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Wednesday, November 28, 1973
To accelerate the process of good management and to provide
more soope for the self-help instincts of tenants in private multi-storey
buildings, the Home Affairs Department and the New Territories Administration
have fostered the growth of Mutual Aid Committees since June this year,
said Mr. Lightbody. "These are a simple form of organisation of owners
and occupiers and they can be set up with the minimum of formalities.
In the short space of five months, about 1,000 such Comittens have been
set up and 195 are in various stages of formation. #
Mr. Lightbody said there would inevitably be buildings where
the necessary self-help instinct, and desire to improve matters would
be lasking, and it might well be necessary for the government to enact
legislation compelling owners to set up management committees or to
appoint an administrator to look after sub-standard buildings.
"This proposition is being studied with a view to formulating
practical proposals for the compulsory management of multi-storeyed
buildings, where such compulsion proves to be necessary," he said.
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