Chinese University of Hong Kong to remove green roofs, Buildings Department issues new guidelines to schools for immediate safety checks
The move, from Chinese University, came as the Buildings Department issued a green roof safety guideline for primary and secondary schools
Chinese University announced plans to remove vegetation grown on six huts next to its sport field yesterday, as the Buildings Department issued a green roof safety guideline for primary and secondary schools.
The university said in a statement yesterday that it was removing rooftop vegetation that was part of an “experiment” and was now considered useless.
The statement came four days after a green roof at CityU collapsed, triggering city-wide concerns over the lack of supervision for green roofs.
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said yesterday that an interdepartmental meeting to review green building policies has been held - his first comments on the incident since it happened.
“It is true that we have a green building policy,” Leung said. “But it is most important for the building to meet the government’s safety requirements in its design, construction, use, maintenance and repairing.”