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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1984

BOARD TO DISCUSS BUILDING MANAGEMENT

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FINDINGS OF A SEMINAR ON MULTI-STOREY BUILDING MANAGEMENT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD MEETING ON WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 29).

THE SEMINAR WAS HELD ON JANUARY 29, WHEN SOME 300 PARTICIPANTS DISCUSSED MAJOR BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS, SUCH AS SECURITY, VICE-ESTABLISHMENTS, SIGN BOARDS AND ILLEGAL EXTENSIONS.

PARTICIPANTS THEN RECOMMENDED THAT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED SHOULD BE CHANNELLED TO RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THAT FURTHER PUBLICITY BE GIVEN TO THE PROMOTION OF BETTER BUILDING MANAGEMENT.

AT WEDNESDAY'S MEETING, BOARD MEMBERS WILL STUDY PROPOSALS TO HELP THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT KEEP DOWN FIRE HAZARDS.

MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE RECENT PROPOSALS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, VISITS TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, AND A SURVEY ON THE DISTRICT NEWSPAPER.

NOTE TO EDITORS :

YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD MEETING AT 3 PM ON WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 29) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF TUNG PING BUILDING, 157 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD.

EIGHTH REFUSE COLLECTION POINT FOR MONG KOK *****

A LARGE OFF-STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINT WILL BE BUILT AT MONG KOK.

IT WILL OCCUPY A 200-SQUARE-METRE SITE IN NULLAH STREET AND BE READY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS AWARDED A $545 000 CONTRACT TO GAMMON (HONG KONG) LIMITED TO CARRY OUT THE PILING WORK, WHICH WILL TAKE THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

WORK ON BUILDING THE SUPERSTRUCTURE WILL THEN BEGIN UNDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT.

FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED INCLUDE A REFUSE COLLECTION AREA, A LOADING BAY, A ROLL-CALL ROOM, AN OFFICE AND STOREROOM.

THE STRUCTURE WILL BE THE EIGHTH OFF-STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINT IN MONG KOK.

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