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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1994

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MEETING

MR THE

CARE AND ATTENTION POINTING OUT THAT THE CARITAS LI KA SHING HOME HAD A CAPACITY OF 248 RESIDENTIAL PLACES FOR ELDERLY PERSONS, STRACHAN SAID THESE PLACES WERE TARGET PROVISIONS GOVERNOR'S PLEDGE OF

5,000 ADDITIONAL CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES BY 1997.

PROVIDING

THE SECOND

MR LI.

A

THE CARITAS LI KA SHING CARE AND ATTENTION HOME IS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY SUPPORTED BY A GENEROUS DONATION FROM THIRD HOME WILL COME INTO OPERATION IN KOWLOON BARLY NEXT YEAR.

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CODE OF PRACTICE FOR BEDSPACE APARTMENT OPERATORS

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ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) HAS

THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES PUBLISHED A CODE OF PRACTICE FOR OPERATORS OF BEDSPACE APARTMENTS.

(FRIDAY), SETS

THE CODE OF PRACTICE, WHICH WAS GAZETTED TODAY OUT TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ON SANITATION AND FIRE AND BUILDING FOR THE OPERATION OF THESE PREMISES.

SAFETY

A

SPOKESMAN

FOR CNTA

SAID THE

CODE WAS ONLY A GENERAL

GUIDELINE FOR OPERATORS TO FOLLOW.

HE SAID OTHER ALTERNATIVES MAY ALSO BE PROVIDED AN EQUIVALENT LEVEL OF SAFETY.

ACCEPTABLE IF THEY

ISSUED WITH A

"INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS WILL BE INFORMED OF THE TYPE OF UPGRADING WORK WHICH HAS TO BE CARRIED OUT BEFORE THEY CAN BE LICENCE, HE ADDED.

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THE CODE OF PRACTICE COVERS A WIDE VARIETY OF AREAS ESCAPE, KITCHENS, FIRE RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION, MEANS OF VENTILATION, PROVISION OF SANITARY REQUIREMENTS AND PLUMBING.

INCLUDING LIGHTING,

COPIES OF THE CODE ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT CNTA'S OFFICE LICENSING AUTHORITY ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR, HENNESSY CENTRE, EAST 500 HENNESSY ROAD, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG.

OF THE WING,

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON TELEPHONE 881 7498.

IS

THE BEDSPACE APARTMENTS ORDINANCE, ENACTED IN APRIL THIS AIMED AT PROVIDING A LICENSING SCHEME TO REGULATE BUILDING SAFETY OF BEDSPACE APARTMENTS.

YEAR,

THE

FIRE

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