WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1992
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SOCIAL
"THIS DEMONSTRATES THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT ΤΟ PROVIDING HONG KONG WITH THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION WE NEED TO SUSTAIN OUR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTO THE NEXT CENTURY, HE SAID.
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"THE REMAINING BCR5 PROPOSALS, TOGETHER WITH ONE FURTHER RECOMMENDATION ARISING FROM THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION, WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
"I HOPE THAT DECISIONS WILL BE REACHED BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR," MR CHAN SAID.
BUILDINGS SUBJECT TO DETAILED INSPECTION
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THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID ABOUT 5,000 PRIVATE BUILDINGS HAD BEEN SUBJECT TO FULL AND DETAILED INSPECTION BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE (BOO).
IN
SAID
THE REPAIRS
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON YEUNG-SUM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
WERE UNDERTAKEN WHERE NECESSARY.
HE
CLASSIFIED
MR EASON SAID THESE BUILDINGS WERE AMONG THE 16,700 AS CATEGORY II BUILDINGS IN A BOO SURVEY IN 1989 AND 1990 WHICH COVERED 55,000 PRIVATE BUILDINGS SURVEYED EXTERNALLY CLASSIFICATION INTO THREE CATEGORIES.
CATEGORY I BUILDINGS WERE THOSE FOUND TO BE IN REQUIRING EARLY ACTION. THERE WERE 210 OF THEM AND ALL BEEN DEMOLISHED OR REPAIRED.
FOR
A CONDITION
HAVE EITHER
CATEGORY II WERE THOSE REQUIRING DETAILED INSPECTION.
THE REMAINING 38,590 BUILDINGS WERE PUT IN CATEGORY III.
"THIS MEANT THEY WERE UNLIKELY TO REQUIRE MAJOR REPAIR WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, HE SAID.
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MR BASON STRESSED THAT THE CATEGORISATION WAS INTENDED PURELY TO INDICATE PRIORITIES FOR FURTHER WORK BY THE BOO.
HE
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INCLUSION SAID:
OF A BUILDING IN CATEGORY TT NECESSARILY MEAN THERE IS ANYTILING WRONG WITH IT.
DOER
NOT
"INCLUSION IN CATEGORY III DOES NOT MEAN A BUILDING REQUIRE REGULAR INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
DOES NOT
"WHEN THE TURN OF A CATEGORY II BUILDING COMES FOR INSPECTION, EITHER BY BOO STAFF OR AN AUTHORISED PERSON, THE OWNERS WILL OF COURSE BE NOTIFIED.
/MR EASON