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Lazy cleaners escape rebuke

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Lazy drain cleaners escaped censure for sleeping on duty after party politics split the Provisional Urban Council yesterday.

The council yesterday vetoed a call by its inquiry committee to reprimand the lazy staff, despite substantial evidence during an eight-month hearing.

Opponents said the council should wait for the results of investigations by the Government or the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) before deciding the next step.

The council was discussing the inquiry report of lazy sewer workers responsible for clearing drains in Kowloon.

The inquiry report, released last week, found all three teams of drain cleaners had 'seriously deviated' from job procedures for at least 18 months.

The report suggested reprimanding the staff and their supervisors and called in the Civil Service Bureau and ICAC investigators.

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