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"The whole process was just a gimmick and the results shown were untrue and misleading. Members of the public should not believe what was said and shown about water quality in the programme," he said.

The spokesman assured the public that water supplied to consumers was fully treated through a rigorous water treatment and disinfection process.

"Its quality is closely monitored by regular and frequent testing of water samples taken from all strategic points of the water supply system including the pumping stations, service reservoirs, sump and roof tanks of buildings and consumer taps and complies fully with the World Health Organisation's Guideline Standards for drinking water," he stressed.

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Contractor fined over mishap

A registered contractor has recently been convicted and fined $40,000 for failing to provide adequate shoring while carrying out alterations and addition works at a Cheung Sha Wan building which led to injury of a worker.

A female worker was trapped and seriously injured when a partly-demolished internal staircase linking the tenth and eleventh floors of the building collapsed on January 23 last year.

To provide guidance on the safe execution of demolition works, the Buildings Department is preparing a Code of Practice on Demolition works.

The Assistant Director of Buildings (Legal and Management), Mr Cheung Hau- wai, said this Code would be issued by the end of the year to improve safety at demolition sites.

"Building contractors should adopt adequate precautionary and protective measures on their sites to ensure the safety of workers, adjacent properties and members of the public," he said.

Meanwhile, to step up supervision and safety of all building sites, including demolition sites, by clearly spelling out the parties responsible for safety of site works, the department would introduce a site supervision plan system at the end of the year.