VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT ACTION CONSTRUCTION SITES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.
FIRST
TASK FORCE IN AREAS"
TWO WEEKS 26 SITES FLOOR EDGES
"INSPECTORS HAVE VISITED 48 SITES DURING THE OF THE OPERATION AND HAVE TAKEN OUT 52 PROSECUTIONS AGAINST FOR VARIOUS OFFENCES, MANY OF WHICH RELATED TO UNFENCED OR WORKING PLATFORMS," HE SAID.
44 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN MAY
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE
OF OFFICE
THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS
DEPARTMENT APPROVED 44 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN MAY.
OF THESE, 17 WERE FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 12 FOR KOWLOON FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
AND 15
THE
APPROVED
PLANS
INCLUDED
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FOR
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENTS,
APARTMENT, NINE FOR
APARTMENT/ COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT AND TWO FOR FACTORY PURPOSES.
/DURING THE