QUESTION NO. 4
Reply by the Hon. Donald P.H. Liao, CBE, JP, Secretary for District Administration,
to Honourable Yeung Po-Kwan, CPM's Question in Legislative Council on Wednesday, 12 March 1985
Question:
Sir,
In view of the increasing number of multi-storey buildings and the growing complexity of the management problems involved, will Government inform this Council whether there are any long-term plans to assist landlords and tenants to improve the management of these buildings?
The Government is taking action on three inter-related fronts to assist landlords and tenants to improve building management. These involve Deeds. of Mutual Covenant, the Multi-Storey Buildings (Owners Incorporation) Ordinance, and assistance to management organisations.
In November last year, I informed Members of this Council that from early this year, all Deeds of Mutual Covenant relating to new non-industrial leasehold grants would require to contain a number of standard clauses aimed at improving the management of common areas in multi-storey buildings. requirement has now been introduced.
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Work is in hand to amend the Multi-Storey Buildings (Owners Incorporation) Ordinance to make the formation of Owners' Corporations easier and to set out