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SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1989

INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT SEMINAR IN KWAI TSING

ABOUT 150 FACTORY OWNERS AND OPERATORS IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT TOOK PART IN AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION TODAY (SATURDAY).

THE EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE OF THE DISTRICT BOARD AND THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATING TEAM OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, CHAIRMAN OF THE DB COMMITTEE, MR CHAN KWOK-WAI, SAID KWAI TSING DISTRICT WAS A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AREA WITH MORE THAN 100 MULTI-STOREY INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, MOST OF WHICH WERE OVER 10 YEARS OLD.

AS MOST FACTORY OWNERS AND OPERATORS WERE INDIFFERENT TOWARDS BUILDING MANAGEMENT, IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, HE SAID.

FOR THIS REASON, THE INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE ORGANISED THE SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION USING DISTRICT BOARD FUNDS.

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A 44-PAGE HANDBOOK ON INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT WAS ALSO PRODUCED, MR CHAN SAID.

GUEST SPEAKERS AT TODAY'S SEMINAR INCLUDED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BUILDING MANAGEMENT, MR CHUNG PUI-LAM, WHO SPOKE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S WORK: AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INSTITUTE OF HOUSING (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR FRANK WONG, WHO INTRODUCED THE ROLE OF HOUSING MANAGERS.

A BUILDING SURVEYOR OF THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE, MR DAVY YUEN, AND A SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER, MR C.M. CHAU, SPOKE RESPECTIVELY ON INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT DISCHARGE AND AIR POLLUTION; WHILE A SENIOR CONSULTANT OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, MR K.L. TSANG, GAVE TECHNICAL ADVICE ON THESE TWO ASPECTS.

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THE HOUSING MANAGER OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATING TEAM, MR K.S. L.EE, OUTLINED COMMON PROBLEMS IN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

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THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE'S INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATING TEAM HAD ORGANISED SIMILAR SEMINAR AND TRAINING COURSES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. THEY PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR AMONG FACTORY OWNERS AND OPERATORS.

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ALSO ATTENDING TODAY'S SEMINAR WERE KWAI TSING OFFICER, MR PAUL TANG, AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LEB WING-TAT.

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