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Wednesday, July 5, 1972
SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY BUILDINGS BILL
The Hon. Szeto Wai today gave his support to an amending bill designed
to relieve the "tremendous strain" that had been imposed on the staff of the
Buildings Ordinance Office as a result of the recent natural disasters.
Speaking on the Buildings (Amendment) Bill in today's Legislative
Council meeting, he said the magnitude and extreme urgency of the emergency
work the Office had been called upon to perform was indeed "staggering."
He felt sure that "no member of the public will reasonably expect
them to find it possible at the same time to discharge their normal duties of
examining and approving voluminous building plans and reports," as well as
answering the many calls arising from the normal process of construction.
Referring to the priority placed on the various spheres and stages
of the work of the B.0.0., Mr. Szeto hoped that special emphasis would be laid
on new school buildings as most of these were usually scheduled for completion
and occupation at this particular time of the year.
This, he said, was "to avoid adverse effects on the community through
unnecessary delayed commencement of school term."
Mr. Szeto said that between commencement and completion of any building
work, there were many operations for which the Building Authority's ready approval.
and response were needed to ensure non-interruption of building progress.
He hoped that during the emergency period, the B.0.0. could devise
"'expedient means" to entrust such duties to the architects or engineers responsib1n
for the building works.
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