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HKR OILA IN Thoma

V PEGISTOSA

12 DEC 1985

LESK QUIL INDEX

(Miscellaneous !)

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QUESTION NO. 1

Reply by the Hon. D.P.H. Liao, CBE, JP, Secretary for District Administration, to the Hon. Mrs. Pauline NG's Question

in Legislative Council on Wednesday, 4 December 1985

QUESTION : In view of the fact this year there have been

numerous incidents of falling objects resulting in deaths and injuries, will Government review whether the existing measures, especially those on education, to prevent these incidents are adequate?

Sir,

The existing measures to tackle the problem of

falling objects from high-rise buildings are kept under

review from time to time.

2.

They

The first measure is police investigation.

Where incidents of falling objects occur at buildings

under construction, repair or decoration, the

responsibility rests with the contractors concerned.

can be readily identified. But police investigation of

incidents involving objects falling from high-rise

residential buildings is always fraught with difficulties.

To identify the culprits, the police are required to

invite witnesses to come forward with information, to

examine the objects for finger-prints and other clues and

to conduct door to door enquiries. In view of the very

large number of flats and people involved, these investi-

gations are time-consuming and do not always produce

the desired results. Their success depends essentially

on the co-operation of the witnesses.

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