29th May 2023 – (Hong Kong) Kim Hung Construction and Engineering Company Limited has been fined HK$35,000 by the Eastern Magistrates’ Court today for violating the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance. The prosecution was initiated by the Labour Department.
The case was related to a fatal accident that happened on 9th December, 2020, at a construction site in Stanley. While dismantling a metal hoarding at the site, two workers were pressed by the collapsed portion of the hoarding. One of the workers died and the other was injured.