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UMELCO
DRAFT SPEECH BY HON STEPHEN CHEONG, OBE, JP LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 30.7.1986
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Fire Services (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 1986
Throughout our community's development in the past
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thirty years, we have had many painful experiences of devastation created by Fire, and it is to the credit and hard work of the Administration that by and large the magnitude of the manaces
caused by fire has been tamed somewhat. Yet, it is only right
that we should never allow ourselves to be complacent, hence the spirit of the proposed amendments under debate this afternoon
definitely deserves an "Aye" in this Chamber.
Industry is no
exception. We recognise only too well the importance of more effective preventive enforcement against fire hazards and we
therefore supportive of the proposed amendments.
Nevertheless,
having studied the proposed amendments closely we have identified some practical implementation problems which would need further
refined consideration by the Fire Services Department.
First, temporary obstruction of corridors and lift lobbies by goods during their course of movement should be distinguished from obstruction to escape routes by goods in
Enforcement should aim at the latter but not the former.
storage.
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