Hong Kong developers push for smoking ban at construction sites after deadly fire
Two developers already stepping up measures, with viral video showing workers being told: ‘If anyone is caught smoking, they will have to leave’
The Real Estate Developers Association told the Post on Friday that it was gathering views on the proposed smoking ban from its members, including major developers such as Sino Land, Swire Properties, Sun Hung Kai Properties and New World Development.
Association member Henderson Land Development already requires all contractors at its construction sites to ban smoking, according to a source.
Any workers who smoke on site would be required to leave, the insider said, adding that enforcement of the ban would be left for contractors to decide, including whether workers would be fined or fired.
In a video posted on Thursday that went viral online, construction workers at a site in Sham Shui Po were told they would be blacklisted from future projects if they were caught smoking.
“If I catch anyone smoking here, they will have to leave,” a man conducting a briefing said.