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HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY SABZAÓ

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Saturday, October 30, 1976

1,000 LIFTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE

AUTHORITY SPENDS $6 MILLION ON MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR

More than 1,000 lifts are in use at least 18 hours every day

ferrying millions of people through the Housing Authority's high rise

domestic blocks scattered all over Hong Kong.

The cost to the Authority of maintaining these lifts is about

$6 million this year and this will rise to $8 million next year as more

now estates are completed.

To ensure that these lifts function smoothly, a team of 11

technicians headed by a Building Services Inspector carries out regular

inspections on the contractors' work.

"We are now

Mr. H.K. Wong, Assistant Building Services Engineer of the

Housing Department, who is in charge of this team, said:

trying out a scratch-proof stainless steel lift in Tez Wan Shan Estate with

the floor indication buttons recessed into the panel.

"We shall be observing this lift to see how sucessful it is and

if it proves satisfactory similar models will be used in the new estates,"

Mr Wong said.

These lifts are supplied and maintained by nine local firms,

representing manufactureres from Europe, United Kingdom and Japan.

Meanwhile, some of the slower lifts in the older estates are to be

speeded up to reduce the waiting time for tenants. The older lifts travel

at 100 feet per minute, but the new lifts have a speed of 300 feet per minute.