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HyD Announces 'Hong Kong Railway Standards', Sets Up RCU to Accelerate New Railway Projects
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The Hong Kong Highways Department (HyD) has promulgated the Hong Kong Railway Standards and announced the official establishment of the Railway Checking Unit (RCU) to expedite implementation of new railway projects. In addition to retaining the prevailing railway standards in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Railway Standards have introduced suitable railway standards of the Nation and various places in the world (including European Norm (EN), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)'s standards, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)'s standards and International Organization for Standardization (ISO)'s standards) with adaptation to local circumstances, as a result of detailed analyses and comparisons on the premise of ensuring railway safety, quality, and performance-based outcomes, said Director of Highways Tony Yau. The HyD also redeployed internal resources to set up the RCU, with professionals including building surveyors, structural engineers and civil engineers as members. The RCU is dedicated to handling the approval for the building plans of new railway projects, and an electronic centralized approval platform is also established to facilitate the convenient submission of documents and approvals of building plans, thereby enhancing administrative efficiency. The RCU will be responsible for the approvals relating to various new railway projects, including the Northern Link, the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Rail Link (Hung Shui Kiu-Qianhai) and new Smart and Green Mass Transit System projects. The performance target of the RCU is to substantially reduce the processing time frame for first plan submissions from 60 days to 30 days, and that for amendment plan submissions from 30 days to 21 days, with key performance indicators for completing no less than 90% of the approval decisions of the plan submissions within the aforementioned time frame. AAStocks Financial News |
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