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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1974

FIRST STEP TOWARDS COMPULSORY MANAGEMENT

IN HIGH RISE BUILDINGS-

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FIRM PROPOSALS FOR THE FIRST STEPS IN COMPULSORY MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS WILL BE READY BY AUTUMN THIS YEAR, THE HON. IAN LIGHTBODY, SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, SAID TODAY.

COMPULSORY MANAGEMENT, HE FELT, SHOULD FIRST BE INTRODUCED IN ALL NEW BUILDINGS, LEAVING EXISTING BUILDINGS TO BE PROVIDED FOR WITHIN THE PRESENT VOLUNTARY SYSTEM FOR THE TIME BEING.

+THIS IS BECAUSE IT IS MUCH EASIER TO GET EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENTS GOING IN A BUILDING IN GOOD CONDITION THAN IN ONE WHICH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO DETERIORATE BUT, IN DUE COURSE, OLD BUILDINGS TOO SHOULD BE COVERE,+ MR. LIGHTBODY EXPLAINED.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN STUDY ING THE CASE FOR THIS IN RECENT MONTHS AND WAS CONVINCED THAT. THE GENERAL CLIMATE OF OPINION ON COMPULSORY MANAGEMENT HAD CHANGED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, AND THAT IT SHOULD BE INTRODUCED.

HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT WHATEVER ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE, THE GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE FULL ACCOUNT OF THE PRACTICAL. DIFFICULTIES THAT FACE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES.

MR. LIGHTBODY WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN WHO WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NUMBER OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDING MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES REGISTERED AND ALSO HOW SOON IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO INTRODUCE A COMPULSORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN BUILDINGS WHICH HAD NOT YET FORMED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES.

REGARDING THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEES REGISTERED, MR. LIGHTBODY TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT ALTOGETHER OVER 1,600 BUILDINGS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAD SOME MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.

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A BREAKDOWN OF THESE SHOWED THAT JUST OVER 600 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES SERVING CORPORATIONS ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS COWNERS CORPORATION) ORDINANCE. OTHERS INCLUDED BUILDINGS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF LANDLORD AND TENANTS ASSOCIATIONS AND BUILDINGS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES OF WHICH THERE ARE SOME 600. IN ADDITION THERE ARE SOME 400 BUILDINGS MANAGED BY PROPERTY COMPANIES AND BOARDS, SOMETIMES THROUGH ESTATE AGENTS.

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