10
MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1991
(E)
(F)
MR
OFFENDERS
25
CHANGE OF
WHO DISREGARD AN ORDER ISSUED UNDER SECTION OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE REGARDING MATERIAL USE; AND
REQUIRING UNDER SECTION
WHO OFFENDERS
DO NOT
AN ORDER COMPLY WITH DEMOLITION OR RECTIFICATION OF UBW ISSUED 24(1) OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.
CATEGORIES
CHENG POINTED OUT THAT OFFENDERS FALLING WITHIN (C) AND (F) COULD NUMBER IN EXCESS OF 1,000 PER YEAR IF THEY DID CHANGE THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE BUILDING LAW.
NOT
HE REMINDED BUILDING OWNERS TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THIS CHANGE IN THE BUILDING AUTHORITY'S PRIORITY SYSTEM FOR PROSECUTION.
"AND AS REGARDS CATEGORY (F) IN PARTICULAR, THE IMPOSITION OF A ALTERNATIVE то CONTINUING FINE WILL BE SOUGHT FROM THE COURTS AS AN ENFORCING DEMOLITION,' MR CHENG SAID.
T
DAY FOR AUTHORITY FOR
A CONTINUING PINE MEANS A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 PER
BUILDING WITH AN ORDER ISSUED BY THE NON-COMPLIANCE DEMOLITION OF UBW, HE EXPLAINED.
MR CHENG SAID FOR REASONS OF EQUITY, THE CHANGE IN THE BUILDING
SYSTEM AUTHORITY'S
FOR PROSECUTION WOULD PRIORITY
APPLIED RETROSPECTIVELY. IT WOULD BE USED AS FROM APRIL 1,
NOT BE 1991.
HE CAUTIONED, HOWEVER, THAT SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF STAFF HAD BEEN THE MADE AVAILABLE TO ASSUME PROSECUTION DUTIES AND ALL OFFENDERS IN CATEGORIES LISTED WOULD BE PROSECUTED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN 10 MORE CONVICTIONS PER YEAR THAN HAD HITHERTO BEEN THE CASE.
TIMES
DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS, 153 SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS MADE AND A TOTAL FINE OF $571,200 WAS IMPOSED.
WERE
ON STRUCTURES SUCH AS CANOPIES AND "METAL CAGES" WHICH OVERHANG AND THE BUSY PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES, MR CHENG SAID THE GENERAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT SHOULD INDEED BE CONCERNED ABOUT DANGER OF COLLAPSE AND RISKS TO INNOCENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC,
IN
OF THE ALL STAFF TO THE ROUTINE CHECKS WHICH ADDITION BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE, AN OPERATION, CODE NAMED "OPERATION APPENDAGES" BEEN LAUNCHED, MR CHENG SAID.
HAD
T
IN THIS OPERATION, 30 BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS HAD BEEN SELECTED TARGETS FOR CLEARANCE OF PROJECTING UBW,
AS
SOME 3,500 ORDERS TO REQUIRE DEMOLITION OF ABOUT 4,500 STRUCTURES WOULD BE ISSUED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
ILLEGAL
MR
ADOPTED
CHENG SAID SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT MEASURES WOULD BE ON A LONG-TERM BASIS TO REDUCE CHANCES OF INJURY TO PRRSONS WALKING ON PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES.
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