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WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1993
PRESENT SUBJECT ΤΟ (CONTROL OF
THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREAS ARE AT AIRPORT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS UNDER THE HONG KONG AIRPORT OBSTRUCTIONS) ORDINANCE.
DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY IN THE AREA IS ALSO RESTRICTIONS UNDER THE TEMPORARY CONTROL OF DENSITY DEVELOPMENT (KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON) ORDINANCE.
SUBJECT ΤΟ OF BUILDING
WATER SEEPAGE IN PRIVATE DOMESTIC PREMISES
COLOUR DYE TESTING IS CONSIDERED THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND EFFECTIVE MEANS то TRACE THE SOURCE OF WATER SEEPAGE IN PRIVATE DOMESTIC PREMISES WHERE LEAKAGE SOURCE IS UNKNOWN.
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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON VINCENT CHENG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR EASON SAID THE INVESTIGATION OF SUCH SEEPAGE COMPLAINTS UNDERTAKEN PRIMARILY BY THE TWO MUNICIPAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
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MORE SERIOUS CASES WHICH CONSTITUTE A POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD RISK TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING ARE REFERRED TO THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AND THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT FOR ACTION.
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MR EASON SAID WATER SEEPAGE TENDED TO BE A COMPLEX PROBLEM AND TIME TAKEN TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE VARIED DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CASE AND THE CO-OPERATION OF THE OCCUPANTS CONCERNED.
"HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WILL CONTINUE TO KERP IN TOUCH WITH TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA, FOR INSTANCE, ON THE AVAILABILITY OF EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF DETECTING EMBEDDED LEAKING
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PIPES WITHIN BUILDINGS,' HE SAID.
MR EASON SAID THE REFERRAL SYSTEM AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS HAD BEEN IMPROVED RECENTLY AND THIS SHOULD HELP SPEED UP THE TIME TAKEN TO INVESTIGATE CASES.
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