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MOST PUBLIC ESTATES HAVE MAC'S: SHA

*

THERE ARE 1,219 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES (MAC'S) IN PUBLIC HOUSING CENT OF THESE ESTATES IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTING MORE THAN 70 PER

INFORMED BUILDINGS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.

HE ALSO SAID THERE WERE 2,893 MAC'S IN PRIVATE BUILDINGS.

HOUSING ESTATES

CHI-WOOD, BY INFORMATION

THE HOUSING PROVIDED

WERE SOCIETY, THERE

BLOCKS OF 1,732 (BOTH RENTAL AND SALE FLATS

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG MR SUEN SAID BASED ON THE DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING BUILDINGS IN PUBLIC INCLUDED).

MR

AND

ENCOURAGING SUEN STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT AIMS AT ASSISTING RESIDENTS IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO FORM THE MAC'S.

A

THE MAC SCHEME WAS FIRST INTRODUCED ON A TRIAL BASIS IN 1973 AS CAN WORK FORM

RESIDENTS OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION IN WHICH THE TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE SECURITY, CLEANLINESS AND MAINTENANCE OF THEIR BUILDINGS.

SAID.

** ITS VALUE WAS CONFIRMED FOLLOWING A REVIEW IN 1974,

++ MR SUEN

OF

SETTING

A

VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION, THERE TIMING FOR

IN ITS FORMATION

EACH

MR SUEN SAID SINCE A MAC WAS A WAS NO QUESTION BUILDING.

NEW

CITY RESIDENTS

AND

IN

AND

"THE NORMAL PRACTICE IS FOR OUR LIAISON STAFF IN THE

ΤΟ MAKE ADMINISTRATION TO TERRITORIES

VISITS BUILDINGS, TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE FUNCTIONS AND BENEFITS OF A MAC TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO FORM ONE.

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"THE FINAL DECISION ON THE MAC FORMATION RESIDENTS THEMSELVES, MR SUEN SAID.

RESTS

WITH

THE

AS TO

WHY

HAD NOT

YET RESIDENTS IN SOME PRIVATE BUILDINGS

FORM FORMED THE MAC'S, MR SUEN SURMISED THAT SOME MIGHT HAVE OPTED TO

HAVE A OWNERS'

WHILE OTHERS MIGHT NOT SEE THE NEED TO CORPORATIONS RESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF ANY KIND BECAUSE THEY EXPERIENCED NO SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL OR BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.

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