XN000022-1977-04-26 — Page 4

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1977

+ THE INTEGRITY OF THESE TWO PARTIES AND THEIR CERTIFICATES IS THEREFORE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE AND THE LAW PROVIDES PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO MAKE FALSE STATEMENTS AND ALLOW DEFECTIVE BUILDINGS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

+AS THERE ARE CURRENTLY NEARLY 1,000 BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN HONG KONG IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, IT WILL BE APPARENT THAT IT WOULD NEED AN ARMY OF INSPECTORS IF THE GOVERNMENT WERE TO USURP THE ROLE OF THE AUTHORISED PERSON AND THE CONTRACTOR AND SUPERVISE CONSTRUCTION IN DETAIL, HE SAID.

THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THE P.W.D.'S BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE, HE SAID, WAS TO CONTROL CONSTRUCTION OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS AND TO ENSURE THAT EACH ONE COMPLIED WITH THE BUILDING LAWS WHICH SPECIFIED MINIMUM STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

THIS WAS ACHIEVED IN TWO STEPS FIRSTLY BY B.0.0. CHECKING BUILDING PLANS TO SEE THAT THE PROPOSALS GENERALLY COMPLIED WITH REGULATIONS, AND SECONDLY BY REQUIRING THE AUTHORISED PERSON AND, IN MOST CASES, REGISTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, TO SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING.

+THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ACTS AS A WATCHDOG DURING THIS SECOND STEP AND, WITH ITS LIMITED MANPOWER RESOURCES, CARRIES OUT SPOT CHECKS ON EVERY BUILDING DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION, MR. KENNARD SAID.

GOVERNOR TO HELP CLEAN UP N.T. BEACH

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL JOIN A PARTY OF JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS TO CLEAN UP AN UNGAZETTED BEACH IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ON SUNDAY (MAY 1).

THIS CLEANING UP OPERATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT LAI CHI WO IN DOUBLE HAVEN, TAI PO, IT WILL START AT 10.30 A.M. AND FINISH AT 12.45 P.M.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE EVENT. TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED, PRESS REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE EVENT SHOULD MEET G.I.S. OFFICERS IN FRONT OF THE VICTORIA DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL, NOT LATER THAN 6.15 A.M. ON SUNDAY, THOSE WHO INTEND TO USE THEIR OWN TRANSPORT ARE ASKED TO ASSEMBLE AT TAI PO KAU PIER NOT LATER THAN 7.15 A.M.

5 P.M.

THE PRESS PARTY IS EXPECTED TO BE BACK IN KOWLOON AT ABOUT

IN ORDER THAT PROPER TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS MAY BE MADE, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM G..S. DUTY OFFICER (TEL: 5-233191 EXTENSION 250) BY 5 P.M. ON THURSDAY (APRIL 28) THE NAMES OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES NOMINATED TO COVER THE EVENT.

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