XN000022-1990-08-31 — Page 5

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1990

ANOTHE ANOTHER SNAG, MR BLACK SAID, WAS THAT CONCERNED THAT THE COST OF EFFECTIVE INSURANCE FROM SUBMITTING LOW TENDERS FOR CONTRACTS.

AND WHEN LOSSES OCCURRED THE POLICE WERE DEALINGS WITH LOSS ADJUSTORS IN UNRAVELLING CASES. GETTING INVOLVED IN WORK THAT SHOULD REALLY OTHERS, "MR BLACK SAID. "IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING.

**WE WANT THE MAIN CONTRACTORS FROM SQUARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING ON SITE, INCLUDING WORKING FOR THEM.

"

SOME

COMPANIES WERE MIGHT PREVENT THEM

INVOLVED IN LENGTHY

"THE POLICE END

UP BE CARRIED OUT BY

ONE TO TAKE FULL THE SUB-CONTRACTORS

SOME MAIN CONTRACTORS WERE RESPONSIBLE ONLY FOR A SITE PERIMETER FENCE. THERE WAS LITTLE REGARD GIVEN TO SUB-CONTRACTORS' WORK AND MATERIALS DELIVERED SOMETIMES WEEKS BEFORE THEY WERE REQUIRED WERE COMMON TARGETS FOR THEFT AS THEY LAID NEGLECTED ON THE SITE.

"A SIMPLE METHOD OF MARKING MATERIAL SO THAT IT IS EASILY IDENTIFIABLE WOULD ALONE REDUCE THE THEFT OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF FIXTURES AND FITTINGS LEFT ON SITES, MR BLACK SAID.

**

FOLLOWING THREE YEARS OF TALKS WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES, CONTRACTORS AND SECURITY COMPANIES, THE CRIME PREVENTION BUREAU WAS PRESSING INSURANCE COMPANIES TO WORK TOGETHER IN INSISTING THAT COVER INCLUDED EFFICIENT SECURITY.

INTO

"AN INSURANCE CONTRACT SHOULD HAVE REASONABLE SECURITY WRITTEN IT. WE WANT INSURANCE COMPANIES ΤΟ PUT PRESSURE ON THE CONTRACTORS WITHOUT ANY RESORT TO LEGISLATION.

"PREMIUMS WOULD BE MORE ATTRACTIVE AND WORK ON THE SITE WOULD BE LESS COSTLY. POLICE TIME COULD ALSO BE REDUCED CONSIDERABLY.

"WE ARE LOOKING FOR A COMMON SENSE APPROACH то THIS PROBLEM WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. IT'S THE MAN IN THE STREET WHO PAYS FOR IT ALL AT THE END OF DAY.

TO

"WE ARE PREPARING A BOOKLET OF GUIDELINES FOR DISTRIBUTION CONTRACTORS ΤΟ GIVE THEM AN INSIGHT ON MATTERS THAT CAN BE ENCOUNTERED ON EACH AND EVERY BUILDING SITE IN HONG KONG."

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