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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992
FEES FOR PROCESSING BUILDING PLANS REVISED
THE BUILDING
FEES FOR PROCESSING BUILDING PLANS SUBMITTED TO AUTHORITY FOR APPROVAL WILL BE ADJUSTED FROM TODAY (FRIDAY).
UNDER THE BUILDING (ADMINISTRATION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATION 1992 GAZETTED TODAY, PHASE II OF AN APPROVED SCHEME TO BRING THE FEE IN STAGES UP TO THE FULL COST-RECOVERY RATE WILL COME INTO EFFECT TODAY.
THIS MEANS THAT THE FEES WILL BE ADJUSTED UPWARD ΤΟ 50 % OF THE FULL RATE.
A BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE CHARGING SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED LAST YEAR WHEN FEES WERE CHARGED AT ONLY 25 % OF THE FULL RATE.
**THERE WILL BE ANOTHER INCREASE NEXT YEAR TO BRING THE FEES ΤΟ THE FULL COST RECOVERY RATE. THEREAFTER, THE FEES WOULD BE REVIEWED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF ANY INCREASE IN COSTS," HE SAID.
THE REGULATION ALSO SIMPLIFIES THE CHARGING SYSTEM BY MAKING APPLICANTS PAY A FEE UPON THE INITIAL SUBMISSION OF BUILDING PLANS AND ABOLISHES FEES PAYABLE FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT RE-SUBMISSIONS.
IT ALSO AMENDS THE METHOD OF CALCULATING FEES FOR INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WHICH HAVE NO ACCOUNTABLE GROSS FLOOR AREA.
"BUILDINGS, WHICH FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY, INCLUDE TRANSFORMER STATIONS, OIL STORAGE INSTALLATIONS AND JETTIES.
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"FEES FOR THE PROCESSING OF PLANS FOR SUCH BUILDINGS WILL NOW BE CHARGED ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF DRAWINGS SUBMITTED, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
MALAYSIAN DELEGATION VISITS SWD
A THREE-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM MALAYSIA VISITED THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING.
THE PARTY WAS LED BY MR MOHD HASSAN NGAH MAHMUD, THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT'S DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE.
THEY WERE MET BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT.
THE DELEGATION WAS BRIEFED ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LOCAL SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES, THE OPERATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS SCHEMES.
THE VISITORS THEN TOURED THE DEPARTMENT'S WAN SEE THE FUNCTIONS OF A FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE AND A FIELD UNIT THERE.
CHAI OFFICE ΤΟ SOCIAL
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