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"A well-maintained building will benefit the owners and occupants by not only enhancing their own safety, but also prolonging the service life of the building and upkeeping its market value," said Dr Choi.

The Building Safety Campaign, organised by the Buildings Department, is aimed at educating members of the public on the needs and standards of maintaining their buildings.

Highlights of the campaign include a roving exhibition on building maintenance throughout the territory, a new 30-second promotional film to be broadcast on television from today, and distribution of leaflets and posters on building safety.

A booklet entitled 'Maintaining Your Building' is also published to guide residents on proper ways to maintain their properties. Copies will be distributed to all owners' corporations in the territory.

venues:

The roving exhibition on building maintenance will be held at the following

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Venue

Dragon Centre in Sham Shui Po Tai Yau Arcade in Wan Chai Times Square in Causeway Bay

Date

January 11-13

January 14-20

January 21-23

Kowloon City Plaza in Kowloon City

January 25-27

New Town Plaza in Sha Tin

Metroplaza in Kwai Fong

January 28-30

January 31- February 2

Villagers benefit from rural improvement works in Tuen Mun

Two thousand and five hundred villagers living in So Kwun Wat and nearby area will directly benefit from the Home Affairs Department's latest rural environmental improvement project at So Kwun Wat Tsuen, Tuen Mun, the Director of Home Affairs, Mrs Shelley Lau, said today (Saturday).

Speaking at an opening ceremony marking the completion of an open channel improvement project under the Department's Rural Planning and Improvement Strategy (RPIS) minor works project, Mrs Lau said the project was aimed at minimising the flooding risk posed on villagers in the area.