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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1988

TO THE

SOME OWNERS INCORPORATIONS RESPONDED ENTHUSIASTICALLY TEAM'S ADVICE AND HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES. THE OWNERS INCORPORATIONS OF VICTORY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AND WING YIP INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ARE TWO OF THESE.

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THE VICTORY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING OWNERS INCORPORATION SPENT $250,000 TO RENOVATE THE WHOLE BUILDING AND REPAIR DILAPIDATED INSTALLATIONS.

IN WING YIP INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, ALL DEFECTIVE SMOKE LOBBY DOORS AND DAMAGED COMMUNAL TOILET FACILITIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. OBSTRUCTIONS IN COMMON AREAS HAVE ALSO BEEN REMOVED.

IN THE ABOVE TWO EXAMPLES, IT WAS FOUND THAT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS AND OWNERS OR OCCUPIERS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE IN GOOD BUILDING MANAGEMENT.

IS

ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT OF THE IBMCT 15 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME ON THE SLOPE OF YIP SHING STREET IN KWAI CHUNG WHICH HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY POLLUTED BY INDUSTRIAL TRADE EFFLUENT DISCHARGED FROM NEARBY FACTORIES SINCE 1979.

DEPARTMENTS ON

THE IBMCT APPROACHED THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT STARTING AN IMPROVEMENT SCHEME AND POLLUTION THERE IS NOW UNDER CONTROL.

IN THE COMING YEAR, IN ADDITION TO ITS WORK TO HELP IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE IBMCT MUST ALSO ENSURE THAT IMPROVEMENT WORK ON THE SLOPE CAN MERT THE TARGET COMPLETION DATE OF MID-1989.

AS THE IBMCT IS ONLY AN ADVISORY BODY WITH NO STATUTORY POWER FOR TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, IT WILL HE NECESSARY ΤΟ EMPHASISE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY WORK IN THE LONG TERM.

IN THE PAST YEARS, THE IBMCT AND THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD HAD JOINTLY ORGANISED INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT COURSES AND SEMINARS. THESE WERE WELL RECEIVED BY OWNERS OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES WILL BE ORGANISED IN FUTURE.

THE IBMCT ALSO PRODUCED A HANDBOOK ON INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT LAST MONTH FOR DISTRIBUTION TO OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS.

AS

THE HANDBOOK, DIVIDED INTO 12 SECTIONS COVERING TOPICS SUCH THE DEEDS OF MUTUAL COVENANT, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES, CRIME PREVENTION, ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, FIRE PREVENTION AND LABOUR ORDINANCE, CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE KWAI TSING OFFICE.

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