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Another subject that I am concerned about relates to building management. I, am aware that a reconstituted interdepartmental working group convened by the City and New Territories Administration has been set up to look into the inadequacies of the exist-

There have ing geed of Mutual Covenants.

been long-standing complaints that owners To corporations and mutual aid committees

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are not properly supervised by the Government, and that the decision-makers from both bodies are not properly protected from liabilities. With more and more buildings in need of repair and maintenance, this issue should be treated as a matter of urgency so that a sol- ution could be worked out without further delay. The Government should also strengthen its manpower to tackle the serious problem of illegal structures, in particular those which pose imminent danger to life or prop-

setting up erty. I hope that the recent/of a special unit empowered to clamp down on illegal structures will be able to demonstrate a greater efficiency and effectiveness in handling this matter.

Sir, although I am not a member of the ad hoc group on Vietnamese refugees, I would like to seize this opportunity to express my support for the views of the group under the

capable leadership of my honourable hom. colleague:Mrs, Rita Fan, that Hong Kong should not be taken as a place of first assylum.

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It is appalling to learn that with the current rates of resettlement and continued arrivals, it would take decades to clear the ten 10,000 thousand plus refugees presently in the camps,

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