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[接上页] provision of means of escape, etc. (1) The requirements set out in- (a) the Code of Practice for the Provision of Means of Escape in Case of Fire; and (b) the Code of Practice for Means of Access for Firefighting and Rescue,as published from time to time by the Director of Buildings shall be complied with. (2) For the purposes of determining whether adequate means of escape are provided in accordance with the Code of Practice referred to in subsection (1)(a), the population of a karaoke establishment is to be calculated as follows- (a) customers-1 m2/customer, calculated on the total floor area of the lounge, dining area and rooms intended to be used by customers, except toilets; -0.75 m2/customer, calculated on the total floor area of the dancing area and reception area;(b) staff -one staff member for every 20 customers or 4.5 m2/staff member, calculated on the total floor area of the kitchen and food preparation area, whichever is the greater. 3. Exit routes (1) The width of exit routes including internal corridors within a karaoke establishment shall be at least 1.2 m. (2) Every room intended to be used by customers, except toilets, in a karaoke establishment shall have at least 2 routes leading in different directions to a staircase or a point of discharge to a street except where the route leading to a staircase or a point of discharge to a street is possible only in one direction and this is unavoidable due to building design. In such a case, additional safety measures to the satisfaction of the licensing authority shall be provided. 4. Vision panels Every room intended to be used by customers, except toilets, in a karaoke establishment shall have a vision panel that provides a clear view of things on the other side of the panel both from inside and outside the room. The vision panel shall be of a size not less than 0.04 m2 installed either on the wall facing the internal corridors or on the access door of the room. 5. Compliance with code of practice concerning fire resisting construction The requirements set out in the Code of Practice for Fire Resisting Construction as published from time to time by the Director of Buildings shall be complied with. 6. Internal corridors (1) Every internal corridor within a karaoke establishment shall be separated from other areas by a wall having a fire resistance period of not less than one hour ("fire resisting wall") and the doors in the corridor shall be self-closing and have a fire resistance period of not less than 1/2 hour. (2) Every opening for the passage of air-conditioning ducts, ventilation ducts, electrical trunking, conduits, pipes and wires through a fire resisting wall and every hole in the wall left after construction shall be protected with fire dampers or other form of fire stop that is considered suitable by the licensing authority to maintain the required fire resistance period of the wall. If any such ducts, trunking, conduits, pipes, wires or insulation passing through the wall consist of combustible material, the material shall be contained within an enclosure having a fire resistance period of not less than one hour. Every access opening provided to the enclosure shall be provided with a door having a fire resistance period of not less than 1/2 hour. 7. Fire resistance period of vision panels A vision panel required to be installed under section 4 shall have a fire resistance period of not less than that required for the wall or door on which it is installed. |