HKR OILA IN Thoma
V PEGISTOSA
12 DEC 1985
LESK QUIL INDEX
(Miscellaneous !)
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QUESTION NO. 1
Reply by the Hon. D.P.H. Liao, CBE, JP, Secretary for District Administration, to the Hon. Mrs. Pauline NG's Question
in Legislative Council on Wednesday, 4 December 1985
QUESTION : In view of the fact this year there have been
numerous incidents of falling objects resulting in deaths and injuries, will Government review whether the existing measures, especially those on education, to prevent these incidents are adequate?
Sir,
The existing measures to tackle the problem of
falling objects from high-rise buildings are kept under
review from time to time.
2.
They
The first measure is police investigation.
Where incidents of falling objects occur at buildings
under construction, repair or decoration, the
responsibility rests with the contractors concerned.
can be readily identified. But police investigation of
incidents involving objects falling from high-rise
residential buildings is always fraught with difficulties.
To identify the culprits, the police are required to
invite witnesses to come forward with information, to
examine the objects for finger-prints and other clues and
to conduct door to door enquiries. In view of the very
large number of flats and people involved, these investi-
gations are time-consuming and do not always produce
the desired results. Their success depends essentially
on the co-operation of the witnesses.
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