Legislation aspects of fire safety management in Hong Kong

Facilities

Volumn 22, Issue , 2004, Pages 149-164

  Tsui, S C ^a   Chow, W K ^b  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fire; Health and safety; Hong Kong; Legislation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985903440     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770410540360     Document Type: Article

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