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SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1989

STAFF OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND JUNIOR POLICE CALI ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISE.

THE PUBLICITY DRIVE IS ONE OF A NUMBER ACTIVITIES PLANNED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR.

MEMBERS OF THE

OF ANTI-CRIME

THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO PLANNING TO LAUNCH THE PHASE 7 OF THE DISTRICT'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME AND TO HOLD A "HOME SECURITY" SEMINAR IN AUGUST.

INTER-SCHOOL

OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE PIPELINE INCLUDE VISITS TO SCHOOLS, AN ANTI-CRIME QUIZ, A "YOUTH COUNSELLING" SEMINAR FOR PARENTS, AND A CLOSING CEREMONY AND CARNIVAL FOR THIS YEAR'S FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN.

CHANGES IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS ORDINANCE PLANNED

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THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO AMEND THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATION) ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FLAT OWNERS WITH AN EFFECTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING THEIR OWN BUILDINGS.

THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, SAID THIS WHEN HE OPENED THE DISTRICT'S PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION IN SHUN TAK CENTRE THIS

MR STEPHEN FISHER, BUILDING MANAGEMENT (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.

MR FISHER SAID AN AMENDMENT BILL, AIMED AT. SIMPLIFYING THE PROCEDURES OF FORMING AN OWNERS CORPORATION AND ESTABLISHING IT'S LEGAL STATUS, WAS EXPECTED ΤΟ BE INTRODUCED WITHIN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESS LON.

TWO MONTHS AGO. THE GOVERNMENT COMPLETED ITS CONSULTATIONS WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND DISTRICT BOARDS ON PROPOSALS OF REMEDYING UNFAIR PROVISIONS IN EXISTING DEEDS OF MUTUAL COVENANT WITH A VIEW TO UPGRADING THE STANDARD OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT, HE ADDED.

MR FISHER ALSO SAID THAT CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT HAD AN UNIQUE BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROBLEM IN THAT MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS THERE WERE COMPLETED IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME.

"THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ASSISTING IN THE FORMATION OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS CORPORATIONS то HELP RESIDENTS MANAGE THEIR OWN BUILDINGS," HE SAID.

TO DATE, THERE WERE 205 COMMITTEES AND 478 CORPORATIONS IN

DISTRICT.

THE

MR FISHER POINTED OUT THE DISTRICT BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM, SET UP UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN 1987, HAD HELPED TO SOLVE MANY LOCAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.

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