ELC3505Adjustment letters

Responding to a complaintContext:1. You are Jan Wong, the Estate Officer for Collier Estate Management Ltd. You received this letter from a resident, Ellen Ma. 2. Read the letter and highlight the problems outlined. What action can you take to solve each problem, and are there particular causes to the problems?3. Write a letter to Ellen Ma replying to her complaint.

4/F Richland CourtMa On Shan

3 February 2010

The Estates ManagerCollier Estate Management Ltd22 First StreetMa On Shan

Dear Sir or Madam

Various Problems

I am writing to complain, I am afraid, about various problems. Firstly, the new garbage collection system which has recently been introduced - as you know, instead of using the bins at the bottom of the staircase, we now have to put our garbage in the new locked refuse room to which we have all been given a key.

This did not seem a bad idea to us until this Chinese New Year Eve when we found we had lost our key to the refuse room. As your office was shut we could not get a spare key, so we had to keep all our garbage in our flat over the next three days. I think this very embarrassing situation would have been avoided under the old system. We are also concerned about the risk from lost keys. It is easy to access the back stairs from the garbage room; but these stairs lead to certain flats. If the keys fall into wrong hands, robbery becomes a definite possibility.

This scheme not only appears to have serious disadvantages but it was also introduced with no prior consultation with residents. It is not the first time that changes have been introduced without consultation, although this goes against estate management regulations which state that any intended changes must first be put to the residents’ committee.

Finally, I am afraid I have to report on the rudeness and unhelpfulness of staff in the Management Office. I noticed this in relation to the above matters but also on many other occasions.

As we pay a very large management fee, I believe it is within our rights to expect better service.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully

Ellen MaEllen Ma

ELC3505Adjustment letters

Instructions

Work in pairs or small groups to write the letter.

Use Firefox

Write the letter on http://elc3505-s01-sem002.wikispaces.com/

First go to your PolyU Webmail https://webmail.polyu.edu.hk/

Look for the Invitation from Wikispaces

Accept the Invitation and Chose a Username and Password – include your English name in your username – e.g. JohnChan

Make sure you are signed into the wiki.

In your group open a New Page

Call the Page: Estate Complaint by (your names)

Start writing. Remember to save your work frequently.