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No ‘military style’ management at Hong Kong hostel for construction workers from outside city, Development Secretary Bernadette Linn says
- Bernadette Linn moves to allay fears that construction workers in hostel accommodation will have movements restricted
- Linn says it is hoped hostel residents will tell management of their plans to prevent movements of ‘hundreds or thousands’ of people at one time
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Construction workers from outside Hong Kong accommodated in a special hostel will not be under “military style” regulations and would be free to travel around the city when not on the job, the development minister has said.
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Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn Hon-ho on Wednesday moved to allay concerns that a hostel management plan might limit the freedom of workers.
She was speaking in reply to a question from lawmaker Gary Zhang Xinyu about the arrangements at the hostel.
“I want to clarify there is absolutely no controlling or what the legislator described as ‘military style’ management of workers,” Linn told Zhang.
She said the plan for the centralised accommodation for construction workers in Yuen Long was designed to minimise the impact on the city’s housing supply.
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