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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1989

EXPLAINING THE CRITERIA ON LOCATING PETROL

FILLING

STATIONS,

MR BARNES SAID THE SITES WERE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS OR THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD CONSIDERING FACTORS SUCH AS NEED, LAND USE COMPATIBILITY, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FIRE SAFETY ASPECTS.

"SINCE THE CIRCUMSTANCES DIFFER FROM AREA TO

NO HARD AND FAST RULES,

HE SAID.

"EACH SITE IS VERY CAREFULLY

"

AREA, THERE ARE

CONSIDERED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT

THE FACTORS MENTIONED.

SIMILAR CONSIDERATIONS ALSO BUNKERING STATIONS, MR BARNES SAID.

APPLIED TO THE

LOCATION

OF

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PLANNING MARINE

HERE THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS OR THE TOWN BOARD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SUCH FACTORS AS SITE CHARACTERISTICS, TRAFFIC FLOW, IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY, AND FIRE SAFETY, HE SAID.

BUNKERING STATIONS WERE LOCATED ON THE SEAFRONT MAINLY ON KONG ISLAND AND IN THE SAI KUNG AREA.

HONG

AS REGARDS PETROL FILLING LICENSED STATIONS LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOORS OF ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

STATIONS, HE

SAID THERE WERE 16 BUILDINGS AND ONE

OF

THESE,

FIVE WERE

FIVE

IN COMMERCIAL

THREE IN IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND FOUR IN

BUILDINGS,

INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS,

CARPARK BUILDINGS.

"PETROL FILLING STATIONS LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOORS OF BUILDINGS MUST COMPLY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES' GENERAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE THEMSELVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS,' MR BARNES SAID.

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AND

"THESE INCLUDE BURYING STORAGE TANKS UNDERGROUND, SURROUNDING EACH TANK WITH A LAYER OF SAND AND

LAYER OF FINE SITING THE FILLING/DISPENSING POINTS AT A DISTANCE OF METRES FROM THE PERIMETER OF THE STATION AREA."

THE

CONCRL TE, MORE THAN 4.5

ADDITIONAL STIPULATED

THE UPPER FLOORS

DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES ALSO REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE ON OF THE BUILDING.

"THESE INCLUDE THE COMPLETE SEPARATION OF THE PETROL FILLING

BUILDING

AND STATION FROM THE REST OF THE

LATERALLY

VERTICALLY SO THAT THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION ENSURES A FIRE RESISTANCE PERIOD HOURS.

OF FOUR

SUCH AND ON

INSTALLATIONS "ALSO REQUIRED ARE ADDITIONAL FIRE SERVICE AS SPRINKLER AND DRENCHER SYSTEMS IN BOTH THE FILLING STATION THE UPPER FLOORS, AND THE SITING OF ESCAPE EXITS FOR THE UPPER WELL AWAY FROM THE PETROL FILLING STATION," MR BARNES SAID.

FLOORS

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