XN000022-1982-06-07 — Page 5

MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1982

NEED TO DISPLAY CORRECT BUILDING NUMBERS STRESSED

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FAILURE TO DISPLAY CORRECT BUILDING NUMBERS WILL NOT ONLY CAUSE INCONVENIENCE AND CONFUSION IN DAILY LIFE BUT MAY LEAD TO MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

THE USE OF INCORRECT NUMBERS AND THE REMOVAL OR DEFACING OF CORRECT ONES MAY AFFECT THE EFFICIENCY OF MAIL DELIVERIES AND THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES SUCH AS GAS OR ELECTRICITY. WORSE STILL, IT COULD CAUSE UNNECESSARY DELAYS IN THE ARRIVAL OF FIRE-ENGINES OR AMBULANCES, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT CORRECT BUILDING NUMBERS ARE THOSE THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO BUILDINGS EITHER BY THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION OR BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING.

THE SIZE AND STYLE OF THE NUMBERS DEPEND ON THE NATURE OF THE BUILDING, BUT THEY SHOULD BE AT LEAST 50 MM HIGH AND THE COLOUR MUST STAND OUT FROM THE BACKGROUND.

BUILDING NUMBERS SHOULD BE DISPLAYED IN PROMINENT PLACES EITHER ON THE SIDE OF OR ABOVE THE ENTRANCE, PREFERABLY WITH THE NAME OF THE STREET IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINĖSE.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, FAILURE TO DISPLAY A BUILDING NUMBER IS AN OFFENCE PUNISHABLE BY FINES OR IMPRISONMENT.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPER NUMBERS ARE DISPLAYED, HE SAID,

HE WARNED THAT SPOT-CHECKS WILL BE MADE LATER THIS YEAR TO SEE WHETHER PROPER BUILDING NUMBERS ARE PUT UP. BUILDING OR FLAT OWNERS WHO HAVE NOT DONE SO MAY BE PROSECUTED.

A LEAFLET EXPLAINING THE IMPORTANCE OF DISPLAYING PROPER BUILDING NUMBERS WILL SOON BE ISSUED TO ALL RATEPAYERS OF GROUND FLOOR SHOPS. FURTHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED BY TELEPHONING 5-7957666 FOR PROPERTIES IN URBAN AREAS, OR CONTACTING THE RELEVANT DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE FOR BUILDINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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