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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1986

THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN RE-EXAMINING THE PROPOSED SCHEME THE LIGHT OF THE SUGGESTIONS AND WORKING OUT THE DETAILS OF

THE SCHEME COULD BE IMPLEMENTED EFFECTIVELY, MR THOMAS SAID.

+SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION OF THE OUTSTANDING MINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL LEGAL DIFFICULTIES, THE GOVERNMENT TENDS TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HE ADDED.

ACTION BEING TAKEN TO IMPROVE BUILDING MANAGEMENT ******

THE GOVERNMENT WAS TAKING ACTION ON THREE INTER-RELATED FRONTS TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN

MR LIAO SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS WORKING ON THREE FRONTS WHICH INVOLVED DEEDS OF MUTUAL COVENANT, THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATION) ORDINANCE, AND ASSISTANCE TO MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS.

HE SAID THAT FROM EARLY THIS YEAR, ALL DEEDS OF MUTUAL COVENANT RELATING TO NEW NON-INDUSTRIAL LEASEHOLD GRANTS ?EQUIRED TO CONTAIN A NUMBER OF STANDARD CLAUSES AIMED AT IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF COMMON AREAS IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS.

→WORK IS IN HAND TO AMEND THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATION) ORDINANCE TO MAKE THE FORMATION OF OWNERS' CORPORATIONS EASIER AND TO SET OUT CERTAIN MANAGEMENT STANDARDS AND OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES TO BE OBSERVED BY THE CORPORATION'S MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, HE ADDED.

+ IN ADDITION, THOUGHT IS BEING GIVEN TO WAYS BY WHICH TENANTS' PARTICIPATION IN BUILDING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS MAY 3E INCREASED.+

MR LIAO POINTED OUT THAT AS A RESULT OF EFFORTS BY DISTRICT OFFICES, AN AVERAGE OF SOME 200 OWNERS' CORPORATIONS AND 60 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES HAD BEEN FORMED IN PRIVATE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS ANNUALLY, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

ON ASSISTANCE TO MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS, HE SAID THE ESTABLISHMENT IN 1985 OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAMS IN EASTERN AND YAU MA TEI DISTRICTS HAD PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS.

+THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE 61 BUILDINGS WHICH HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE TEAMS' ASSISTANCE.

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