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SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1990

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GOVERNMENT HELPS IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT

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SECRETARY

USING KWUN TONG DISTRICT AS AN EXAMPLE, THE REGIONAL FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT

WAS GOVERNMENT

CONCERNED ABOUT THE STANDARD OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.

MANAGEMENT

THE IN

AND MAINTENANCE

IN KWUN TONG DISTRICT ALONE, MAJOR RENOVATION

COMPLETED SINCE MARCH PROJECTS FOR SEVEN FACTORY BUILDINGS HAD BEEN

OF THE 1988 AS A RESULT

JOINT EFFORTS BY THE DISTRICT BUILDING

FACTORY OWNERS. MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM, MANAGEMENT AGENTS AND

TO $1.25 MILLION, HE THE COST OF EACH PROJECT RANGED FROM $100,000 ADDED.

THESE SEVEN FACTORY BUILDINGS, MR LAN CONTINUED, WERE AMONG TARGETTED BY THE KWUN TONG

CO-ORDINATION BUILDING MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR INDEPTH STUDIES OF THEIR PROBLEMS.

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FROM REPRESENTATIVES UPON COMPLETION OF THE STUDIES,

A CONCERTED EFFORT ΤΟ GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS BEGAN MAKING PROBLEMS RELATING TO MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE.

KWUN TONG,

VARIOUS IMPROVE

THE

FIRE EIGHT WARNING AND 48

THE TARGET BUILDINGS IN AS REGARDS SERVICES DEPARTMENT ISSUED 28 FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES AND

DEPARTMENT ISSUED EIGHT SUMMONSES; THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS LETTERS, 45 DEMOLITION ORDERS AGAINST UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES

WHILE THE URBAN LETTERS CONCERNING THE ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE,

ABATEMENT NOTICES AND EIGHT SERVICES DEPARTMENT SERVED 98 NUISANCE SUMMONSES.

CO-ORDINATION

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MR LAN POINTED OUT THAT THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT TEAM OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE WAS SET UP IN MARCH 1988 WITH VIEW TO IMPROVING MANAGEMENT IN FACTORY BUILDINGS.

TWO OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE APART FROM KWUN TONG, THERE ARE TERRITORY WHERE GOVERNMENT EFFORTS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TOWARD IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE FACTORY BUILDINGS,

TO MOTIVATE MANAGEMENT, TO OFFER EXPERT ADVICE

THE TEAMS HAD SINCE BEEN CARRYING OUT THEIR WORK FACTORY OWNERS TO TAKE A MORE ACTIVE PART IN BUILDING ASSIST THEM TO FORM OWNERS CORPORATIONS, AND TO TO COMPANIES.

PRIORITY THE TEAMS ALSO ADVISED ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS ON THE

BREACHES

SUCH OF REGULATIONS,

AS ACTION AGAINST IN DEALING WITH UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES ON ROOFTOPS AND FLAT ROOFS.

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MR LAN POINTED OUT THAT TO ADDRESS BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS ARISING FROM UNFAIR PROVISIONS IN DEEDS OF MUTUAL COVENANTS (DMCS) DECEMBER

SPECIFIC 1. 1987 THE GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTED A SET OF

THIS PROVIDED SOLICITORS WITH GUIDELINES FOR THE DRAFTING OF DMCS.

DMCS FOR RESIDENTIAL

GUIDELINES

TO FOLLOW

MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS.

IN DRAWING NEW

/TAKING NOTE