Question:
Question No. 3
Reply by the Secretary for Security to a question by the Hon. Andrew SO in the Legislative Councul on Wednesday,
3 April 1085
In view of past incidents of liquefied petroleum gas leakages and explosions, could Government inform this Council what measures have been taken to ensure that LPG cylinders in common use are safe?
Reply :
sir,
LPG cylinders are required by law to be of a type approved by the Director of Fire Services and to meet the
specifications laid down in the relevant British Standards
or their equivalent. The law also lays down certain requirements for testing cylinders once they are in use.
Further to improve the safety of LPG cylinders, a
number of other measures have been introduced over the last
two years:
(a)
(b)
(c)
As a result of an agreement reached between the Director of Fire Services and the oil industry, each cylinder is subjected to a leakage test after
re-filling. In addition, the Director of Fire Services and the Gas Adviser are negotiating with the oil industry to introduce further improvements in the inspection of cylinder bodies and cylinder valves before re-filling.
Additional safety requirements have been introduced on dim sum trolleys using LPG as fuel. Failure
to meet these requirements would result in the
Director of Fire Services issuing Fire Hazard Abatement Notices against the restaurant operators.
For the third year running, a major publicity campaign on gas safety will be mounted in 1985/86.
Publicity on the safe storage and handling of LPG
/cylinders.....