"We hope that eventually all drawings and structural calculations prepared by architects or engineers can be submitted in electronic data format to the Buildings Department for checking and record keeping via a computer system.
"The proposed scheme will directly benefit both the building professionals and the Government by saving time, storage space and transportation costs. In a broader perspective, it will contribute towards a green and healthy environment for Hong Kong people," Mr Ng said.
More than 15,000 sets of plans and structural calculations, equivalent to 450 tonnes of papers, are submitted to the Buildings Department every year.
"Saving paper is no longer an extra option in the building industry, but an urgent environmental imperative for everybody," Mr Ng said.
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$360,000 approved for fire victims
The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has so far approved some $360,000 under the Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Scheme for victims and family members affected by the arson case in Prat Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, last Saturday.
The money will be given to nine families in the form of burial grant, death grant and injury grant. Other applications are still being processed.
An SWD spokesman said today (Wednesday) that the department's various service units had already contacted 28 families of those deceased and injured.
"Among them, 18 families have been provided with various welfare services including financial assistance, counselling, clinical psychologist service, child care and housing assistance," the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, the department's caseworkers will continue to contact the victims and their families to offer appropriate assistance.
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