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The following is issued on behalf of Legislative Council Secretariat:
Subject of the indoor air quality of the Legislative Council (LegCo) Complex was raised by some Members at the open session of the meeting of The Legislative Council Commission (Commission) held on Tuesday (January 10). Following the meeting, in response to the LegCo Secretariat's request, the Architectural Services Department (ASD) scheduled another air purging exercise of the whole Complex, which started today (January 14) and scheduled to be completed tomorrow (January 15).
In view of some press reports published today concerning the readings of the air quality inside the LegCo Complex, the LegCo Secretariat urgently asked ASD to conduct an Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) test before the air purging exercise so that the relevant data could be used to compare with those collected from the post-air purging IAQ test in order to confirm whether the air purging exercise is effective.
Secretary General of the LegCo Secretariat, Ms Pauline Ng, said, "We have also asked ASD to continue to conduct the IAQ test at regular intervals to collect data of the air quality inside the Complex to facilitate the Secretariat to monitor the situation and ask the Administration to take further actions if needed."
Meanwhile, in response to some Members' concern about the difficulties of opening of windows in their offices of the LegCo Complex expressed at the open session of the Commission meeting, arrangements have been made with individual Members upon request to facilitate these Members and their staff to open the windows in their offices and also make sure that the opening of windows was done in a safe and proper manner to facilitate the direct flow of outdoor air into these Members' offices.
During the Christmas break, a series of improvement works of the LegCo Complex had been carried out, including the acoustics enhancement works in Members' offices and the enhancement works of the glass panels of the Photo Rooms of the Council Chamber.
Ends/Saturday, January 14, 2012
Issued at HKT 19:47
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