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Headline: National-BRUNEI- 90pc of buildings probed not meeting fire safety standards

Minister of Home Affairs Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong. PHOTO: INFOFOTO

Inspections by personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) revealed that a number of government and private buildings failed to implement the Fire and Safety Order 2016, Minister of Home Affairs Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong said.

He was responding to Yang Berhormat Siti Rozaimeriyanty binti Dato Seri Laila Jasa Haji Abdul Rahman who asked what steps have been taken against government and private building owners who have failed the fire safety examinations.

“I understand that the government has over 5,000 building assets. Based on statistics from 2017 to 2020, fire safety inspections were conducted on 179 government buildings. Of the 85 government buildings inspected, 90 per cent failed. This included the Legislative Council building,” she said during the sixth day of the 17^th Legislative Council meeting yesterday.

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“Fourteen inspections were conducted on health clinics and centres of which 93 per cent failed while 23 inspections carried on mosques, suraus and religious halls found 96 per cent of them. Meanwhile, 66 per cent of the 55 public schools inspected failed,” he said.

Yang Berhormat Siti Rozaimeriyanty requested the authorities to disseminate more information on inspections and enforcement of the law while stressing the importance of safety not only in the private sector but also among the ministries.

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