A Hong Kong construction company has filed an appeal against the government’s decision to reject its licence renewal due to safety violations linked to five deaths in three accidents, including a 2022 crane collapse that killed three workers.
Authorities said on Monday that Aggressive Construction Company had lodged an appeal with the Court of First Instance against the Buildings Department’s move to refuse the renewal application.
“As the case is now undergoing judicial proceedings, the Buildings Department is not in a position to make any comments,” a department spokesman said.
Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho said late last month that Aggressive would be removed from the government’s registered list of contractors on June 20, making it ineligible to carry out works under the Buildings Ordinance.
A day later, the company said that it would file an appeal as it had stepped up safety checks since the fatal 2022 accident.
It also warned that the government’s move would slow the progress of public housing flats and affect the livelihoods of thousands of workers.
The firm, a subsidiary of Great Harvest Group, came under intense scrutiny when a 65-tonne tower crane collapsed at a site on Anderson Road in Kwun Tong in September 2022. Three workers died and six others were injured.
