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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 11. 1989

COMMITTEE FAVOURS SYSTEMATISED BUILDING MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMATISATION

ONE OF THE MAIN TARGETS OF THE PRIVATE BUILDING MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ΤΟ BRING ABOUT

OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT. THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. MR HUNG PUI-LAM. SAID AT A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SEMINAR IN SHAM SHUI PO TODAY (SATURDAY).

DISTRICT'S

ORGANISED BY THE

PRIVATE BUILDING MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND SPONSORED BY THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD, THE SEMINAR WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 100 LOCAL RESIDENTS AND OFFICE-BEARERS OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS

(OC'S).

IN EXPLAINING THE SYSTEMATISATION OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT. MR CHUNG SAID AN EFFECTIVE MEANS TO IMPROVE BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS WAS TO STIPULATE SOME BASIC PROVISIONS IN DEEDS OF MUTUAL COVENANT IDMC 1.

WITH THESE OVER-RIDING PROVISIONS, THE EFFECT OF UNFAIR PROVISIONS IN EXISTING DMC'S WOULD BE MINIMISED.

HE SAID HIS COMMITTEE HAD PROPOSED THAT AMENDMENTS BE MADE TO THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDING LOWNERS' INCORPORATIONS) ORDINANCE. AND SUGGESTED THAT THE PROCEDURES FOR FORMING OC'S BE SIMPLIFIED,

BOTH OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS ALIKE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN OC'S WHICH IN TURN SHOULD BE EMPOWERED TO MANAGE THEIR BUILDINGS ACCORDING TO THE DMC.

HE EXPLAINED THAT THE AIM OF SYSTEMATISATION WAS TO RETURN "SUPREME POWER OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT AUTONOMY" TO THE OWNERS OR OC. THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS WOULD LEAD A PEACEFUL COMFORTABLE LIFE AS WELL AS PROTECTING THEIR GENERAL

INTEREST.

THE

THE

AND

A GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR, MR CHENG WAI-TAT. TOLD THE SEMINAR THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT WOULD OFFER MORE ASSISTANCE TO DISTRICT BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEES.

HE SAID HIS DEPARTMENT WAS REPRESENTED ON THESE COMMITTEES AND OFFERED EXPERT ADVICE ON MATTERS RELATING TO BUILDING STRUCTURE, DRAINAGE. UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS AND ENGINEERING MATTERS. HE ADDED THAT STEPPING UP SUCH ASSISTANCE WOULD BRING ABOUT BETTER RESULTS IN BUILDING MANAGEMENT WORKS.

OUT THAT

MR CHENG POINTED

HIS DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO IMPLEMENTING A NEW URBAN RENOVATION SCHEME. THE FIRST STAGE COVERED 38 BLOCKS IN SHAM SHUT PO.

OF

WHICH

THEIR ISSUED

THE BUILDINGS WERF CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1950'S AND STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WERE POOR, ORDERS WERE TO OWNERS IN AUGUST THIS YEAR REQUIRING THEM TO IMPROVE THE BUILDINGS.

MR CHENG

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