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+ IN FACT, UNDER COMMON LAW, THEY ARE NOW AND WILL REMAIN RESPONSIBLE IN FUTURE FOR ENSURING THAT THEIR WIRING AND FITTINGS DO NOT BECOME HAZARDOUS,+ MR OSBORNE SAID.
HE SAID THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REGISTERED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS WOULD BE TO EMPLOY APPROPRIATE REGISTERED ELECTRICAL WORKERS TO CARRY OUT THE WORK IF THEY THEMSELVES WERE NOT REGISTERED ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AND TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE AFTER THE WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND A CERTIFICATE AFTER PERFORMING THE PERIODICAL TEST ON EACH INSTALLATION,
LASTLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY WAS THAT OF REGISTERED ELECTRICAL WORKERS THEMSELVES, WHO SHOULD UNDERTAKE THE WORK CONSCIENTIOUSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE OF PRACTICE WERE FULLY COMPLIED WITH AND THAT THE INSTALLATION WAS SAFE AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
THEY SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE DUE CARE AND TAKE ALL REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE BOTH PROPERTY AND HUMAN LIFE WERE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED FROM ELECTRICAL HAZARDS, MR OSBORNE CONCLUDED.
KEEN DEMAND FOR FACTORY UNITS AS LOCAL EXPORTS INCREASE
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DEMAND FOR SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED FACTORY UNITS HAS BEEN GROWING AS HONG KONG EXPORTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
THIS IS CLEARLY REFLECTED BY THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSES FROM INDUSTRIAL ISTS TO GOVERNMENT FACTORY UNITS IN RECENT MONTHS.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, ALTOGETHER 4 659 UNITS HAVE BEEN LET IN HOUSING AUTHORITY FACTORY ESTATES.
SIX MONTHS AGO, THERE WERE STILL 5 141 VACANCIES, AND NOW THERE ARE ONLY 482 REMAINING FOR LETTING.
THE LATEST VIVID EXAMPLE IS THE WANG CHEONG FACTORY IN CHEUNG SHA WAN WHERE MORE THAN HALF OF ITS 1 045 UNITS HAVE BEEN SNAPPED UP BY INTERESTED OPERATORS IN THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF APPLICATION.
+THIS ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE IS REFLECTED IN OTHER HOUSING AUTHORITY FACTORY ESTATES AND HAS BROUGHT FULL OCCUPATION OF THE FACTORY ESTATES OF YUEN LONG, KOWLOON BAY, YIP ON AND TSUN SHING,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY.
TO DATE, OF THE 17 GOVERNMENT FACTORY ESTATES, 14 HAVE ALREADY BEEN FULLY LET, WHILE LIMITED STOCK IS AVAILABLE AT WANG CHEONG, SHUN KE! AND SUI FAI FACTORY ESTATES.
+LETTING OF THE REMAINING UNITS WILL CONTINUE ON A FIRST- COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN