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Wednesday, November 14, 1973

He also hoped that the government would soon announce, as part

of its housing programme, how it was to re-accommodate the 17,000 small

factories or workshops in domestic premises in urban areas.

On the work of the Buildings Ordinance Office, Mr. Cheong-Leen

social it was known that due to staff shortages and pressure of work,

only those unauthorised alterations or additions to buildings which

were a danger to life or a fire, risk were being dealt with.

"This means that there is a large backlog of complaints of

unauthorised works which contravene building regulations and some of

which are a serious nuisance to other tenants but which do not represent

a life or fire risk," he said.

He stressed that a start should be made now in dealing at least

with the more serious of these complaints and requested the Secretary for

the Environment to give an assurance that the problem would be tackled

with some urgency.

Turning to the need for a sense of community belonging and

responsibility, which had been fostered by the Clean Hong Kong and Fight

Violent Crime Campaigns, Mr. Cheong-bea2 said he would like the Department

of Home Affairs to study the possibility of setting up meetings of district

leaders on a more formal basis by way of District Consulative Committees.

He proposed that these meeting should be held regularly and should

be given greater publicity and recognition within the district.

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