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CCESS FOR
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ERSONS WITH
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ISABILITY
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ISABILITY
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XCLUSIONS
None.
O
BJECTIVE
Ensure full access to pertinent building facilities for persons with
disability.
C
REDITS ATTAINABLE
1
P
REREQUISITES
Full compliance with Building (Planning) Regulation (CAP 123F)
Regulation 72 ‘Buildings to be planned for use by persons with a
disability’ and Schedule 3 ‘Persons With A Disability’, and the obligatory
design requirements set out in the Code of Practice for Barrier Free
Access [1].
C
REDIT REQUIREMENT
1 credit for providing at least 3 enhanced provisions
A
SSESSMENT
The Client shall provide evidence of the investigation in the form of a
report prepared by a suitably qualified person demonstrating provision of
at least 3 enhanced provisions as stipulated in the “Recommended
Design Requirements” of BFA 2008 [
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]
B
ACKGROUND
In order to enhance social integration disabled persons should have the
same rights as any other individuals. Under the Disability Discrimination
Ordinance, discrimination against persons with a disability by failing to
provide means of access to any premises that the public is entitled to
enter or use, or by refusing to provide appropriate facilities is prohibited,
unless the premises are intended to be inaccessible to persons with a
disability. The legal requirements for the provision of facilities for the
disabled are prescribed in the Building (Planning) Regulations (CAP
123F) Regulation 72 ‘Buildings to be planned for use by persons with a
disability’ and Schedule 3 ‘Persons With A Disability’.
Full access for disabled persons means more than just being able to
enter and leave a building, or use the toilets. It enables persons with a
disability to make full use of the basic facilities in a building without
assistance and undue difficulties. The Code of Practice for Barrier Free
Access [1] sets out design requirements to cater for the special needs of
persons with locomotory disabilities, visual impairment and hearing
impairment.
Facilities that cater for the special needs of the physically impaired
should be provided, which include but are not limited to shaded areas for
walking and sitting; access to public toilets; adequate lighting;
emergency phones; visual-free walking areas; ramps with handrails; and
car or bus dropping-off points near to venues.
1
Code of Practice for Barrier Free Access
. http://www.info.gov.hk/bd/english/documents/code/e_bfa.htm2
International Standard Organization. ISO2631-2. Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration – Part 2:
Continuous and shock-induced vibration in buildings (1 to 80Hz)