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Hong Kong about 60 public housing estates, a total of about 23800 households of public housing tenants is used to install a separate hot and cold water faucet, easy to accidentally use cause burns. FTU Legislative Council Hing suggested that the housing department should be appropriated funds, the housing building independent hot water faucet fully replaced the push rod type cold and hot water tap, to ensure the safety of residents. He also suggested that housing department set aside a sum of money, and the establishment of maintenance fund, free to help households need to repair units have been aging and a remnant of the old faucet. Hing earlier contact with the Eastern District Council members Zhao Ziqiang, Xu Linqing and Kwai Tsing District Council members Liang Ziying, Hing Tung Estate, yiu tung estate and Yincun for public rental housing tenants to of "safety in the home" questionnaire, 173 were recovered. It was found that nine percent of households in the home install hot water faucet, 70% are respectively provided with cold, hot water faucet. Nearly three adults was scalded by hot water. (16.7%) of the respondents, the elderly (53.3%) and children (23.33%), respectively. The survey also showed that 90% residents in favor of the Hong Kong public housing replacement mixed faucet". Living Xingdong? Ms. Zhang said, home of old water taps began to aging, if households own replacement a faucet to spend HK $500, to inform the real department maintenance workers but also the schedule, in favor of change push rod type cold and hot water tap, to protect the security. |