Hong Kong Regulations

CHILD CARE SERVICES REGULATIONS - REGULATION 20

Minimum height of parapets and window openings

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

The height of all parapets and window openings shall, unless such parapet or
window opening is satisfactorily guarded by bars, be at least 1.1 m measured
from the level of the floor immediately adjoining and, where such bars are
installed in openings giving access to areas to be occupied by any children or
employees, the bars shall be so installed as to be readily removable by the
Fire Services in emergency. (L.N. 61 of 1977)