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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1983

EXAMPLES OF OTHER EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE BOARD'S

RECOMMENDATIONS ARE:

* A MANUAL ON MULTI-STOREY BUILDING MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING

A CHAPTER ON HOW RESIDENTS CAN ABATE NUISANCES CAUSED BY THESE ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE IR BUILDINGS, IS BEING PREPARED AND WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AUGUST;

* DEMOLITION OF 92 SIGNBOARDS OF VICE-ASSOCIATED

ESTABLISHMENTS, INCLUDING 23 WITH OBJECTIONABLE CONTENTS, IN THE MANSUN BUILDING WERE CONDUCTED IN APRIL THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE POLICE, THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF THE BUILDING;

* LAWYERS OF THE LAW SOCIETY FREE LEGAL ADVICE SCHEME HAVE

MET MEMBERS OF THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS OF FOUR BUILDINGS TO ADVISE THEM ON WHAT RESIDENTS COULD DO TO COMBAT VICE-OPERATIONS IN THE BUILDING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE DEED OF MUTUAL CONVENANT AND THE STATUS OF THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT BODY. SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE FOR TWO OTHER BUILDINGS, AND

* HELP IS BEING GIVEN FOR FOUR MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES TO

CONVERT ITSELF INTO OWNERS CORPORATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO TACKLE THE PROBLEMS BETTER.

IN THE CASE OF THE MANSUN BUILDING, ONLY NINE ONE-PROSTITUTE APARTMENTS REMAIN, COMPARED WITH 29 SUCH APARTMENTS AND TWO RECREATION CENTRES IN LATE 1982.

+LIMITED SUCCESS IN TACKLING THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ACHIEVED ON A CASE BASIS.

+FOR SOME OF THE BUILDINGS WHICH APPROACHED THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR POLICE FOR ASSISTANCE, THEIR SITUATION HAS IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE EFFORTS AND ESPECIALLY SO FOR THOSE BUILDINGS WHERE THE RESIDENTS SHOW GREAT DETERMINATION IN TACKLING THE PROBLEMS, HE SAID.

MR WONG SAID THE STUDY HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE AMENDMENT OF LEGISLATION AND THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPREHENSIVE LICENSING CONTROL ON +PLACES OF ADULT ENTERTAINMENT+ WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS FOR TACKLING THE PROBLEM.

HE SAID, IN THIS RESPECT, THE STUDY HAD ACHIEVED ITS PURPOSE IN THAT A WORKING PARTY HAD BEEN FORMED UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONSIDER HOW THE RELEVANT LAWS IN HONG KONG MIGHT BE AMENDED TO REDUCE THE NUISANCE CAUSED BY THESE ESTABLISHMENTS TO OTHER OCCUPANTS OF PREMISES, PARTICULARLY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

→THE WORKING PARTY HAS MET TWICE AND IS EXPECTED TO MEET FURTHER SHORTLY, HE SAID.