WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1992
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MOST PUBLIC ESTATES HAVE MAC'S: SHA
*
THERE ARE 1,219 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES (MAC'S) IN PUBLIC HOUSING CENT OF THESE ESTATES IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTING MORE THAN 70 PER
INFORMED BUILDINGS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
HE ALSO SAID THERE WERE 2,893 MAC'S IN PRIVATE BUILDINGS.
HOUSING ESTATES
CHI-WOOD, BY INFORMATION
THE HOUSING PROVIDED
WERE SOCIETY, THERE
BLOCKS OF 1,732 (BOTH RENTAL AND SALE FLATS
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG MR SUEN SAID BASED ON THE DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING BUILDINGS IN PUBLIC INCLUDED).
MR
AND
ENCOURAGING SUEN STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT AIMS AT ASSISTING RESIDENTS IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO FORM THE MAC'S.
A
THE MAC SCHEME WAS FIRST INTRODUCED ON A TRIAL BASIS IN 1973 AS CAN WORK FORM
RESIDENTS OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION IN WHICH THE TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE SECURITY, CLEANLINESS AND MAINTENANCE OF THEIR BUILDINGS.
SAID.
** ITS VALUE WAS CONFIRMED FOLLOWING A REVIEW IN 1974,
++ MR SUEN
OF
SETTING
A
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION, THERE TIMING FOR
IN ITS FORMATION
EACH
MR SUEN SAID SINCE A MAC WAS A WAS NO QUESTION BUILDING.
NEW
CITY RESIDENTS
AND
IN
AND
"THE NORMAL PRACTICE IS FOR OUR LIAISON STAFF IN THE
ΤΟ MAKE ADMINISTRATION TO TERRITORIES
VISITS BUILDINGS, TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE FUNCTIONS AND BENEFITS OF A MAC TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO FORM ONE.
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"THE FINAL DECISION ON THE MAC FORMATION RESIDENTS THEMSELVES, MR SUEN SAID.
RESTS
WITH
THE
AS TO
WHY
HAD NOT
YET RESIDENTS IN SOME PRIVATE BUILDINGS
FORM FORMED THE MAC'S, MR SUEN SURMISED THAT SOME MIGHT HAVE OPTED TO
HAVE A OWNERS'
WHILE OTHERS MIGHT NOT SEE THE NEED TO CORPORATIONS RESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF ANY KIND BECAUSE THEY EXPERIENCED NO SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL OR BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.
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