'Govt to review building maintenance assistance'
Home affairs chief Alice Mak said on Saturday various government departments are set to review how they can assist property owners over building maintenance. Speaking to reporters after attending a radio programme, Mak said the Development Bureau has convened a meeting with the Buildings Department, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) and the Home Affairs Department. Recent cases of falling concrete from buildings have sparked safety concerns. "For the Home Affairs Department, we have all along been helping those owners to convene owners' meetings and give them advice on how to seek professional services to maintain their own buildings. So we will make good use of this mechanism to work with the Buildings Department and the URA," Mak said. On the government's care team initiative, the secretary for home and youth affairs said care team for 16 more districts will be formed over the next two months.  Care teams have already been launched in Tsuen Wan and Southern District. The idea was included in Chief Executive John Lee's election manifesto.