1986 Ed.]
Places of Public Entertainment Regulations
[CAP. 172
B 21
[Subsidiary]
(1) whenever the safety curtain is lowered all lights in the auditorium shall be immediately lighted;
(j) the words SAFETY CURTAIN in plain block letters, and the Chinese characters shall be painted on the safety curtain. The letters and characters shall be not less than 300 mm high and shall be in a central position in which they can be seen from all parts of the auditorium and not less than 900 mm from the bottom of the safety curtain. If it be desired to place upon the safety curtain any advertisement or decoration such advertisement or decoration shall be painted upon the curtain itself and shall not be within 300 mm of any portion of the words SAFETY CURTAIN or of the Chinese characters;
(k) wires and ropes in connexion with gymnastic or other displays or any other apparatus or scenery or properties shall not at any time during the performance cross the plane of descent of the safety curtain. Special precautions shall be taken by the licensee to ensure that curtains or hangings do not in any circumstances interfere with the descent of the safety curtain;
(l) except as provided in this paragraph the space above the stage shall be of sufficient height to allow of the safety curtain being raised in one piece above the top of the proscenium opening and of all scenes being so raised without rolling. Where in existing buildings the space above the stage is insufficient to allow the safety curtain to be raised in one piece, sectional safety curtains of such design as may be approved by the Director of Fire Services may be provided;
(m) the roof over the stage shall be of fire-resisting material and shall be provided with a lantern light or lights at the back thereof equal at the base to one-sixth of the area of the stage. Such lantern light shall be glazed at the sides with sheet glass not more than 3 mm in thickness and shall be capable of being opened to an extent equal at least to the superficial area required at the base of the lantern light. The sashes shall be bottom hung to open outwards, shall be of a type that cannot be rendered in-operative by warping or settlement or by dirt and shall be capable of being opened by the cutting of a cord or the fusing of a link. Such cord shall be brought down to the stage to a position near the safety-curtain release and shall be suitably indicated;
(n) the stage shall be ventilated to the satisfaction of the Building Authority;
(o) the sashes and other moving parts of the lantern light shall be tested periodically to ensure their being in efficient working order. There shall be no obstruction to the upward flow of air from the stage to the ventilators.
stage properties;
42 of 1961, s. 2.
roof above stage:
ventilation of stage;
L.N. 131/63.