HONG KONG
LEGISLATIVE 香港立法局———————————一九八九年三月八日
COUNCIL
8 March 1989
18
Robberies and indecent assaults in lifts
4. 鄭德健議員問:鑑於近年新建公共屋邨樓宇的升降機頂部活門上,經常有不法之徒匿藏其間 等候時機向乘客行劫及非禮,引起居民恐慌,政府可否告知本局如何防止這類電梯罪案繼續發 生?
SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: Sir, in public housing estates, trap doors in lifts are provided in accordance with the Building (Lift) Regulations to facilitate rescue in emergency situations. The trap door is linked to an alarm system which is activated when the door is tampered with. However, there have been cases where the alarm system to the trap door was disconnected to enable crimes to be committed inside the lifts.
On 31 January 1989, the Police arrested a five-member gang in connection with 42 robberies and two rape cases committed in lift cars over the last 13 months. One of the members, a former lift technician, is believed to be the person with the special skill required to open the trap door without activating the alarm.
Since early last year, the Housing department has held discussions with the Crime Prevention Bureau of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, the Lift Engineering Contractors' Association and the lift contractors to see how best that the trap doors and the alarm system can be made less susceptible to interference.
With the arrest of the gang and the introduction of these measures, it is hoped that security in lift cars in public housing estates will be improved.
鄭德健議員問:公屋居民對於最近個多月在黃大仙區發生的強姦及打劫案件,記憶猶新,乘搭電
梯都有恐懼的心理,請問政府在清除居民恐懼心理方面,會在屋邨做些什麼宣傳工作?
SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: Sir, the discussions which the Housing Department have been carrying on with the police and the lift contractors are made known to the public. In addition, in Wong Tai Sin, as an experimental scheme hand rails mounted in lift cars in some estates directly underneath the trap doors have been dismantled to make it more difficult for the culprits to escape in this way. The effectiveness of this scheme is being monitored and should it prove to be useful similar modifications will be carried out in all estates and made known to the tenants.