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ACTION ON UNSAFE AIR-CONDITIONING FIXTURES

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PAST

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE HAD REMOVED, RELOCATED OR MODIFIED 74 AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS OR ASSOCIATED FIXTURES IN THE

THE WORKS,

HON ROBIN TWO YEARS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND SAUNDERS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THESE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE INTO 410 SUCH CASES REPORTED TO IT DURING THE PERIOD, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHUNG PUI-LAM.

APPROVAL WAS

BY THE HE SAID

REQUIRED

FOR

PRIOR MR CHUNG HAD ASKED WHETHER ERECTION OF STRUCTURES ON EXTERNAL WALLS OF BUILDINGS TO SUPPORT WATER TANKS FOR AIR-CONDITIONING PURPOSES.

INJURIES OF SUCH UNDERTOOK

CASES OF MR CHUNG ALSO WANTED TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF

THE LAST REPORTED IN

TWO YEARS CAUSED BY THE FALLING STRUCTURES OR WATER TANKS AND WHETHER DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED REGULAR INSPECTIONS TO ENSURE THESE STRUCTURES DID NOT CONSTITUTE A POTENTIAL DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.

OR

SLABS WAS THE PURPOSES WITHIN THE

BUILDING WORKS, SUCH MR SAUNDERS SAID THAT PROVIDED NO MAJOR

OF

COLUMNS REINFORCED CONCRETE AS THE CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED, THE INSTALLATION OF SUPPORTING STRUCTURES FOR DESCRIBED BY MR CHUNG WERE NOT REGARDED AS BUILDING WORKS MEANING OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.

GENERALLY,

THEREFORE, APPROVAL. STRUCTURES WAS NOT REQUIRED, HE SAID.

FOR THE

OF ERECTION

THESE

BRACKETS

"THIS MEANS THAT ANYONE WISHING ΤΟ INSTALL AIR-CONDITIONING COOLING TANKS, PIPEWORK, DUCTS, FANS AND SO ON, NOT OBTAIN

APPROVAL PRIOR

FOR

AS THESE,

'FIXTURES' RATHER THAN BUILDING WORK, HE SAID.

THEY

FOR NEED ARE REGARDED AS

WERK

AND 31

OF

ΤΟ AVAILABLE THE

WHERE ORDINANCE, PUBLIC, OR PROJECTED

THE

BUILDING SUCH BEYOND

HOWEVER, HE SAID, SANCTIONS AUTHORITY UNDER SECTIONS 26 FIXTURES WERE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS TO THE THE BUILDING LINE.

HE SAID

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE REGULAR INSPECTIONS BUT RELIED INSTEAD ON THE POLICE OR OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

DID OFFICE

NOT UNDERTAKE REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC,

THE

CONDITION, PERSON RESPONSIBLE то

IN "IF A FIXTURE IS FOUND TO BE

A DANGEROUS NOTICE TO THE BUILDING AUTHORITY WILL GIVE RECTIFY THE SITUATION, HE SAID.

"FAILING THIS,

IT

THE AUTHORITY HAS

THE

ENTER THE IT, AND

TO

ΤΟ POWER BUILDING AND EITHER MAKE THE INSTALLATION SAFE OR REMOVE RECOVER THE COSTS FROM THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE.

"THIS MIGHT