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PUBLIC URGED TO REPORT ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS

DILAPIDATED BALCONY

HANGING

AN ALERTED PERSON WHO SPOTTED A DANGEROUSLY IN TO KWA WAN REPORTED TO A NEWSPAPER AND PROBABLY HAD AVOIDED ANOTHER TRAGIC COLLAPSE INCIDENT FROM HAPPENING.

THE BALCONY, WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE AN ILLEGAL LOCATED AT 25 CHEUNG NING STREET.

STRUCTURE, WAS

22 AND WAS

THE COMPLAINT APPEARED IN A NEWSPAPER ON NOVEMBER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED UP BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE (BOO).

THE BALCONY WAS REMOVED IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

AT THE SAME TIME, TWO ILLEGAL BALCONIES IN THE SAME BUILDING FOUND TO BE IN A SIMILAR STATE OF DILAPIDATION WHICH MIGHT POSE IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE PUBLIC, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DISMANTLING.

A BOO SPOKESMAN TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ΤΟ REPORT DANGEROUS ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

REPORTS MAY BE MADE BY CALLING 848 2340, 848 2369 OR 848 2997 DURING OFFICE HOURS FOR ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS ON HONG. KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES RESPECTIVELY.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED FLATS OWNERS THAT IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THEIR PREMISES AND IF THEY FAIL TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS WILL BE ENGAGED.

OWNERS WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE COST OF THE REMOVAL WORKS.

CONFERENCE TO IMPROVE LABOUR RELATIONS

REPRESENTATIVES,

MORE THAN 600 BUSINESS EXECUTIVES, EMPLOYEES' TRADE UNIONISTS AND PROFESSIONALS WILL EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAFF DEVELOPMENT, LABOUR RELATIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY AT A LARGE-SCALE CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 30).

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THE CONFERENCE "HONG KONG LABOUR RELATIONS CONFERENCE CARRIES THE THEME "PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED LABOUR RELATIONS". IT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE LABOUR RELATIONS PROMOTION SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.

"THE CONFERENCE IS INTENDED TO ENHANCE THE AWARENESS OF BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF INDIVIDUAL WORKERS THROUGH LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN HUMAN RESOURCES," SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER, MR PONG PING-KWAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

/THE ONE-DAY