Hong Kong – Development Bureau enforces managing action on professional associated with deadly commercial event at non-governmental building and construction website in Sau Mau Ping

A representative for the Development Bureau (DEVB) stated today (November 3) that the professional associated with the deadly commercial event that occurred on November 2 at a non-governmental building and construction website in Sau Mau Ping was on the List of Approved Contractors for Public Works.

The DEVB, being the celebration to acquire services for public works, connects fantastic value to the website security efficiency of all building websites under the province of specialists on the List, no matter whether the websites are public works building and construction websites or not. The DEVB released an alert to the professional worried today to suspend it from tendering for public works agreements in the structures classification with instant result pursuant to the managing program. The specialist worried needs to carry out an independent security audit to evaluate its security management system. Taking cognisance of the result of the independent security audit, the specialist is needed to send an enhancement action strategy and execute enhancement procedures, with a view to showing that it has an efficient security management system before the lifting of the suspension from tendering can be thought about. The suspension from tendering is not just restricted to tender workouts within the duration of suspension from tendering, however is likewise appropriate to tender workouts with treatments started however not concluded.

The Labour Department is examining this commercial occurrence and will manage it in accordance with the law. Topic to the examination findings, the DEVB might enforce additional managing actions on the specialist worried in the future, consisting of extension of the duration of suspension from tendering for public works agreements and even elimination from the List.