Active participation of owners and corruption prevention measures vital to clean building management
2013-12-15
The active participation of property owners and owners’ corporations in the maintenance works of their buildings is pivotal to effective and clean building management, said Chairman of Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee (CPAC) Albert Au Siu-cheung yesterday (Saturday) in an ICAC corruption prevention seminar.
Speaking at the first seminar on “Quality and Integrity Building Maintenance”, Mr Au reminded property owners to personally attend general meetings in relation to major renovation works and involve in the decision making process. They should avoid appointing proxies to avoid abuses of their voting rights.
“When appointing consultants, apart from the quotation prices, property owners should also take into account the consultants’ experiences, manpower arrangements, past performances and their reputations. Owners should also be cautious and consider if the quotation prices are reasonable,” Mr Au said.
At yesterday’s seminar, Mr Au also introduced a newly updated Building Maintenance Toolkit to over 200 property owners and owners’ corporation members. Registered professional surveyor and former president of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors Cheung Tat-tong, Senior Manager (Property Management) of the Hong Kong Housing Society Karen Yueh Wan-yu, and ICAC Chief Corruption Prevention Officer Cheung Chin-kit also shared with the audience tips in appointing and monitoring contractors as well as other related corruption prevention measures.
Corruption prevention in building maintenance has always been one of ICAC’s major work focuses. Under the Commission’s Integrity and Quality Building Management Scheme launched in 2008, corruption prevention education and consultation services were provided to over 4,700 owners’ corporations. In addition, over 7,000 copies of the first edition of the Building Maintenance Toolkit were distributed.
Having analysed recent cases and consolidated the views of the industry and related professionals, the ICAC has updated the Toolkit to provide more effective corruption prevention measures, as well as sample documents and standard forms in relation to the scopes of consultancy services, tender evaluation reports and forms of site supervision plan, etc, to make it more user-friendly.
Printed copies of the updated Building Maintenance Toolkit are now available in any ICAC Regional Offices, Public Enquiries Service Centres of the Home Affairs Department, Property Management Advisory Centres of the Hong Kong Housing Society, Resource Cen tre of the Urban Renewal Authority. Electronic version of the Toolkit is also available in the Quality and Integrity Building Maintenance website under the ICAC corporate website ( bm.icac.hk ). Four other similar seminars will be held by the ICAC in Kowloon and the New Territories.
Speaking at the first seminar on “Quality and Integrity Building Maintenance”, Mr Au reminded property owners to personally attend general meetings in relation to major renovation works and involve in the decision making process. They should avoid appointing proxies to avoid abuses of their voting rights.
“When appointing consultants, apart from the quotation prices, property owners should also take into account the consultants’ experiences, manpower arrangements, past performances and their reputations. Owners should also be cautious and consider if the quotation prices are reasonable,” Mr Au said.
At yesterday’s seminar, Mr Au also introduced a newly updated Building Maintenance Toolkit to over 200 property owners and owners’ corporation members. Registered professional surveyor and former president of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors Cheung Tat-tong, Senior Manager (Property Management) of the Hong Kong Housing Society Karen Yueh Wan-yu, and ICAC Chief Corruption Prevention Officer Cheung Chin-kit also shared with the audience tips in appointing and monitoring contractors as well as other related corruption prevention measures.
Corruption prevention in building maintenance has always been one of ICAC’s major work focuses. Under the Commission’s Integrity and Quality Building Management Scheme launched in 2008, corruption prevention education and consultation services were provided to over 4,700 owners’ corporations. In addition, over 7,000 copies of the first edition of the Building Maintenance Toolkit were distributed.
Having analysed recent cases and consolidated the views of the industry and related professionals, the ICAC has updated the Toolkit to provide more effective corruption prevention measures, as well as sample documents and standard forms in relation to the scopes of consultancy services, tender evaluation reports and forms of site supervision plan, etc, to make it more user-friendly.
Printed copies of the updated Building Maintenance Toolkit are now available in any ICAC Regional Offices, Public Enquiries Service Centres of the Home Affairs Department, Property Management Advisory Centres of the Hong Kong Housing Society, Resource Cen tre of the Urban Renewal Authority. Electronic version of the Toolkit is also available in the Quality and Integrity Building Maintenance website under the ICAC corporate website ( bm.icac.hk ). Four other similar seminars will be held by the ICAC in Kowloon and the New Territories.