FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1991
"AND I AND MY CONTEMPORARIES IN QUITE A FEW DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT BRANCHES, MUST BY NOW HAVE LEARNT THE LESSON THAT CHANGE IF IT IS то BE INTRODUCED SUCCESSFULLY MUST BE FULLY JUSTIFIED, THOROUGHLY PLANNED, CAREFULLY EXPLAINED AND DISCUSSED, AND SENSITIVELY INTRODUCED.
"STAFF ARE NATURALLY CONCERNED AS TO WHETHER THEIR PRESENT JOBS AND THEIR FUTURE PROSPECTS WILL BE AFFECTED, AND IN MANY CASES AS TO WHETHER ADEQUATE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC ARE GOING TO BE MAINTAINED.
IF THE CHANGE IS PROPERLY MANAGED, ADEQUATE ASSURANCES CAN BE GIVEN AND A TRUE PICTURE OF THE BENEFITS TO ALL CONCERNED CAN BE PAINTED, HE STRESSED.
ON BUILDING SAFETY, MR EASON SAID CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE TO RE-DIRECT ROO RESOURCES AND PRIORITIES ΤΟ THE TWIN PROBLEMS OF DECAYING BUILDINGS AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS APPENDAGES.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THEIR INTENTION WAS ΤΟ TRY AND AUGMENT AVAILABLE MANPOWER BY BRINGING MORE PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERTISE ΤΟ BEAR ON THE INSPECTION OR SURVEY OF BUILDINGS IN SUSPECT CONDITION.
HE ADDED THAT SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WAS BEING MADE IN THE CAMPAIGN TO REMOVE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS APPENDAGES FROM THE OUTSIDE OF BUILDINGS, PARTICULARLY WHERE THESE OVERHUNG BUSY PEDESTRIAN
PAVEMENTS.
"THE MOST NOTABLE AND HEARTENING FEATURE WHICH EMERGED IN THE INITIAL PHASE COVERING 30 BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE URBAN AREAS WAS THE HIGH LEVEL OF VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS TO REMOVE THINGS.
"OVER 4,000 UNAUTHORISED PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, AND MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF THEM VOLUNTARILY HE NOTED.
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HE SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING THAT IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE EXERCISE HIS DEPARTMENT PROPOSED ΤΟ USE A NON-STATUTORY ADVISORY APPROACH RATHER THAN THE MORE CUMBERSOME AND TIME AND RESOURCE-CONSUMING STATUTORY PROCESSES.
"WITHOUT WISHING TO OVERSTATE IT, I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC MOOD HAS CHANGED TO THE EXTENT THAT ACTION ON BOTH FRONTS IS WANTED WELCOMED AND IT IS OUR INTENTION TO MATCH THIS, HE SAID.
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