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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1991

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THE MEDIATION PROCESS REQUIRES NOTIFICATION BY ONE DISPUTE OF AN AGREEMENT TO GO TO MEDIATION, THE APPOINTMENT OF Å

WHO INVESTIGATES THE MUTUALLY AGREED NEUTRAL MEDIATOR FINALLY ASSISTS THE TWO PARTIES TO REACH AN AGREEMENT.

DISPUTE ÅND

THE WHOLE PROCEDURE IS CARRIED OUT TO À

TO A TIMETABLE SO THE DANGER OF COST DISPUTE 19 RESOLVED WHILE WORK PROCEEDS REDUCING THE

PAYMENT AFTER THE PROJECT OVER-RUNS THROUGH CLAIMS FOR ADDITIONAL COMPLETION, THUS HELPING BOTH THE EMPLOYER AND THE CONTRACTOR TO KEEP BETTER FINANCIAL CONTROL OF THE PROJECT.

SECOND MR CORSER EXPLAINED THAT "MINI-TRIAL" WAS THE

PRESENTED THEIR

FORM OF

CASE IN A "MOCK"

ADR WHEN BOTH SIDES OF DISPUTE COURTROOM TO A BOARD OF A NEUTRAL MEDIÁTOR AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THE CONTESTANTS.

AFTER PRESENTING THEIR CASES, EXPERIENCE

MEDIÁTOR,

THE

THE IN PERSON WITH CONSIDERABLE ADVISES THE INDUSTRIES TO FIND A FAIR SOLUTION.

SAID

BE A WHO WILL BE INDUSTRY, ASSISTS AND

ÁRRÅNGED BY THE OF THE ONLY TWO IN WHO WAS CONTRACTOR REGARDING WHO INCURRED DURING A PROJECT

HE

A "MINI-TRIAL" RECENTLY IN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PERHAPS ONE

A KONG,

WITH DISAGREEMENT

A EXPENSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL FAIRLY RESOLVED.

HONG

WAS

"THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH THE TWO DIRECTORS SHARING HANDS WHEN THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED, HE ADDED.

"

REGARDING THE USE OF A "DISPUTE RESOLUTION ADVISOR", MR CORYER IN SAID THE PROCESS AGAIN INVOLVED A NEUTRAL PARTY WHO WAS AN EXPERT

THE CONSTRUCTION APPOINTED AT

BEGINNING OF THE CONTRACT AND

AND WAY AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME DURING THE PROJECT TO HELP RESOLVE DISPUTES.

HE ALSO HAS THE JOB OF FORESEEING POTENTIAL DISPUTES BEFORE

THEM. THEY ARISE AND ADVISING HOW TO AVOID

IF DISPUTES ARISE, THE AND DISCUSSION

MEDIATION PROCESS PROCEEDS TO A FIXED TIMÉTÁBLE ENSURING DISPUTES ARE RESOLVED BEFORE THE END OF THE PROJECT.

MR CORSER SAID A SIMILAR SYSTEM HAD BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE U.S. ON MAJOR ENGINEERING CONTRACTS FOR WHICH A SURVEY SHOWED ALMOST 100 PER CENT OF DISPUTES WERE RESOLVED WITHOUT ARBITRATION OR GOING TO THE COURTS.

MR CORSER NOTED THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS

THE TENDERED OVER

NEXT CONTROL OF HIS DEPARTMENT TO BE WOULD INCLUDE MAJOR REFURBISHMENT OF THE MAIN BLOCK OF HOSPITAL, THE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE MARKET AND THE WONG COMPLEX FOR THE ELDERLY,

UNDER THE 18 MONTHS QUEEN MARY CHUK HANG

ADVISOR" WOULD BE

RESOLUTION HE SAID THE METHOD OF "DISPUTE USED ON THE CONTRACT FOR THE REFURBISHMENT AND MODERNISATION OF THE

OF OLD CENTRAL BLOCK

QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL INCLUDING PROVISION AIR-CONDITIONING TO THE WARDS, WHICH WAS NOW BEING TENDERED.

OF

/AS PARTS