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Mr. CHEN : Sir, I am very pleased to hear that a lot has been

achieved since 1984 but will the Secretary for Lands and Works

quantify his statement by advising this Council how many of the

25,000 known cases have been investigated since 1984?

dealt

Secretary for Lands and Works : Sir, I have some figures on

that but I can only say that I recall that in the last year the

Buildings Ordinance Office

satisfactorily with some

15,000 cases and that I shall supply figures to back that and

for previous years.

Sir, could the Secretary inform this Council what

Mr. CHUNG: Sir, could

is the definition of new buildings?

Secretary for Lands and Works

The policy which I outlined

has been adopted since 1975 so new buildings cover post-1975

buildings.

Mr. YEUNG : Sir, how many patrols are actually carried out in

all new buildings and is there adequate provision of manpower

for the relevant authority to execute the necessary enforcement

action?

Secretary for Lands and Works : I understand that the aim is

to achieve an annual inspection of new buildings. The staff is

having to be built up at present and it is not

adequate at its present level.

considered