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SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1988

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BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND FIRE SAFETY CAMPAIGN STARTS

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THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT BUILDING CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED TODAY (SUNDAY).

MANAGEMENT AND FIRE

SAFETY

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY HELD IN THE HENRY G. LEONG YAU MA TEI COMMUNITY CENTRE, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS.

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'APART FROM REVIEWING AND AMENDING RELEVANT LEGISLATION, SUCH AS THE CRIMES ORDINANCE, TO REDUCE NUISANCE CAUSED BY PORNOGRAPHIC SIGNS AND VICE ESTABLISHMENTS, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO STRIVES TO PROMOTE RESIDENTS' PARTICIPATION IN MANAGING THEIR BUILDINGS.'

"THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN, SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, AIMS AT PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORK AND MERITS OF GOOD BUILDING MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS FIRE SAFETY, MR CHENG ADDED.

THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY AN EXHIBITION OF FIRE PREVENTION MEASURES AND FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT.

THE SECOND PART OF THE CAMPAIGN IS A SERIES OF TRAINING COURSES ON BUILDING MANAGEMENT STARTING NEXT MONTH. REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, BUILDING SURVEYORS, LAWYERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WILL SPEAK ON MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND RELEVANT LEGISLATION.

ALSO PRESENT AT

TODAY'S

CEREMONY WERE THE FIRE SERVICES MR AU BIG-LEUNG,

DEPARTMENT'S DIVISIONAL COMMANDER (SOUTH KOWLOON), AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHAN YUK-MING.

CLEAN BUILDING CAMPAIGN STARTS TOMORROW

A TERRITORY-WIDE MULTI-STOREY BUILDING CLEAN-UP OPERATION WILL BE LAUNCHED TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS TO EXERCISE A NEIGHBOURHOODLY SPIRIT IN KEEPING THEIR RESIDENCE CLEAN.

THIS CLEAN-UP OPERATION IS ONE OF THE MAJOR OPERATIONAL PHASES OF THE 1988-89 KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN, ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE.

/A SPOKESMAN