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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1989
EXPLAINING THE CRITERIA ON LOCATING PETROL
FILLING
STATIONS,
MR BARNES SAID THE SITES WERE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS OR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD CONSIDERING FACTORS SUCH AS NEED, LAND USE COMPATIBILITY, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FIRE SAFETY ASPECTS.
"SINCE THE CIRCUMSTANCES DIFFER FROM AREA TO
NO HARD AND FAST RULES,
HE SAID.
"EACH SITE IS VERY CAREFULLY
"
AREA, THERE ARE
CONSIDERED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
THE FACTORS MENTIONED.
SIMILAR CONSIDERATIONS ALSO BUNKERING STATIONS, MR BARNES SAID.
APPLIED TO THE
LOCATION
OF
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PLANNING MARINE
HERE THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS OR THE TOWN BOARD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SUCH FACTORS AS SITE CHARACTERISTICS, TRAFFIC FLOW, IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY, AND FIRE SAFETY, HE SAID.
BUNKERING STATIONS WERE LOCATED ON THE SEAFRONT MAINLY ON KONG ISLAND AND IN THE SAI KUNG AREA.
HONG
AS REGARDS PETROL FILLING LICENSED STATIONS LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOORS OF ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
STATIONS, HE
SAID THERE WERE 16 BUILDINGS AND ONE
OF
THESE,
FIVE WERE
FIVE
IN COMMERCIAL
THREE IN IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND FOUR IN
BUILDINGS,
INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS,
CARPARK BUILDINGS.
"PETROL FILLING STATIONS LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOORS OF BUILDINGS MUST COMPLY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES' GENERAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE THEMSELVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS,' MR BARNES SAID.
A
AND
"THESE INCLUDE BURYING STORAGE TANKS UNDERGROUND, SURROUNDING EACH TANK WITH A LAYER OF SAND AND
LAYER OF FINE SITING THE FILLING/DISPENSING POINTS AT A DISTANCE OF METRES FROM THE PERIMETER OF THE STATION AREA."
THE
CONCRL TE, MORE THAN 4.5
ADDITIONAL STIPULATED
THE UPPER FLOORS
DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES ALSO REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE ON OF THE BUILDING.
"THESE INCLUDE THE COMPLETE SEPARATION OF THE PETROL FILLING
BUILDING
AND STATION FROM THE REST OF THE
LATERALLY
VERTICALLY SO THAT THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION ENSURES A FIRE RESISTANCE PERIOD HOURS.
OF FOUR
SUCH AND ON
INSTALLATIONS "ALSO REQUIRED ARE ADDITIONAL FIRE SERVICE AS SPRINKLER AND DRENCHER SYSTEMS IN BOTH THE FILLING STATION THE UPPER FLOORS, AND THE SITING OF ESCAPE EXITS FOR THE UPPER WELL AWAY FROM THE PETROL FILLING STATION," MR BARNES SAID.
FLOORS
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