5 Hong Kong construction workers die in fall down elevator shaft of skyscraper

H
ONG KONG — At least five workers died Sunday in a fall down an elevator shaft of a skyscraper under construction in Hong Kong, police said. One other was injured.

The accident happened at the International Commerce Center in the Kowloon district, which will be 118 stories high when completed next year, making it one of the tallest buildings in world, as well as the tallest in Hong Kong.

Speaking at the scene, Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang said the men fell after a working platform collapsed in the elevator shaft.

Five male workers died, including two declared dead at the scene, said police spokeswoman Anne Lam. One other worker was believed to be receiving treatment at the site.

Police could not confirm a report on the Web site of government-owned radio RTHK that the workers fell from the 30th floor to the 10th floor.

The building’s developer, major Hong Kong property firm Sun Hung Kai, has agreed to pay each of the victims’ families 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($128,000) on top of normal compensation payments, Hong Kong labor secretary Matthew Cheung told local media.

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Sukhoi-30 warplanes to be deployed in Tezpur by Oct

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hillong, Sept 13 (PTI) A full complement of the MKI variant of the Sukhoi-30 warplanes will be deployed at the frontline Tezpur air base in Assam by October.

Dismissing reports that infrastructure at the air base is inadequate to deploy the Su-30 MKIs, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command Air Marshal S K Bhan said, "the upgradation work at the air base has been completed and a full complement of the fighter jets would be deployed at the base by October."

"Su-30s have operated from the air base when the planes were formally inducted in the base on June 15," Bhan told PTI.

Asked how many squadrons of the jets will be deployed in the north east, he said it depends on the IAF assessment.

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