Construction Site

28 Apr 2013

It's time Hong Kong placed criminal liability for work-site deaths squarely on the shoulders of individuals, justice officials say.

5:50AM

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Injured workers, and widows, face long wait for payouts

28 Apr 2013

When construction worker Yu Yiu-wing went to work on October 25 last year, he could not have expected an accident to put him out of work for the next six months, and counting.

7:25AM

Briefs, January 4, 2013

4 Jan 2013

The workplace safety watchdog yesterday called on regional governments to step up their investigations into a series of fatal accidents and mete out harsh punishment for any attempted cover-ups...

4:29AM

Briefs, November 16, 2012

16 Nov 2012

Another Tibetan dies setting himself on fire

5:13AM

Chinese worker shot dead in violence-torn Nigerian city

20 Oct 2012

Gunmen shot dead a Chinese construction worker in Nigeria’s violence-torn city of Maiduguri on Friday, an official said, the second killing of a Chinese national in the region this month.

4:38AM

Murals can't disguise this blot on the landscape

17 Apr 2011

It's the most idyllic of scenes. Murals of majestic trees dotting rolling green fields being lapped by sparkling blue waters cover a hoarding in front of construction work on the Central to Wan...

8:04AM

Opinion

Michael Cox

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

4:14PM

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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5:24AM

Body found at construction site

Police are investigating the death of a South Asian man whose half-naked body was found at a construction site in Yau Ma Tei yesterday. The man is believed to be aged between 20 and 30. Workers...

6:35AM

Fatherhood helps with leadership

In his role as chief executive officer of AsiaWorld-Expo Management, Allen Ha Wing-on can draw on extensive experience in developing major real estate projects and the exhibition and convention...

1:16PM

Guard post at world's most expensive flats not fit for a public housing estate

So, flats at 39 Conduit Road are now officially the world's most expensive.

Going at HK$88,000 per sq ft, their price is really kind of obscene. But if anyone is splashing out...

6:22AM

Talkback

What do you think of industrial safety in the city?

The accident at the International Commerce Centre on Sunday has highlighted public concern over safety measures at these...

11:12AM

En-suite dreams

The room you are using as a bedroom may not be the best for you and sleeping in your study or guestroom may be better from a fung shui perspective.

12:21AM

Four cannons found at Admiralty site

Four wartime cannons were unearthed from the former site of Victoria Barracks in Admiralty, driving scores of people from the British consulate and the British Council onto the street while bomb...

10:18AM