WELCOME TO THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER

The Chinese New Year holidays now seem like a long time ago and everyone is now probably back in to the swing of things following what is usually a fairly quiet period between Christmas and the Lunar New Year.

In last month's Chapter Bulletin, I asked a question why there was a police presence at an IFMA cocktail party in Houston, Texas. No correct answer was received, so I shall enlighten y'all. Under IFMA's lease at Greenway Plaza, in the event alcoholic beverages being served on the premises, the tenant is required to station a police officer at the exit to the tenant's demise to ensure no-one leaves the premises in a drunken condition. There is a potential liability on the landlord should this person suffer an accident on the landlord's property. The police are there to ensure this doesn't happen and I am pleased to say I was allowed to leave!

Enjoy this month's Bulletin.

Brian Crockford, Vice President
brian.j.crockford@jpmchase.com

REQUEST FOR HELP : FACILITY MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP

We have received an enquiry from an FM student at the University of Applied Sciences in Kufstein, Austria. Andrea Moritz has been studying FM for 3 years and would like to gain some work experience in Hong Kong for a period of 5 months from September, 2005. Andrea has already gained some European FM work experience and actively participates in the European FM community. If you think your company might be able to help, please contact Andrea via e-mail to andrea.moritz@gmx.at

EVENTS

EVENING COCKTAIL SEMINAR
CHALLENGE THE PARADIGMS, EXPLORE REAL PARTNERING
Bryan Clifford, Managing Director, John Carlisle Partnership
Thursday 10^th March, 2005 : 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Kellett Island, Hong Kong

Bryan has championed the cause of Partnering in Hong Kong construction for more than 6 years as Managing Director of John Carlisle Partnerships (SEA) and as leader of the Partnering Specific Interest Group for the Association for Project Management. He is skilled and developed by JCP Consultancy Ltd in over 20 years of changing attitudes and behaviours and developing new and dramatically more efficient ways of working in UK construction.

Bryan considers that there is considerable waste in the way that we procure and maintain most new facilities in Hong Kong - probably around 30% but in order to realize the potential gains we need to make radical changes in the way the industry operates and this can only happen if we are prepared to challenge our own mindset. This talk will be about exploring the 'limiting beliefs' that we have and how we can dramatically improve performance with cooperation across the entire supply chain.