Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 36

Rooms containing soil fitments

(1) Every room containing a soil fitment or waste fitment shall be provided
with a window or lantern light.

(2) Every such window or lantern light shall be such that-

   (a)  the aggregate superficial area of glass therein is not less than the
        equivalent of one-tenth of the area of the floor of the room; and

   (b)  a part thereof, not less in area than the equivalent of one-tenth of
        the area of the floor of the room, can be opened directly into the
        open air.

(3) The top of that part of any such window which, in accordance with
paragraph (2), is designed to open shall be not less than 2 m above the level
of the floor of the room. (L.N. 294 of 1976)

(4) No room containing a soil fitment shall open directly into a room used or
intended to be used for the manufacture, preparation or storage of food for
human consumption or into the auditorium or any space in a place of public
entertainment in which persons await admission to public entertainment. (L.N.
194 of 1996)

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, the expression, "soil fitment"
(便溺污水設備) means a water-closet fitment, a trough water-closet or a
urinal. (G.N.A. 83 of 1959; G.N.A. 97 of 1962)

"soil fitment" (便溺污水設備)