A LABOUR support group has called for the release of a government report into the Quarry Bay construction site tragedy that left 12 workers dead when a hoist plunged 17 floors.
The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims is to press the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Michael Leung Man-kin, to release the report.
Association chief executive, Chan Kam-hong, said it was dangerous for the findings to be kept secret if they identified defects in the hoist, which failed at the Java Road site on June 2.
''We do not know how many of the lifts of the same model are operating in construction sites, possibly threatening the life of other construction workers,'' he said.
If the appeal to Mr Leung was unsuccessful, Mr Chan said the association would make a plea to the Governor, Chris Patten.
A preliminary inquiry report, compiled by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, was submitted to the Labour Department and the Education and Manpower Branch on Wednesday.