Fire safety authorities plan tougher regulations on storage units following Ngau Tau Kok fire
Fire department reveals plans to bring in stricter measures after last year’s killer blaze in Ngau Tau Kok, as well as a specialist mountain rescue team
Revealing the plan yesterday, the Fire Services Department chief Daryl Li Kin-yat said he hoped the bill would be tabled in the Legislative Council by April and implemented by the end of the year.
“We are now relying on the existing ordinance to ensure the safety of the mini-storage facilities ... we can ask the operators to implement some management measures,” Li said.
“There should be some form of control regarding what items can be stored in the storage units. The licensing regime is only a way forward.”
Li stressed it was a preliminary consideration and a working group headed by the Security Bureau was studying ways to improve safety and operations of the industry.
The storage industry welcomed the proposed measures and said it could restore customers’ confidence.