MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1986
+WE HOPE MOREOVER TO INCREASE OUR RATE OF REPLACEMENT OF URBAN BUILDINGS THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THROUGH WHICH WE PLAN TO REPLACE MUCH LARGER AREAS OF THE OLDER URBAN AREAS WITH MORE COMPREHENSIVELY PLANNED AND BETTER CONSTRUCTED RENEWAL SCHEMES, HE SAID.
MAJOR ENGINEERING WORKS WOULD BE NEEDED ON SEWERAGE AND TRANSPORT.
+BUT THERE IS ANOTHER KIND OF CONSTRUCTION WHICH SEE AS BECOMING MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.
+WE ALREADY HAVE A QUITE MASSIVE BILDING STOCK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
+SOME OF IT WAS WELL LOOKED AFTER SOME WOULD BE REPLACED BY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT SCHEMES BUT A VERY LARGE PROPORTION WAS BUILT TO ITS MAXIMUM POTENTIAL, AND WAS UNLIKELY TO BE REPLACED FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS WAS NOT BEING MAINTAINED PROPERLY.
+ANY BUILDING HAS A FINITE LIFE, BUT IF IT IS NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED, AS DAMP AND OTHER CORROSIVE FORCES PENETRATE ITS STRUCTURE, THUS LIFE WILL BE REDUCED, MR BARNES SAID.
THE MOMENT WHEN A BUILDING ACTUALLY BECAME UNSAFE COULD NOT BE EASILY DETECTED, BUT IT SURELY ARRIVED AND FROM THEN ON IT WAS MERELY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE STRUCTURE WOULD REACH A POINT OF NO RETURN.
+THIS MATTER GAINS IN URGENCY DAY BY DAY AND SOMEHOW THE PRESENT SITUATION HAS TO BE REVERSED,+ MR BARNES SAID.
+OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE LOOKED TO MEASURES TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE THE ANSWER, AND AT LEAST IN RESPECT OF NEWER BUILDINGS OR ESTATES STILL MANAGED BY THE DEVELOPERS THERE ARE SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.
+BUT IF PROPER MAINTENANCE IS THE CRITERION BY WHICH WE SHOULD JUDGE RESULTS THERE IS LITTLE SIGN OF ANY REAL HEADWAY BEING MADE IN THE OLDER AREAS OF THE TOWN, AND I SEE NO REAL ALTERNATIVE TO COMPELLING MAINTENANCE BY LAW AS SOON AS WE CAN DEVISE SUITABLE MEANS TO DO SO.+
MR BARNES SAID THE CITA BEGAN ITS LIFE AS A STATUTORY BODY IN SEPTEMBER, 1975, AND ITS MAIN TASKS WERE
AND ITS MAIN TASKS WERE TO OPERATE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES WITH THE PROVISION OF RELEVANT TRAINING COURSES, TO ASSIST IN THE PLACEMENT OF TRAINED PERSONNEL AND TO ADMINISTER A TRAINING LEVY IMPOSED ON THE INDUSTRY.
/+BY ANY