Immigration and buildings officials are to increase co-operation to crack down on the problem of illegal workers in the wake of the fatal collapse of a balcony on Sunday.
A security source said the Immigration Department would ask the Buildings Department for more information about construction sites or buildings undergoing renovation or demolition work.
'This will allow the officers to have clearer targets [for their anti-illegal workers' operations] and improve efficiency,' the source said.
The move follows Sunday's accident in which illegal mainland worker Lai Heung, 33, died instantly when he fell 40 metres after an illegal balcony he was helping to remove from the 12th floor of a residential building in Yuet Wah Street, Kwun Tong, collapsed.
His colleagues Yick Sing-mau, 39, and Cheng Lai-kwan, 38, were taken to United Christian Hospital, where one is in serious condition and other is critical.
On Monday, a 54-year-old man who allegedly hired the three workers surrendered to police. He was released on $10,000 bail last night.