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NUMEROUS FRUSTRATING CASES ALSO EXIST IN THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE AND THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHERE DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AMENDMENTS TO THE IR PLANS WHICH ARE ONLY TO BE FOLLOWED BY FURTHER AMENDMENTS.
WITH THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, MANY OF THE EXISTING RULES, REGULATIONS AND CODES OF PRACTICE BECOME OUTDATED AND CAN NO LONGER BE BASED UPON TO MAKE DECISIONS, MR HU REMARKED.
INCONSISTENCY IN THE INTERPRETATION OF REGULATIONS POSES ANOTHER PROBLEM AS A DIFFERENT OFFICER MAY INTERPRET THE SAME PIECE OF REGULATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY WHICH MAY NECESSITATE MAJOR RE-DESIGNING OR AMENDMENT WITH CONSEQUENTIAL DELAY OR
INCREASE IN COST.
+1 WOULD SUGGEST THAT WHERE CHANGES IN POLICIES OR INTERPRETATIONS MAY CAUSE MAJOR MODIFICATIONS IN BUILDING PLANS, A GRACE PERIOD SHOULD BE ALLOWED.
+PLANS ALREADY APPROVED SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO DISAPPROVAL ON THESE GROUNDS WHEN THEY ARE RESUBMITTED FOR MINOR AMENDMENTS,+ HE ADDED.
MR HU ALSO COMMENTED ON THE GOVERNMENT'S LAND RESUMPTION POLICIES.
HE REITERATED HIS EARLIER SUGGESTION IN THE COUNCIL THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME AND THE LETTER B EXCHANGE SCHEME SHOULD BE COMBINED IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK AND TO SPEED UP THE DISCHARGE OF LETTER B COMMITMENTS.
+I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS SCHEME BE PURSUED AGAIN,+ SAID MR HU, +BESIDES THE COMMERCIAL PREMISES, 30 TO 40 PER CENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA AT ATTRACTIVE LOCATIONS SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS TO DEVELOP AND SELL AT THEIR OWN PRICE, WHILE 60 TO 70 PER CENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA SHOULD BE BUILT AND HANDED BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT AT AN AGREED PRICE FOR THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME OR EVEN FOR RENTAL PUBLIC HOUSING DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF DEMAND.
+ INTEGRATION OF ACCOMMODATION FOR DIFFERENT INCOME GROUPS IN A PRIME SITE OR ANY SITE IS SOCIALLY AN IDEA WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE,+ HE SAID.
HE ALSO URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER TYING UP THE LETTER B ENTITLEMENT EXCHANGE SCHEME WITH SEABED RECLAMATION AND LAND EXCAVATION PROJECTS ON ACCEPTABLE LOCATIONS AND TO EXTEND THE LETTER B EXCHANGE SCHEME TO THE URBAN AREA.
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