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He also hoped that the government would soon announce, as part
of its housing programme, how it was to re-accommodate the 17,000 small
factories or workshops in domestic premises in urban areas.
On the work of the Buildings Ordinance Office, Mr. Cheong-Leen
social it was known that due to staff shortages and pressure of work,
only those unauthorised alterations or additions to buildings which
were a danger to life or a fire, risk were being dealt with.
"This means that there is a large backlog of complaints of
unauthorised works which contravene building regulations and some of
which are a serious nuisance to other tenants but which do not represent
a life or fire risk," he said.
He stressed that a start should be made now in dealing at least
with the more serious of these complaints and requested the Secretary for
the Environment to give an assurance that the problem would be tackled
with some urgency.
Turning to the need for a sense of community belonging and
responsibility, which had been fostered by the Clean Hong Kong and Fight
Violent Crime Campaigns, Mr. Cheong-bea2 said he would like the Department
of Home Affairs to study the possibility of setting up meetings of district
leaders on a more formal basis by way of District Consulative Committees.
He proposed that these meeting should be held regularly and should
be given greater publicity and recognition within the district.
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