Download or read book A Study of Property Management Services and Safety Condition of Buildings in Hong Kong written by Ka-Lun Li and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "A Study of Property Management Services and Safety Condition of Buildings in Hong Kong" by Ka-lun, Li, 李嘉倫, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: This study is to investigate the property management services towards safety condition of buildings in Hong Kong. Those property management services were found under a larger framework on property management industry brought by the housing managers including Building Repair & Maintenance, Management of Environment, Property Management Services for Owners / Tenants / Community, Facility Management, Law in Practice, Finance Management, Human Resources Management and other attributes of property management services. The results of the survey implied that the housing managers or practitioners of the property management industry realized those services would brought to the safety condition of the building in Hong Kong with significant impacts, but most of them would only put their focuses on the facility management or Building Repair & Maintenance. From the study, we could see there was raising concern on Finance Management and Law in Practice which was conformed to the past literature on safety condition of the buildings. This study also showed how the socio-demographic characteristics would affect the perceptions of the housing managers and the practitioners of the property management industry on the property management services. Much more of this study is to explain the importance of considering the point of views of the different property management services in affecting the safety condition of the buildings. To illustrated the relationship between the property management services and the safety condition of the buildings in order to understand how important of the property management services is in maintaining the safety condition of the buildings. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5118529 Subjects: Real estate management - China - Hong Kong Buildings - China - Hong Kong - Safety measures

Download or read book An Empirical Study of Property Management and Fire Safety Condition written by Kam-Ming Tse and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "An Empirical Study of Property Management and Fire Safety Condition" by Kam-ming, Tse, 謝錦明, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract The issue of fire safety in Hong Kong has been highlighted by a number of disastrous fires from 1994 to 1997. Government enacted the FS(CP)O in 1997 which requires retrospective upgrading of fire services equipment, means of escape, means of access for fire-fighting and fire-resisting construction for PCP and SCB. The coverage is extended to composite building and domestic building by a new ordinance FS(B)O passed in 2002. It is now being proposed to address the problem of building neglect through compulsory set-up of IO and appointment of management company. This thesis argues that while introduction of new legislation may be pertinent, it will not effectively tackle the fire safety issue. The primary objective of this thesis is going to establish that building management is the most significant factor towards fire safety condition, not the building use type or building age as suggested in the fire safety ordinances and the Building Management and Maintenance (BMM) Consultation Paper. An empirical research of substantial scale involving 80 different types of buildings has been launched to study the relationship between fire safety condition and factors like appointment of management company, set up of IO, building type, building age, building size, provision of fire services installation etc. It has been established that among the factors under study, building management is most significant to the fire safety condition followed by building age, building type, establishment of IO and provision of fire services installation. Other factors such as building size and issuing of s24 orders are found to be irrelevant to the fire safety condition. Contrary to government's underlying assumption in FS(B)O, composite building is found to be the least fire-risky while industrial building is the most fire hazardous building category. Moreover, set-up of IO has a negative correlation with fire safety condition which suggests that compulsory set-up of IO does not help to improve fire safety condition. The existing fire safety control mechanism has set a wrong focus on secondary concerns. Based on the analysis, a number of recommendations are proposed at the end of this thesis. viii DOI: 10.5353/th_b3131901 Subjects: Fire prevention - China - Hong Kong Real estate management - China - Hong Kong

Download or read book Fire Safety Management and Property Management in Hong Kong written by Hoi-Ping Lee and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Fire Safety Management and Property Management in Hong Kong" by Hoi-ping, Lee, 李凱屏, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: High rise buildings are commonly found in Hong Kong. Neighbours are so close to one another that activity next door could bring disastrous effect to the whole building even if only minor malpractice is found in daily activities. There had been a number of fires with large number of casualties and deaths in the recent years. Fire safety management in buildings across Hong Kong has been one of the most discussed topics in the territory by the government, politicians and the general public. Investigations of those incidents revealed that there are common malpractices found in those buildings - ineffective means of escape routes, unauthorized alteration to building usage and structures and low awareness on fire safety management. The government did take remedial actions after each fire by imposing more requirements on fire services equipments and systems for types of buildings that had been burnt in previous fires. Furthermore, ad hoc fleet checks to buildings with similar characteristics as where the fires were had also been carried out to meet public concern right after blazes. Long term measures such as enactment of new laws, amendments to existing codes of practice on fire safety equipments and systems, strengthening execution of laws towards offenders, launch of promotional programmes by the Fire Services Department to raise public concern on fire safety awareness have been in effect aiming at lowering the figures on fire cases and hence loss in lives and properties. After series of actions taken, number of fire cases, casualties and deaths result from fire did not go down in the past few years. Building fire safety condition in two cities in South East Asia, Singapore and Tokyo, are taken for comparison with that of Hong Kong. It is discovered that there are merits from the two cities for our reference in order to get the safety levels of our buildings be raised. The two governments in Singapore and Tokyo take proactive approach on control and promotion of fire safety in buildings while our policies are passive ones. Besides, both Singaporean and Tokyo government plan their policies with focus on the weaknesses found that bring adverse effect to the key issue. In order to cultivate safe atmosphere for citizens in Hong Kong, the government is strongly recommended to adopt proactive approach that addresses the root cause of the issue. Compulsory appointment of independent Fire Safety Manager, adoption of total fire safety management concepts with focus on emergency planning and drills, incentive programmes to raise the public awareness on building fire safety are expected to strengthen the concepts of fire safety in the community. On the other hand, compulsory formation of owners' corporations, legal review and amendments to current ordinance on building management in order to maintain equilibrium for management power among stakeholders, including building managers, of buildings and last but not least, putting legal liability on professional building managers for fire safety malpractices are suggested measures to address the root causes of the phenomena. DOI: 10.5353/th_b4834209 Subjects: Real estate management - China - Hong Kong Fire prevention - China - Hong Kong

