Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4

Appropriate limitations not to be exceeded

The structure of every building, street, building works and street works shall
be capable of safely sustaining and transmitting to the ground the combined
dead loads, imposed loads and wind loads, determined in accordance with the
provisions of Part III, in such a manner as not to-

   (a)  cause any deflection, deformation or other movement, which would
        impair the stability of, or cause damage to, the whole or any part of
        that building, street, building works or street works or any other
        building, structure, land, street or services; or

   (b)  exceed the appropriate limitations of design stresses of the whole or
        any part of that or any other building, street, building works or
        street works. (Enacted 1990)