Mr. CHEN : Sir, I am very pleased to hear that a lot has been
achieved since 1984 but will the Secretary for Lands and Works
quantify his statement by advising this Council how many of the
25,000 known cases have been investigated since 1984?
dealt
Secretary for Lands and Works : Sir, I have some figures on
that but I can only say that I recall that in the last year the
Buildings Ordinance Office
satisfactorily with some
15,000 cases and that I shall supply figures to back that and
for previous years.
Sir, could the Secretary inform this Council what
Mr. CHUNG: Sir, could
is the definition of new buildings?
Secretary for Lands and Works
The policy which I outlined
has been adopted since 1975 so new buildings cover post-1975
buildings.
Mr. YEUNG : Sir, how many patrols are actually carried out in
all new buildings and is there adequate provision of manpower
for the relevant authority to execute the necessary enforcement
action?
Secretary for Lands and Works : I understand that the aim is
to achieve an annual inspection of new buildings. The staff is
having to be built up at present and it is not
adequate at its present level.
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