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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1976
ON VICE ESTABLISHMENTS IN BUILDINGS, MR. BRAY SAID IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO DEVISE PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEALING WITH INDIVIDUAL CASES.
+1 WOULD SUGGEST THAT ANY MAC CHAIRMAN FINDING THIS PROBLEM SHOULD DISCUSS IT WITH HIS CDO, HE SAID, +ANY OBVIOUSLY CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE POLICE.+
TURNING TO ROOF-TOP SQUATTERS, MR. BRAY SAID ONE METHOD TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WAS TO REGARD THEM MORE AS FELLOW RESIDENTS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO JOIN THE MAC.
BUT IF THESE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES WERE CENTRES OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, LEGAL STEPS MUST BE TAKEN BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO REMOVE THEM, HE ADDED.
ON THE PROBLEM OF COLLECTING MAC SUBSCRIPTIONS, HE SAID CDO'S HAD OFTEN BEEN ABLE TO HELP TO PERSUADE RESIDENTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT MAC'S, +BUT IF MORAL PRESSURE ALONE IS INSUFFICIENT THEN RECOURSE MUST BE HAD TO THE LAW+.
THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATION) ORDINANCE, HE SAID, PROVIDED THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE MACHINERY FOR CREATING LEGAL OBLIGATIONS.
+ONCE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS ARE CREATED THEY CAN BE ENFORCED THROUGH THE COURTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THROUGH THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL,+ HE ADDED.
REFERRING TO TRAINING COURSES FOR MAC OFFICE BEARERS, MR. BRAY SAID ANOTHER LOOK WOULD BE TAKEN AT THE COURSES OFFERED.
+FOR THOSE WHO JUST WANT TO READ A MANUAL ONE IS BEING PREPARED, + HE SAID.
MR. BRAY STRESSED THAT APATHY WAS A THREAT TO A SUCCESSFUL MAC AND THAT ONCE THE INITIAL IMPACT ON THE CLEANLINESS AND SECURITY OF A BUILDING HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, AN MAC MIGHT BECOME LESS ENERGETIC.
+CLEANLINESS AND SECURITY DO HOWEVER REQUIRE CONTINUING EFFORT EVEN IF NOT ON THE SCALE NECESSARY AT FIRST AND THEN ONE CAN GO FURTHER, HE SAID. +ONE MAC I KNOW HAS EXTENDED ITS ACTIVITIES TO DISCOURAGING BREACHES OF LEASE CONDITIONS AND OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE AND DOES IT PRETTY EFFECTIVELY.+
+BUT WHEN MAC'S DO DEVELOP AN INTEREST IN WIDER AFFAIRS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THESE DOES EXIST IN THE AREA COMMITTEES,+ HE ADDED.
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