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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1988

HK'S FIRST INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT TEAM FOUND HELPFUL

TEAM (IBMCT) CONFIDENCE BUILDINGS

THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION SET UP UNDER THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICE HAS GAINED THE AND CO-OPERATION OF OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS OF INDUSTRIAL IN THE DISTRICT SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN AUGUST 1986.

IT

HAS

SUCCESSFULLY

HELPED SEVERAL

OWNERS'

INCORPORATIONS

TO SOLVE THEIR MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.

IN

TEAMS FOR

THE TEAM TO LOOK AFTER INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WAS ESTABLISHED 1986 FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF TWO MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN THE URBAN AREA.

AND MULTI-USER

KWAI TSING DISTRICT, WITH ITS MANY MIDDLE-AGED FACTORY BUILDINGS, WAS SELECTED FOR THIS EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT.

THE

KWAI TSING

I BMCT CONSISTS

AN

OF A HOUSING MANAGER,

ASSISTANTS, ALL SECONDED

ASSISTANT HOUSING MANAGER AND TWO HOUSING FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, ITS MAJOR TASKS INCLUDE INSPECTIONS COLLECTION AND COLLATION OF RELATED INFORMATION AND THE SETTING UP

MAINTAIN

CLOSE

CONTACTS

AMONG

OF

GOVERNMENT

A COMMITTEE TO DEPARTMENTS.

CHAIRED BY THE

KWAI

TSING

RELEVANT

THE COMMITTEE

OFFICE,

DISTRICT OFFICER, BUILDINGS ORDINANCE

THE THE FIRE SERVICES, REGIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING PROTECTION,

COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, AS WELL AS FROM SERVICES, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENTS.

INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS COMPREHENSIVE INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT AT

INCLUDE MAJOR MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS

FIRE

SYSTEMS, FIGHTING DEFECTIVE

BY THE IBMCT REVEALED

OF

THAT

COMMON

THE AREAS,

OBSTRUCTION UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS AND ALTERATIONS, POOR SANITATION AND OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE.

LACK

THE PROBLEMS ARB INDUSTRIALISTS ARE

AGGRAVATED

BY

THE

FACT

INDIFFERENT

SOME OWNERS

AND

OCCUPIERS

ARE

COVENANT AND

THE MULTI-STOREY

TOWARDS BUILDING

OF IGNORANT BUILDINGS

THE (OWNERS'

THAT SOME MANAGEMENT. ALSO,

DEEDS OF

INCORPORATION)

MUTUAL

ORDINANCE, AND THERE IS INADEQUATE COMMUNICATION AMONG THE OWNERS.

IN

21 TARGET

BUILDINGS SELECTED

AND MULTI-STOREY INDUSTRIAL

THE IBMCT HAS STARTED WORK THE 121 PRIVATE MULTI-OWNED

FROM

BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT.

/SOME OWNERS'