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TO MAKE NEW AND OLD BUILDINGS
HEALTHIER, RESEARCH FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF BUILDING SERVICES DESIGNS WAS ALSO ESSENTIAL, HE ADDED.
WE WILL SEE MORE **1 BELIEVE THAT IN THE 90'S ON BOTH ISSUES
CODES REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM
OF ESTABLISHED,
SET, NEW STANDARDS
OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE ISSUED, AND GUIDANCE NOTES PRACTICE
AS WELL AS QUALITY IDENTIFIED, AND MANUALS PREPARED, FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE STAFF TO FOLLOW," MR MIAO SAID.
DESIGNERS
CONCERTED EFFORTS TO PREVENT BUILDING SICKNESS
THE OF
THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. FOR CONCERTED EFFORTS TO PREVENT OR SICKNESS.
DR
OPENING THE SYMPOSIUM ON SICK BUILDING RELATED ILLNESS,
LEE SAID RESOLVING THE A REQUIRES SICKNESS
TEAM DEVELOPERS, OWNERS, ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONALS AND THE OCCUPANTS.
IF EACH MEMBER IMPORTANCE OF GOOD BUILDING LAYOUTS,
HE SAID, MUCH OF THE PROBLEM CAN BE PREVENTED OR MINIMISED.
LEE, TODAY (TUESDAY) MINIMISE THE RISK OF
CALLED BUILDING
APPROACH WITH
ENGINEERS, MANAGERS,
SYNDROME AND PROBLEM OF
FROM CONTRIBUTIONS
BUILDING BUILDING
THE
HEALTH
TEAM
DUE
GIVES
RECOGNITION OF THE SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES AND SERVICES
DR
LEE
POINTED OUT
THAT HEALTH
THE AND
ENVIRONMENT ARE
INSEPARABLY LINKED.
WHERE WE LIVE AND WILL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AFFECT OUR
WORK
"WHAT WE EAT, DRINK AND BREATHE, THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT
་་
HEALTH, HE ADDED.
WHILE MANY
ARE WELL. AWARE
OF
THE
INCREASING PROBLEMS
OF
So
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS, HE SAID, THE ATTENTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES HAS FAR BEEN FOCUSED ON THE OUT-DOOR ENVIRONMENT.
AND
DR LEE SAID IN HONG KONG, LIKE MANY OTHER BIG
ARE USUALLY WORK-STATIONS
ACCOMMODATED AIR-CONDITIONED BUILDINGS.
CITIES, OFFICES
IN MULTI-STOREYED
CIRCUMSTANCES
A HEALTHY PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL "THE QUESTION ON HOW TO ENSURE AND BIOLOGICAL
UNDER SUCH
WOULD BE A ENVIRONMENT
ENGINEERS, BUILDING DEVELOPERS CHALLENGE TO MANY OF OUR ARCHITECTS, AND MANAGERS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE OCCUPANTS," HE SAID,
OF STUDIES HE POINTED OUT THAT OVER THE PAST DECADE, A NUMBER
REPORTED A PATTERN OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH IN OFFICES HAVE
SYNDROME' (SBS) BY OF SYMPTOMS WHICH HAS BEEN TERMED 'SICK BUILDING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO).
/ACCORDING TO