ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong,
12th April,....195.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.
18 .of 1935.
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1. I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, intituled an
Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to the
construction of Buildings, and I am of opinion that the
Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor', S
ins tructions.
2.
One of the recommendations in the Report of the
Director of Medical and Sanitary Services on the need for
the re-organization of those services was that regulations
regarding the construction of buildings should come under
a Buildings Ordinance.
3. Hitherto this subject has been dealt with under the
Public Health and Buildings Ordinance (No.1 of 1903).
2. It is felt that there are disadvantages in mixing
provisions as to the design and construction of buildings,
which concern mainly the Public Works Department, with
provisions relating to house-cleansing and the prevention
of disease, which are the special concern of the Sanitary
and Medical Departments.
5.
This Ordinance extracts from Ordinance No.1 of 1903
those provisions which deal with the construction of Buildings