Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (PLANNING) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 41

Means of escape

(1) Every building shall be provided with such means of escape in case of
emergency as may be required by the intended use of the building.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), every building which exceeds 6 storeys
in height or in which the level of the floor of the uppermost storey is more
than 17 m above the level of the ground at the point of discharge of the main
staircase shall, in addition to the main staircase, be provided with a second
staircase as means of escape in case of emergency. (L.N. 294 of 1976) (L.N. 33
of 1966)