WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1994
DEDICATED TEAM SET UP TO PROCESS AIRPORT PLANS
IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE PROCESSING OF PLANS FOR THE NEW AIRPORT GIVEN AND ASSOCIATED PROJECTS, THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT (BD) HAS BEEN ADDITIONAL MANPOWER TO SET UP A DEDICATED TASK FORCE COMPRISING A SURVEYING TEAM AND AN ENGINEERING TEAM LED BY A CHIEF STRUCTURAL ENGINEER TOGETHER WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
AS SUCH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDING PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY (PAA) TO GO THROUGH THE USUAL CHECKING PROCEDURES AS REQUIRED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE IS UNLIKELY TO CAUSE ANY DELAY OR INCREASE IN COST.
IN
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES
REPLY A WRITTEN
ΤΟ A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
BLAKE,
IN
THE
CLOSELY THE ON IMPACT
TO WERE COMMITTED
NEW THAT THE AND TO
THE
BLAKE SAID THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PAA WOULD WORK ΤΟ TOGETHER
ENSURE THAT THIS REQUIREMENT HAD NO PROGRAMME OR COST FOR THE NEW AIRPORT AS BOTH MEETING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OBLIGATION
BE COMPLETED IN A COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER AIRPORT SHOULD MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE BY JUNE 1997.
THE
APPROVAL,
"DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON BETWEEN THE PAA AND THE BD ON
AND SUBMISSION STREAMLINING OF THE PROCEDURES FOR INCLUDING APPROPRIATE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE, WITH A VIEW TO IMPLEMENTING THE AIRPORT PROJECTS TO SCHEDULE,' MR BLAKE SAID.
IN
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BUILDINGS
ACCORDING
BD
THE
HAD THE TASK FORCE, MR BLAKE SAID ΤΟ ADDITION
то ESTABLISHED A CENTRALISED PROCESSING CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE
AIRPORT AND MONITOR THE EXPEDITIOUS PROCESSING OF THE PLANS FOR THE RELATED DEVELOPMENTS TO FACILITATE THEIR EARLY IMPLEMENTATION.
FROM
THE
"THE
COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE SERVICES, LANDS, PLANNING, HIGHWAYS, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO WILL BE INVITED TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE AS WHEN REQUIRED," HE SAID.
FIRE
AS
AND
HE NOTED THAT REGULAR CONSULTATIONS WITH THE BD HAD ALSO BEEN PROCESS FOR THE OUT
DESIGN THE COURSE OF THE THROUGHOUT
CARRIED PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDING AND CONCOURSE.
STAGE OR
FOR THOSE PROJECTS WHICH ARE STILL IN MID-DESIGN ONLY JUST AWARDED, CONSULTATION WITH THE BD WILL BE CARRIED OUT BEFORE DETAILED PROPOSALS ARE FINALISED, HE SAID.
"IN
THAT
WHICH PROJECTS
IT ORDINANCE,
GOVERNMENT RELEVANT
PRACTICE
ARE
IS
EVEN FOR OTHER FACT,
GOVERNMENT EXEMPTED FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUILDINGS COMMON
THE DESIGN WILL BE
TO SUBMITTED DEPARTMENTS FOR INDEPENDENT CHECKING/COMMENTS, AS A PRUDENT TO ENSURE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, MR BLAKE SAID.
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THERE IS NO OVERLAPPING OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PAA STAFF, OVERSEEING OF THE WHO ARE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN AND
INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION WORK, AND BD STAFF, WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, HE ADDED.
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