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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1991
AND
OF UNFAIR RIGHTS OF FLAT TO BALANCE THR AND MANAGEMENT
"THE BILL HAS PROPOSED MANDATORY CLAUSES IN RESPECT CLAUSES IN DEEDS OF MUTUAL COVENANT TO SAFEGUARD THE
OF THEIR BUILDINGS OWNERS IN THE
AMONG THEM INTERESTS COMPANIES, MR SUEN SAID.
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MANAGEMENT
AND
PROPERTY
DEVELOPERS
STAFF
DURING THE CONSULTATION PERIOD FROM JUNE TO AUGUST, CNTA
PROFESSIONAL ATTENDED DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS, DISCUSSED WITH VARIOUS
EXPLAIN THE OBJECTIVE BODIES AS WELL AS PARTICIPATED IN SEMINARS TO AND DETAILS OF THE BILL TO HELP THE PUBLIC HAVE A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTENT BEFORE GIVING THEIR VIEWS, HE SAID,
"THE CONSULTATION WAS VERY
SUCCESSFUL
WITH A
TOTAL OF
340
REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED.
"THEY CAME FROM THE
COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE ADVISORY
BUILDING AREA COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS, MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
MANAGEMENT, DISTRICT BOARDS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS.
LAW SOCIETY, THE (HONG KONG KONG
HONG THE SOCIETY
"PROFESSIONAL BODIES, SUCH AS THE HONG KONG HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF HOUSING, THE INSTITUTE OF HOUSING BRANCH), THE HONG
OF SURVEYORS, THE KONG INSTITUTE ASSOCIATION OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES LIMITED AND OF HONG KONG REAL ESTATES ADMINISTRATORS, OPINIONS ON THE BILL, HE SAID.
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HAD ALSO SUBMITTED THEIR
MAJOR ISSUES WHICH IN THE MULTI-STOREY SHOULD BE RETAINED OR
MR SUEN POINTED OUT THAT ONE OF THE THREE ATTRACTED PUBLIC CONCERN WAS WHETHER SECTION 2A BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATION) ORDINANCE AMENDED.
PERSON
HAS
STATES THAT IF A THIS SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE
AN AGREEMENT GIVEN AN UNDERTAKING IN WRITING TO, OR HAS ENTERED INTO WITH, THE GOVERNMENT TO MANAGE OR BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF A BUILDING, THE ORDINANCE SHALL NOT APPLY.
"THIS IN EFFECT PREVENTS THE FLAT OWNERS OF THAT BUILDING
MR SUEN NOTED. FORMING AN OWNERS CORPORATION,
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AFTER STUDYING THE VARIOUS COMMENTS, CNTA FLAT OWNERS TO FORM OWNERS CORPORATIONS WAS OF IMPROVING THE DAILY MANAGEMENT OF BUILDINGS.
"CNTA
WOULD RECOMMEND
THAT
SECTION
FROM
FELT THAT ALLOWING UTMOST IMPORTANCE IN
2A OF THE PRINCIPAL WITH SECTION 34(1) OF THE BILL ORDINANCE BE REPEALED TO COINCIDE
OF WHICH STATES THAT FLAT OWNERS SHOULD NOT BE PREVENTED BY THE DEEDS
FROM FORMING OWNERS MUTUAL COVENANT OR ANY OTHER CORPORATIONS, HE SAID.
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AGREEMENT
FOURTH ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE WAS A MANDATORY TERM IN THE
OWNERS то TERMINATE SCHEDULE OF THE BILL WHICH SEEKS TO ENABLE FLAT
TWO-THIRDS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MANAGER MAJORITY VOTE, MR SUEN SAID.
BUILDING OF THEIR
BY A
/HE NOTED