The wife of an electrician, who was killed during Wednesday’s crane collapse, has revealed she is battling late-stage cancer.The wife of an electrician killed in a crane collapse at a Hong Kong construction site has described the torment his sudden death has brought, saying she fears for her family’s future as she battles late-stage cancer.
“The city has safety regulations and guidelines but we now question if they have been followed in reality,” said Fay Siu sin-man, chief executive of the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims. But representatives of the city’s private sector, including the real estate industry, said they were worried about the possible impact of tougher penalties.
Unionist lawmakers Kwok Wai-keung and Chow Siu-chung on Friday echoed Lee’s remarks, while other legislators argued authorities should instead focus on promoting a “culture of safety”. “Using traffic accidents as an example, is justice served if drivers of supercars are punished differently than drivers of second-hand cars?” Luk asked.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)