WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1988
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ACTION ON UNSAFE AIR-CONDITIONING FIXTURES
* * *
PAST
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE HAD REMOVED, RELOCATED OR MODIFIED 74 AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS OR ASSOCIATED FIXTURES IN THE
THE WORKS,
HON ROBIN TWO YEARS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND SAUNDERS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THESE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE INTO 410 SUCH CASES REPORTED TO IT DURING THE PERIOD, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHUNG PUI-LAM.
APPROVAL WAS
BY THE HE SAID
REQUIRED
FOR
PRIOR MR CHUNG HAD ASKED WHETHER ERECTION OF STRUCTURES ON EXTERNAL WALLS OF BUILDINGS TO SUPPORT WATER TANKS FOR AIR-CONDITIONING PURPOSES.
INJURIES OF SUCH UNDERTOOK
CASES OF MR CHUNG ALSO WANTED TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF
THE LAST REPORTED IN
TWO YEARS CAUSED BY THE FALLING STRUCTURES OR WATER TANKS AND WHETHER DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED REGULAR INSPECTIONS TO ENSURE THESE STRUCTURES DID NOT CONSTITUTE A POTENTIAL DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.
OR
SLABS WAS THE PURPOSES WITHIN THE
BUILDING WORKS, SUCH MR SAUNDERS SAID THAT PROVIDED NO MAJOR
OF
COLUMNS REINFORCED CONCRETE AS THE CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED, THE INSTALLATION OF SUPPORTING STRUCTURES FOR DESCRIBED BY MR CHUNG WERE NOT REGARDED AS BUILDING WORKS MEANING OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.
GENERALLY,
THEREFORE, APPROVAL. STRUCTURES WAS NOT REQUIRED, HE SAID.
FOR THE
OF ERECTION
THESE
BRACKETS
"THIS MEANS THAT ANYONE WISHING ΤΟ INSTALL AIR-CONDITIONING COOLING TANKS, PIPEWORK, DUCTS, FANS AND SO ON, NOT OBTAIN
APPROVAL PRIOR
FOR
AS THESE,
'FIXTURES' RATHER THAN BUILDING WORK, HE SAID.
THEY
FOR NEED ARE REGARDED AS
WERK
AND 31
OF
ΤΟ AVAILABLE THE
WHERE ORDINANCE, PUBLIC, OR PROJECTED
THE
BUILDING SUCH BEYOND
HOWEVER, HE SAID, SANCTIONS AUTHORITY UNDER SECTIONS 26 FIXTURES WERE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS TO THE THE BUILDING LINE.
HE SAID
THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE REGULAR INSPECTIONS BUT RELIED INSTEAD ON THE POLICE OR OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
DID OFFICE
NOT UNDERTAKE REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC,
THE
CONDITION, PERSON RESPONSIBLE то
IN "IF A FIXTURE IS FOUND TO BE
A DANGEROUS NOTICE TO THE BUILDING AUTHORITY WILL GIVE RECTIFY THE SITUATION, HE SAID.
"FAILING THIS,
IT
THE AUTHORITY HAS
THE
ENTER THE IT, AND
TO
ΤΟ POWER BUILDING AND EITHER MAKE THE INSTALLATION SAFE OR REMOVE RECOVER THE COSTS FROM THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE.
"THIS MIGHT