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The quality of housing construction is maintained through a contractor's performance monitoring system. The detailed requirements are set out in the contract specifications and contract drawings. The contractor is bound by the Conditions of Contract to construct the flats and to deliver the end product to the Housing Department in accordance with the requirements specified.
Apart from providing site staff to inspect regularly the work of each construction project, the Housing Department also requires its own project staff, e.g. architects and engineers, to visit the site periodically to check that the flats are completed to the required standard. Both site and project staff are guided by procedures set out in the Housing Department's Quality Management Manuals. This mechanism enables each item of work to be checked at every stage of a public housing construction project so that in case of defects, corrective action is taken before the flats are occupied. As indicated above, the contractor is still held responsible for rectifying any defects within one year of hand over of the flats.
End/Wednesday, March 22, 1995
Ban on election advertisement
Following is a question by the Hon Henry Tang Ying-yen and a written reply by the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Mr Nicholas Ng, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
As candidates for the Legislative Council election are not allowed to advertise in the electronic media to promote their candidature, will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
(b)
(c)
of the reasons for banning election advertising through the electrontic media by candidates;
whether the relevant provisions in the Bill of Rights Ordinance governing freedom of expression have been taken into account in this connection; and
whether it will consider relaxing the control so that candidates for the new functional constituencies may choose any form of media which they consider to be effective for launching their election campaign?