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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987

THE SAME PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS APPLIED TO HOUSING AUTHORITY LIFTS, ALTHOUGH PREVIOUSLY THEY WERE EXEMPT FROM THE ORDINANCE.

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"WITH THIS SAID, I APPRECIATE THAT MR HU'S IS A WIDER AND GENERAL CONCERN AND I AM PREPARED TO UNDERTAKE A REVIEW OF THIS AND OTHER BUILDING SAFETY LEGISLATION ΤΟ SEE WHETHER SUCH LEGISLATION SHOULD APPLY TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR," HE SAID.

"ON WHETHER OR NOT THE PROPOSED QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR LIFT AND ESCALATOR ENGINEERS SHOULD EXISTING PERSONS ON THE REGISTER, I CAN CONFIRM THAT HAPPEN.

AND EXPERIENCE BE APPLIED TO THIS WILL NOT

"THE REQUIREMENTS WILL ONLY BE APPLIED TO NEW APPLICANTS.

"EVEN IF THIS WERE NOT THE CASE I WOULD NOT SEE THIS AS A MAJOR PROBLEM, SINCE AS I MENTIONED WHEN INTRODUCING THE BILL TO THIS COUNCIL THE REQUIREMENTS PROPOSED FOR INCORPORATION IN THE ORDINANCE ARE ONLY THOSE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES HAS BEEN APPLYING IN PAST YEARS IN THE EXERCISE OF DISCRETION.

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"I AGREE WITH MR HU'S FINAL POINT ON THE NEED TO PUBLICISE NEW RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNERS OF NON-INDUSTRIAL SERVICE LIFTS WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS TO BE DONE, MR SAID.

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AMENDMENTS TO LIFTS LAW TIMELY

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THE HON F. K. HỤ SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LIFTS AND ESCALATORS (SAFETY) ORDINANCE WERE TIMELY IN ENSURING HIGHER STANDARD AND BETTER PROTECTION OF SAFETY FOR THE PUBLIC.

SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DURING THE SECOND READING OF THE LIFTS AND ESCALATORS (SAFETY) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987, MR HU SAID THE ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED IN 1960 AND REQUIRED ΤΟ BE UPDATED AND

IMPROVED.

HOWEVER, HE NOTED THAT THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE WOULD NOT APPLY TO LIFTS AND ESCALATORS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, AND QUERIED WHETHER THE ORDINANCE AND INDEED OTHER BUILDINGS ORDINANCE RELATED LEGISLATION SHOULD APPLY ONLY TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

HE THEREFORE SUGGESTED THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE AN UNDERTAKING TO REVIEW THIS COMPLICATED ISSUE AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.

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