Safety and Environmental Ordinances: Overview and Cases

19 May 2023 (Fri)

Time
0930 –1700

Fee
HK$1,500

Venue
Admiralty/ Wanchai

Language
Cantonese supplemented with English materials

Safety and environmental issues relating to construction projects are getting more and more important in recent years. Government officials have to be fully aware of the relevant safety and environmental ordinances and regulations so as to discharge their duties properly. This course aims to familiarise them with the prevailing safety and environmental ordinances from a legal perspective and the litigation procedure that government officials have to be alert to.

Content

  • Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59)
  • Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance (Cap. 509)
  • Air Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 311)
  • Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap. 295)
  • Noise Control Ordinance (Cap. 400)
  • Waste Disposal Ordinance (Cap.354)
  • Water Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 358)
  • Prosecution Procedure
  • Common law defence
  • Statutory defence
  • Burden of proof
  • Expert evidence
  • Case laws

Trainer

Mr. Harrison CHEUNG
Barrister-at-Law, Chartered Engineer
Arbitrator, HKIAC Mediator and Dispute Resolution Advisor

Harrison is a practicing barrister, a member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also an HKIAC accredited mediator and is on the Panel List of Mediators and Arbitrators of the Hong Kong Bar Association.

Harrison is a seasoned speaker who has been co-operating with local universities (HKU, PolyU, CityU SCOPE, etc.) in recent years and teaching courses of various legal topics. With more than 20 years experience in the construction industry, Harrison is dedicated to designing and teaching courses tailor-made to the construction industry for both in-house training and public courses, feedback is very positive from participants. Since July 2012, there are more than 5,000 participants who joined the courses, who are management staffs, government officials and professionals from different disciplines.