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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1988
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"WITH ASBESTOS CEMENT THE POTENTIAL IS QUITE LOW.
UP
THEREFORE SPREADING
THERE IS SOME RELEASE OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE MATERIAL IS BROKEN - WHICH HAPPENS WHEN IT IS REMOVED FROM BALCONY GRILLES AND SOME MEASURE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT THOSE FIBRES FROM INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
REALLY "IN MOST DEMOLITIONS, THAT MINIMAL FIBRE RELEASE IS NOT
ASBESTOS FIBRES ARE MUST REMEMBER THAT
IN HONG KONG AND CONSTANTLY THE ENVIRONMENT
A PROBLEM AT ALL. AND YOU BEING RELEASED INTO AROUND THE WORLD.
"WE ARE ALWAYS EXPOSED TO SOME ASBESTOS FIBRES AND IT ISN'T THAT THERE ISN'T ANY PRESENT AT ANY TIME.
"
QUESTIONED ON THE DEMOLITION OF BLOCK 17 IN LAM TIN ESTATE. MESSLING SAID THE CONTRACT STARTED AT THE END OF MAY,
TIAS ΤΟ DO
SO
MR
A
"OBVIOUSLY THE CONTRACTOR
PREPARATORY WORK AND, BACAUSE OF ITS JUXTAPOSITION WITH ANOTHER BLOCK, HE HAD TO DO IT IN CERTAIN ORDER,' HE SAID.
MR MESSLING SAID THE CONTRACTOR STARTED WITH ONE HE WAS REQUIRED TO MAKE A BREAK BETWEEN BLOCK 17 AND THE WAS ATTACHED BY WAY OF A STAIRCASE LINK.
STAIRCASE AS BLOCK WHICH
"OUR ENGINEER, FROM THE STRUCTURAL POINT OF VIEW, REQUIRED
DID
GENERAL ANY
TO CUT THAT LINK BEFORE HE OCCUPIED HIM FOR A MONTH OR SO BUT A WEEK AGO THE BUILDING INCLUDED SOME THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD BE ASBESTOS CEMENT.
ASBESTOS
CEMENT
HIM
DEMOLITION
THAT WORK. IT BECAME CLEAR THAT BALCONY PANELS, OR WB
THE ANALYSIS CONFIRMS "SAMPLES WERE SENT FOR ANALYSIS.
THAT
ΤΟ VERY COMPARABLE
THE OTHER CEMENT
TYPES OF THERE IS ASBESTOS
OF CONTENTS ASBESTOS AS MR BATES HAS EARLIER REFERRED TO IN TERMS WHITE ASBESTOS AND OF AN EIGHT TO 10 PER CENT CONTENT,
-
THE
OF BEGINNING
THESE
THIS WEEK WE PANELS BUT ΤΟ ON AGREED PROCEDURES AND
"AS SOON AS WE KNEW THIS AT INSTRUCTED THE CONTRACTOR NOT TO REMOVE ANY OF IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT MEANWHILE NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE DEMOLITION.
OF INFORMATION,
THE NUMBER OF BLOCKS NUMBER OF FLATS, IT WOULD
QUESTIONED ON RESPONSIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY MR MESSLING SAID THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY INVOLVES TENANTS AND EVERYONE CONCERNED BUT, BECAUSE OF THE THE DEPARTMENT IS DEALING WITH, AND THE TAKE TIME TO INSPECT EVERY BLOCK AND EVERY FLAT.
PROGRAMME
PROGRESSES,
"AS
REPAIR
WE
MORE THE
WILL GATHER
BUT THAT INFORMATION, WE WILL HAVE MORE COMPLETE RECORDS AND SO ON.
IN A WON'T STOP US GIVING THE CONTRACTOR ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE
CONCERN IN TIME AND MORE IMPORTANT, AS BOON AS WE HAVE ANY DOUBTS OR REGARD TO THE ACCURACY OF OUR RECORDS, THERE IS NO WISH ON OUR PART TO
MR MESSLING SAID. KEEP INFORMATION AWAY FROM THE CONTRACTOR,
/ASKED HOW .....................
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