SOME WORKERS SEEK TO QUIT SMOKING AS BAN ON HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION SITES KICKS IN
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Some Hong Kong workers have said they intend to quit smoking as a new ban on smoking at construction sites came into force on Friday. The ban came in the wake of the deadly fire at Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court housing estate, a disaster that killed 168 people last November and was suspected to have been caused by workers smoking while carrying out…
Under the legal amendments, an individual caught smoking at a construction site faces a fixed penalty of HK$3,000 (US$380) for individual...
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- News - South China Morning Post: Some Hong Kong workers have said they intend to quit smoking as a new ban on smoking at construction sites came into force on Friday.
- News - South China Morning Post: The ban came in the wake of the deadly fire at Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court housing estate, a disaster that killed 168 people last November and was suspected to have been caused by workers smoking while carrying out…
- News - South China Morning Post: Under the legal amendments, an individual caught smoking at a construction site faces a fixed penalty of HK$3,000 (US$380) for individual...
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on SOME, WORKERS, SEEK, QUIT, SMOKING.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 17 Jul 2026, 06:23 UK.
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