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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988

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OVERALL REVIEW OF BUILDING REGULATIONS URGED

OF THE

A STORADIC COUNCIL TODAY

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CARRY OUT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS RATHER THAN AMEND THEM IN

SAID IN THE HO MANNER, THE HON EDWARD

(WEDNESDAY).

MR HO WAS MOVING

A

RESOLUTION

LEGISLATIVE

ΤΟ

FURTHER AMEND

REGULATION

APPLICABLE TO

3(1) TO MAKE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTIVE BARRIERS

· BALCONIES AND VERANDAHS.

IMPROVED

REGULATIONS THE AMENDING BUILDINGS, UPDATED MEASURES TO SUIT MODERN ALLOWED GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN PLANNING.

OF SAFETY THE

STANDARDs BUILDING TECHNOLOGY, AND

THE KEGULATIONS,

AREAS BOTH

HOWEVER, HE SAID, IN THE COURSE OF EXAMINING THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP CONCERNED HAD IDENTIFIED AMBIGUOUS IN THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS AS WELL AS IN TABLED IN THE COUNCIL FOUR WEEKS AGO.

THE AMENDING REGULATIONS

ΤΟ PRACTICAL RISE GIVE

WARRANTED CLARIFICATION

THESE WERE AREAS THAT MIGHT DIFFICULTIES IN IMPLEMENTATION AND THEREFORE BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

ONE EXAMPLE WAS

THE

DEFINITION

OF "CLEAR

HEIGHT"

IN

THE

AMENDED REGULATION 3(3).

SHOULD

ጥርን

MR HO SAID THE ADMINISTRATION HAD ADVISED THAT THE TERN

STRUCTURAL FINISH FROM MEASURED AS INTERPRETED STRUCTURAL FINISH, INSTEAD OF ITS LITERAL MEANING.

BE

HEIGHT

NEITHER THE

THE AD HOC GROUP FELT THAT THE TERM "CLEAR HEIGHT" HAD

CONSISTENTLY INTERPRETED THROUGHOUT BEEN CONSISTENTLY USED NOR

REGULATION.

BE REPLACED BY A

IT то

THEREFORE IT PROPOSED THAT THE TERM SHOULD TERM THAT MEAN EXACTLY WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD INTERPRET BE.

SIMILARLY, ALTHOUGH

STANDARDISE

MINIMUM

CEILING

REGULATION TO THE HEIGHT MEASURED UNCLEAR.

REGULATION

THE HEIGHTS,

FROM BELOW

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ΤΟ BEEN HAD

OF APPLICATION

THE PERIPHERAL BEAMS WAS

AMENDED

THE AD HOC GROUP HAD

SUGGESTED

UNCERTAINTY IN INTERPRETATION, MR HO SAID.

"HOWEVER, THE ADMINISTRATION

FURTHER

AMENDMENTS

TO

AVOID

THAT MAINTAINS

NO AMENDMENTS

IMPLICATIONS ON

SHOULD BE INTRODUCED UNTIL A DETAILED STUDY OF THEIR OTHER REGULATIONS HAS BEEN MADE,

TH

HE SAID.

"INSTEAD, THE