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SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1988
CO-OPERATION ÎN BUILDING MANAGEMENT STRESSED
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GARY YEUNG, TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS IN THE DISTRICT TO CO-OPERATE FULLY IN MANAGING THEIR PREMISES.
SPRÅKING AT THE OPENING OF A "BUILDING MANAGEMENT SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION", MR YEUNG SAID BFFECTIVE BUILDING MANAGEMENT NOT ONLY REDUCED THE COST OF MAINTENANCE AND PROLONGED THE LIFR SPAN OF THE BUILDING, BUT ALSO HELPED IN CREATING A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
"OWING TO NEGLIOBNOR IN BUILDING MANAGEMENT IN THE PASTI SOME UNSATISFACTORY SITUATIONS INVOLVING SUCH THINGS AS OBSTRUCTION OF THE FIRE ESCAPE, DEFECTS IN FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AND UNHYGIENIC ENVIRONMENT OCCURRED,
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MR YEUNG SAID THAT EFFECTIVE BUILDING MANAGEMENT REQUIRED CO-OPERATION BETWEEN OWNERS AND TENANTS, AND THIS WAS MOSTLY DONB THROUGH OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS, AND SOMETIMKS THROUGH MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, WHERE INCORPORATIONS HAD NOT YET ESTABLISHED.
IS то TAKE CHARGE OF ESSENTIAL FOR IT ΤΟ GAIN THE
"WHICHEVER RESIDENT ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT OF THE BUILDING, IT 18 SUPPORT OF BOTH OWNERS AND TENANTS.
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MOREOVER, MANAGEMENT STAFF AND THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY ITSELF SHOULD BE MORE RESPONSIVE AND MUST HAVE A SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR WORK," MR YEUNG SAID.
THE "BUILDING MANAGEMENT SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION" IS ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT FEDERATION OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDING ORGANISATIONS AND IS CO-ORGANISED BY THE BASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND HONG YIP SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED. IT IS SPONSORED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD.
SPEAKERS IN THE SEMINAR INCLUDED ASSISTANT SECRETARY KONG AND KOWLOON, MRS SUSAN MAK; CHIEF BUILDING SURVEYOR, CHEUNG: GENERAL MANAGER OF HONG YIP SERVICE COMPANY MR MOR CHI-HUNG AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HONO KONG HOUSING ASSOCIATION, MR LEE ON.
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