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Office bearers of owners' corporations (OCs) and owners of Tenants Purchase Scheme estates in Sha Tin wishing to update their knowledge and skills in building management are invited to attend a free training course organised by the Building Management Resource Centre (BMRC) (New Territories East) of the Sha Tin District Office.

The training course, which consists of two sessions, will be held from 7.30pm to 10pm on two consecutive Mondays on October 6 and 13 at the BMRC (New Territories East), Room 510, 5/F, Sha Tin Government Offices, 1 Sheung Wo Che Road, Sha Tin.

Course speakers will be representatives from The Law Society of Hong Kong, the Housing Department, the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Hong Kong Society of Accountants. They will brief participants on the following topics:

1. Rights and Obligations of Owners' Corporations;

2. Procedures for Meetings of Owners' Corporations and Management Committees;

3. The Management and Operation of Maintenance Funds of Estates under the Tenants

Purchase Scheme (TPS);

4. The Role of the Housing Department in TPS Estates;

5. Effective and Corruption-free Building Management; and

6. The Financial Management and Control of Accounts by Owners' Corporations.

Participants will be awarded certificates on attending each of the two sessions and certificates on completion of the two-day training course.

The deadline for enrolment is September 22. For enquiries, please call 2158 5379.

Application forms can be obtained at the Public Enquiry Service Centre or the the Building Management Liaison Team of the Sha Tin District Office (STDO) or the BMRC (New Territories East) at the Sha Tin Government Offices, as well as the Ma On Shan Sub-office of the STDO at Shop No.1, G/F, Sunshine City Phase 4, 18 On Luk Street, Ma On Shan, Sha Tin.

End/Friday, September 5, 2003

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