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PROMPT ACTION NEEDED ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS
DEALT WITH AS THE SAFETY OF BOTH TENANTS AND STEVE BARCLAY, SAID TODAY
UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS SHOULD BE PROMPTLY
ΤΟ THREAT THEY POSE A POTENTIAL PASSERS-BY, EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR (THURSDAY).
MR BARCLAY SAID THIS WHEN VISITING IN THE DISTRICT FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
THREE
TARGETTED
BUILDINGS
THAT HAD
OFFICE'S THE DISTRICT
TOP PRIORITY GIVEN REGULAR INSPECTIONS OF
BUILDING
MANAGEMENT
ΤΟ
IDENTIFYING ILLEGAL PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL
NOTED HE COORDINATING TEAM STRUCTURES DURING BUILDINGS.
OF TACKLING THE PROBLEMS ARE THEN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS DISCUSSED AT MEETINGS OF THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE, HE SAID.
BUILDING
LANDS DEPARTMENT ILLEGAL
LAST YEAR, MR BARCLAY SAID THE BUILDINGS AND HAD ISSUED 252 ENFORCEMENT ORDERS REQUIRING THE DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURES IN TARGETTED BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT.
"DEMOLITION WORKS HAVE BEEN GOING ON SMOOTHLY ORDERS STILL OUTSTANDING, THANKS TO THE COOPERATION HE SAID.
APART
UNAUTHORISED FROM
WITH
ONLY 120
11
OF THE OWNERS,
EXTENSIONS, OTHER COMMON PROBLEMS BY THE TEAM IN THE PAST YEAR FACING THE 100 BUILDINGS INSPECTED
FIRE INCLUDED THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE IN COMMON AREAS, OBSTRUCTION OF EXITS AND HYGIENE PROBLEMS.
BEEN HAVE
TACKLED THROUGH THE JOINT MANY OF THE PROBLEMS EFFORTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE OWNERS' CORPORATIONS OR MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, HE SAID.
MR BARCLAY SAID OWNERS OF ANOTHER 11 TARGETTED BUILDINGS GET HELP FROM THE TEAM THIS YEAR.
WOULD
STRESSING THAT OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TEAM WAS ΤΟ ENCOURAGE
THEIR PREMISES, HE SAID A MAJOR TASK OF THE THEM TO FORM OWNERS' CORPORATIONS TO LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN PROPERTIES,
THE TEAM
EXHIBITIONS
AND
TO ENHANCE OWNERS' AWARENESS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY,
TALKS, SEMINARS, REGULARLY ORGANISES
EDUCATIONAL
TRAINING COURSES.
A LARGE-SCALE SEMINAR
AND
WILL EXHIBITION
BE
HELD AT
THE
CAUSEWAY BAY COMMUNITY CENTRE ON DECEMBER 8.
ITS MARKET "A WELL-KEPT BUILDING NOT ONLY RAISES ALSO PROVIDES A SAFE, PLEASANT LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE HE STRESSED.
ACCOMPANYING
MR BARCLAY
VALUE, BUT RESIDENTS,"
IN HIS
VISIT POLICE,
TODAY
WERE
FIRE SERVICES
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS, AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
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