Download or read book Professional Housing Management Practices in Hong Kong written by Rebecca Lai-Har Chiu and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional housing management is of growing importance in Hong Kong and the "Hong Kong management model" is adopted in many neighbouring high-density cities. However, there has been by far no literature on the subject of housing management practices in Hong Kong. This book is therefore crucial in understanding how housing management makes significant contributions to the safety, viability, liveability and vibrancy of our high-density and high-rise environment. Since the late 1980s, housing education in this city has developed by leaps and bounds. A recent study found that over 3,000 junior practitioners would be seeking professional training or further study for career advancement. This book is an indispensable aid to self-study or taught courses.

Download or read book An Empirical Study of Property Management and Fire Safety Condition written by Kam-ming Tse and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Property Management Service Quality and Property Owner s Cost of Second Tier Commercial Building in Hong Kong written by 胡家朗 and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide to Effective Property Management in Hong Kong written by Francis K. Loo and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 1994-11-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Effective Property Management in Hong Kong brings together the practical experience and insights of a chartered surveyor who has had more than thirty years of experience in property management and real estate in Hong Kong and Canada. Property managers, property owners, administrators and students of the subject will find here a wealth of information and practical detail which provides the foundation for efficient and effective property management. The author also places particular emphasis on learning and improving interpersonal and communication skills.

Download or read book To Evaluate the Contribution of Owner Committee to the Quality of Housing Management in the Private Residential Property in Hong Kong written by Ka-Wan Wu and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "To Evaluate the Contribution of Owner Committee to the Quality of Housing Management in the Private Residential Property in Hong Kong" by Ka-wan, Wu, 胡家穩, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: The property management in Hong Kong has emerged in its importance in the past decades. The people's thought towards property management has changed from the provision of basic services such as watchmen and cleaners to a professional servicing industry. Moreover, as changes in people's attitude in service consumption and social values, the requirement of the owners for the property management services raised. Apart from this, the participation of Owner Committee ( OC ) in the property management has become more significant which has been recognized by the residents, the property management practitioners as well as the government. As a result of the rapid population growth, the demand for the housing has increased rapidly too thus, led to the development of multi-storey buildings in large scale. The government policy has encouraged the participation of OC in the management of the building by formation of Owners Incorporations aiming at the promotion of a 'self-help' approach for which the OC could manage the building on their own. The encouragement of the government by enactment of the Building Management Ordinance has strengthened the power of the Incorporated Owners as they have the power to terminate and to appoint managers at their choice. However, we always hear that Owner Committee (OC) will cause a lot of quarrels between OC and the property managers/property management companies and bring a lot of troubles to the property manager/property management company. Sometimes the property managers/ property management companies complained that the requirement of the OC is too high to meet and unreasonable. Moreover, they also complained that OC controls too much on them so that their efficiency of work and their daily performance will be reduced. In addition, it creates a great impact to the property management companies and to the industry of property management. For example, the incidents of termination of property managers/property management companies were increased for the past decade. Does OC really could not perform their function and to make contribution to improve the quality of private residential property in Hong Kong? In this dissertation, it is to find out whether the OC participation in the management of the property has positive impacts on the management quality of the estates or not. If yes, to what extent or level that OC could help improve the quality of the private residential property in Hong Kong. After the estate study, it was found that OC participation in the management of the property could help the management company understand their needs and become more accountable. It was also noted that by the questionnaire survey and face to face interviews, the estate selected for the estate study that is a high level of participation of OC, all the comments and results have a higher satisfaction rate and a positive impacts on the management quality of the estate as well as in the whole property management industry. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5372737 Subjects: Homeowners - China - Hong Kong Housing management - China - Hon gKong

