WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
CO-OPERATION IN CONTROL OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS
BUILDING OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS HAVE SHOWN GREATER WILLINGNESS TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN THE CONTROL OF UNAUTHORISED
BUILDING WORKS.
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (
(WEDNESDAY) WHEN REPLYING ΤΟ A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN,
MR BARNES SAID THE IMPROVEMENT SOUGHT IN INTRODUCING THE "HIGH/ LOW" SYSTEM OF ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES IN MARCH LAST YEAR WAS ΤΟ ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTION, WHICH WERE GENERALLY ACCEPTED BY THE PUBLIC.
"STAFF OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE NOW HAVE CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST HIGH PRIORITY CASES, HE SAID.
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"THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS NEW SYSTEM ALSO HELPED THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE TO PLAN FOR A SERIES OF COMPREHENSIVE CLEARANCE PROGRAMMES OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS ON A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT BASIS."
OF ILLEGAL REPAIRS,
ACTION UNDER THIS PROGRAMME INCLUDED DEMOLITION STRUCTURES, IMPROVING STAIRCASES AND EXIT ROUTES, STRUCTURAL REMOVAL OF DANGEROUS SIGNBOARDS, RECTIFICATION OF DEFECTIVE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND REPAINTING OF EXTERNAL WALLS.
"AS FAR AS I CAN GATHER, THE NUMBER OF DEMOLITIONS OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS HAS NOT INCREASED, BUT COULD DO SO WHEN MORE OF THE PLANNED PROGRAMMES OF IMPROVEMENTS MENTIONED ABOVE HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
"THE RATE SHOULD FURTHER IMPROVE WHEN THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE RECRUITS SOME 18 ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR WHICH POSTS HAVE BEEN EARMARKED IN 1989-90," MR BARNES SAID.
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