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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1989

"ON THE RARE OCCASIONS WHEN A FIRE ALWAYS BEEN OF A MINOR NATURE, HE SAID.

MR CHEUNG HAD ASKED WHAT MEASURES

HAS BROKEN OUT, IT HAS

HAD BEEN TAKEN BY THE 24-CLASSROOM SCHOOL FOR

GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT THE USE OF A STANDARD ACCOMODATING 30 OR MORE CLASSES OF STUDENTS FROM POSING FIRE AND HEALTH HAZARDS.

MR BRIDGE POINTED OUT THAT THE DESIGN OF A STANDARD SECONDARY SCHOOL OF 24 CLASSROOMS AND 12 SPECIAL ROOMS PERMITTED 30 CLASSES TO BE ACCOMODATED AND THAT THIS HAD BEEN NORMAL PRACTICE SINCE 1974.

HE SAID THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES WAS SATISFIED WITH THE FIRE SAFETY OF THE STANDARD SCHOOL BUILDING.

"HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH SCHOOLS HAVE A GOOD FIRE SAFETY RECORD, MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST, HE ADDED.

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HE NOTED THAT ALL SCHOOLS WERE REQUIRED UNDER THE EDUCATION REGULATIONS TO MAINTAIN FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER, AND TO CONDUCT FIRE DRILLS ONCE A MONTH.

AS FOR THE HEALTH OF PUPILS AND STAFF, MR BRIDGE SAID THE EDUCATION REGULATIONS SET DOWN THE SPACE REQUIRED FOR EACH PUPIL IN A CLASSROOM, SO THAT CLASSES WOULD NOT BE OVERCROWDED.

"THE ACCOMMODATION OF FLOATING CLASSES IN SOME SPECIAL ROOMS DOES NOT IN ITSELF LEAD TO OVERCROWDING,

OF A SCHOOL'S [T HE SAID.

"THE STANDARD SCHOOL DESIGN PROVIDES SUFFICIENT TOILET FACILITIES FOR PUPILS AND STAFF, INCLUDING THOSE IN FLOATING CLASSES.

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ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND VENTILATION WAS ALSO ENSURED IN ALL CLASSROOMS AND SPECIAL ROOMS, HE ADDED.

AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS UNDER URGENT CONSIDERATION: FS

FOR

HOW IMPLEMENTATION OF THE $2.4 BILLION IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE KAI TAK AIRPORT COULD BE EFFECTED AND WHETHER IT COULD BE ACCELERATED WERE UNDER URGENT CONSIDERATION, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR JACOBS

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON MARTIN BARROW, NOTED THAT CONSULTANTS WERE COMMISSIONED IN OCTOBER 1987 ΤΟ ASSESS THE ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF KAI TAK AIRPORT.

THE STUDY