The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has ordered the full or partial suspension of 20 construction projects after inspecting 74 construction sites on Saturday, according to a DSAL statement released later that day.
The statement says that the bureau will conduct safety inspections on the city’s 557 construction projects starting from Saturday in response to a string of recent work accidents causing multiple deaths and injuries. Three workers died in separate work accidents in three days last week.
On Wednesday, a welder died when working on a construction site in Taipa. The Judiciary Police (PJ) said there was a burn mark on his chest and assumed that he died in a work accident. The authorities have still to reveal the cause of the worker’s death.
Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) Director Wong Chi Hong (centre) speaks with construction workers during a safety inspection at a construction site on Saturday.Photo: GCS
