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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1983

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CONTRACTORS' ASSOCIATION PRAISED FOR OBJECTIVES

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THE OBJECTIVES OF THE RECENTLY-FORMED ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS' ASSOCIATION WERE PRAISED BY THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, TODAY (THURSDAY).

MR CHAN WAS SPEAKING AT A RECEPTION MARKING THE FORMATION IN OCTOBER OF THE ASSOCIATION, WHOSE FIRST PRESIDENT IS MR F.K. HU.

HE SAID HE WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAD INCLUDED AMONG ITS OBJECTIVES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS FOR THE CONDUCT OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTING IN HONG KONG, PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PROFESSION OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS AND PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF MODEL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT.

+I BELIEVE THAT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THESE AIMS WILL NOT ONLY BRING ABOUT A GREATER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN YOUR MEMBERS AND THE GOVERNMENT, BUT WILL SIMILARLY LEAD TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITH CONSULTANTS AND CLIENTS IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING INDUSTRIES, PARTICULARLY THE LATTER, WITH WHICH YOUR BUSINESSES ARE CLOSELY RELATED, MR CHAN SAID.

HE SAID CONTRACT MANAGEMENT HAD ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE WORKS DEPARTMENTS FOR WHICH HE HAD POLICY RESPONSIBILITY.

AS WITH ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTION, CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT HAD TO BE REGULARLY UPDATED.

AS LONG AGO AS 1965, A STANDING COMMITTEE ON ARCHITECTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT WAS ESTABLISHED IN WHAT WAS THEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

ALTHOUGH THE P.W.D. HAD DISAPPEARED, AND ITS CONSTITUENT PARTS HAD EMERGED AS INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENTS, THIS COMMITTEE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ADVICE ON THE REVISION OF CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT, NOT ONLY FOR ARCHITECTURAL WORKS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION, BUT ALSO FOR ISSUES ARISING FROM THE CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT FOR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WORKS.

+ IT IS THEREFORE ENCOURAGING TO KNOW THAT YOUR MEMBERS ARE NOW WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME END AS THE GOVERNMENT IN THIS RESPECT,+ MR CHAN SAID.

HE SAID THE ASSOCIATION'S OFFER TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS CURRENT AND FUTURE WORK HAD BEEN NOTED.

+ IN TURN, I HOPE THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN ASSIST YOUR ASSOCIATION IN ACHIEVING ITS OBJECTIVES BY PROVIDING A GOOD COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN US, HE SAID.

TO THIS END, HE SAID THAT, FOLLOWING A MEETING IN OCTOBER BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION AND THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, A NEW COMMITTEE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL AND BUILDING SERVICES CONTRACTORS' CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, WAS FORMED.

/THREE MEMBERS

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