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Works Bureau Technical Circular (WBTC) 19/2001 [6] establishes the
revised policy requiring the use of metallic site hoardings and
signboards, in order to reduce the amount of timber used on construction
sites. This Circular supersedes WBTC 19/99 and shall be read in
conjunction with WBTC 32/92 [7], the purpose of which is to reduce the
amount of hardwood timber used on construction sites.
Certified Wood are wood-based materials originally sourced from
forestlands participating in an acceptable system or program which
certifies sustainable forest management. Acceptable systems or
programs must include adherence to management practices which
conserve biological diversity and maintain productive capacity of forest
ecosystems, and be independently audited and monitored.
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Works Bureau. Technical Circular No. 19/2001. Metallic Site Hoardings and Signboards.
http://www.devb.gov.hk/filemanager/technicalcirculars/en/upload/153/1/wb1901.pdf7
Works Bureau. Technical Circular No. 32/92. The Use of Tropical Hardwood on Construction Sites.
http://www.devb.gov.hk/filemanager/en/content_673/WB3292.pdf