Download or read book A Study of Property Manager s Participation at the Building Design Stage in Hong Kong written by Kwok-Chu Wong and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "A Study of Property Manager's Participation at the Building Design Stage in Hong Kong" by Kwok-chu, Wong, 王國柱, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3196815 Subjects: Architectural design - Planning Housing management - China - Hong Kong Executives - China - Hong Kong - Attitudes Architectural design - Planning Housing management Executives - Attitudes

Download or read book Mandatory Building Inspection written by Andrew Y. T. LEUNG and published by City University of HK Press. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memories are still vivid on the incident: on 29 January 2010, a five-storey building at 45J Ma Tau Wai Road, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong collapsed, causing four deaths and two injuries. The tragedy has raised public concerns about the safety of many of Hong Kong's old and dilapidated buildings. Realising that the presence of ageing buildings lacking proper care and maintenance poses potential threats to residents and the public at large, since 2012, the Buildings Department has implemented the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme (MBIS) to carry out inspection and rectification works for buildings aged 30 years or above. This book, as a pioneer to review and examine the statistics and distributions of the aged buildings in Hong Kong, provides critical insights on the building decay and neglect problems. The statistical information highlighted in the book also serves to project the estimated number of aged buildings to be covered by the MBIS in the future, and the demand of professional workforce expected for the successful implementation of MBIS. The book is useful for the practising professionals in the building industry, such as surveyors, engineers and government officials. It is also an excellent reference for students and researchers in Surveying, Construction Management and related disciplines.

Download or read book Tall Buildings From Engineering To Sustainability written by Y K Cheung and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005-12-06 with total page 1167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Tall Buildings (ICTB), this volume clearly explains the engineering and socio-economic aspects of tall buildings in specific areas of sustainability. The papers focus on Asian cities, where tall buildings have become a major feature of the built environment. A multi-disciplinary book, it also deals with the increasing complexity of inter-related problems that require knowledge integration from different disciplines. With interesting contributions from distinguished practitioners, academics and policy makers, the book addresses the development and application of knowledge in solving problems related to tall buildings.

Download or read book Inclusive Housing Management and Community Wellbeing written by Kwok-yu Edward Lee and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study on the Job Satisfaction of Property Management Practitioners of Residential Buildings After the Enactment of the Property Management Services Ordinance Cap 626 written by 黃麗儀 and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book CIB W99 written by Rafig M. Choudhry and published by 清华大学出版社有限公司. This book was released on 2006 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 本书精选了CIB W99“建筑安全与健康的全球合作”国际会议论文75篇,涉及有关建筑安全与健康的法律、战略和发展规划,规范和标准,教育培训和持续学习,风险分析与决策,安全投资和效益,量测及定量分析,信息技术和自动控制的应用等内容。

Download or read book The Social Construction of the Housing Management Profession in Hong Kong written by Cheuk-Pan Friendly Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "The Social Construction of the Housing Management Profession in Hong Kong" by Cheuk-pan, Friendly, Cheng, 鄭卓斌, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Housing is the most important of asset of the general public. It combines the function of a living place and a major storage of wealth. Socially, it is a vertical community lived hundreds even thousands of people. Technically, it is an artifact of modern architecture and a combination of various building services and specific knowledge and skills are required to keep it running smooth. The one who operates this epitome of a society is named as "Housing Manger" Housing management is a young profession in Hong Kong. Its status and role is built progressively through interaction with its service clients, those are the residents of estates. The social construction process forms the base of the profession in image and agreement building. Understanding the relationship between residents' perception and the evolution of housing management profession helps the profession to setup its direction and goal in order to provide more appropriate services to safeguard the interest of the general public. The purpose of this study is to analyze how the role of housing management profession is developed and affected by the perception and expectations of residents. Housing management itself is also examined with the eight characteristics of a classical profession to see whether it fulfills the requirements to differentiate itself from other occupations and professions. A questionnaire survey and an interview in micro perspective are carried out to collect the first hand information of thinking from residents and industry practitioners. The findings indicated that the general public holds a positive image on the housing management profession and agree its contribution to the public interest, which is maintaining a safe and comfortable living environment for residents. The latest movements in qualification framework and legal recognized licensing system of housing managers have clearly stated its service boundary of the profession and improved its legitimacy in the industry. On the other side, the findings also indicate some aspects are waiting improvement to strengthen the status of the professions. It shows the direction for all stakeholders of the industry to work and cooperate with each other for the ultimate goal of a safe and enjoyable living environment. DOI: 10.5353/th_b4834119 Subjects: Housing management - China - Hong Kong

Download or read book Quality Improvement for Property Management Services written by Edmond K. W. Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fire Safety Management in Tall Buildings in the Context of Hong Kong written by Kankan Liang and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: