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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1990

RESIDENTIAL

"SOME 66 PER CENT OF HOUSEHOLDS IN PRIVATE

THAT COMPARES WITH 54 PER CENT IN

BUILDINGS ARE NOW OWNER-OCCUPIERS.

1986.

"THIS UPWARDLY MOBILE TREND HAS RAISED EXPECTATIONS NOT ONLY FOR A HIGHER QUALITY OF ACCOMMODATION BUT ALSO FOR GOOD MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE HELP TO PRESERVE THE VALUE OF PROPERTIES, WHICH TO MOST HOUSEHOLDS IS THEIR MAIN INVESTMENT.

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AND OF COURSE OWNERS AND RESIDENTS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SECURITY IN ESTATE MANAGEMENT, HE SAID.

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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN THE INITIATIVE ΤΟ PROMOTE PRIVATE BUILDING MANAGEMENT.

HE SAID DISTRICT BUILDING MANAGEMENT TEAMS OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES

(CNTA) HAD BEEN SET UP IN URBAN

DISTRICTS.

ADMINISTRATION

AND IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, THE TEAMS HAD WORKED ON OVER 1,000 BUILDINGS TOGETHER WITH THE OWNERS CONCERNED.

SIR DAVID EMPHASISED THAT BUILDING MANAGEMENT WAS ALSO ONE OF GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS.

"THROUGH PUBLICITY IN THE MEDIA, ORGANISING WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLISHING HANDBOOKS ON THE SUBJECT, WE BELIEVE THAT THE MESSAGE IS FILTERING THROUGH TO THE COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.

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ADDRESSING TO THE SEMINAR, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BUILDING MANAGEMENT (ACPBM), MR CHUNG PUI-LAM, SAID THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD BEEN ACTIVELY REVIEWING THE PROVISIONS IN THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATIONS) ORDINANCE EVER SINCE ITS INAUGURATION.

"ON ACCOUNT OF THE COMPLEXITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE PRIVATE BUILDING MANAGEMENT ISSUES, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS SET UP A TOTAL OF FOUR WORKING SUB-COMMITTEES TO LOOK INTO PARTICULAR AREAS OF CONCERN, INCLUDING WAYS AND MEANS TO PROMOTE AND DISSEMINATE THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF EFFECTIVE BUILDING MANAGEMENT, MR CHUNG SAID.

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MORE THAN 250 PROPERTY MANAGERS, BUILDING MANAGEMENT STAFF AND OFFICE-BEARERS OF OWNERS' CORPORATIONS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES Г DEVELOPERS AND POST-SECONDARLY STUDENTS ATTEnded The ONE-DAY SEMINAR WHICH WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CNTA AND ACPBM ΤΟ PROMOTE THE CONCEPT AND KEY ELEMENTS OF GOOD BUILDING MANAGEMENT.

TALKS ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT WERE GIVEN BY PROFESSIONALS IN BUILDING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT.

VENUE.

AN EXHIBITION ON BUILDING MANAGEMENT WAS ALSO HELD AT TODAY'S

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