SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1991
PUBLIC URGED TO COMMENT ON BUILDING MANAGEMENT BILL
VIEWS BILL
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO GIVE THEIR ON THE MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATION) (AMENDMENT) 1991 PUBLISHED LAST WEEK.
AND
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE "BUILDING MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION PERSPECTIVE AND PARTICIPATION"
THE PROPOSED EXHIBITION CENTRE, MR LAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED
PUBLIC CONSULTATION LEGISLATION IN THE FORM OF A WHITE BILL THE BILL HAD FAR-REACHING EFFECTS ON THE TERRITORY'S FLAT OWNERS.
"MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
FOR
AS
VIEWS AND ADMINISTRATION
CITY
.
TO EXPRESS AND NEW TERRITORIES
HE SAID.
THEIR
COMMENTS CAN WRITE TO THE (CNTA) BEFORE THE END OF AUGUST,
IN ROLE MR LAN SAID
GOVERNMENT'S THE
BETTER LEGAL MANAGEMENT WAS MAINLY TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK TO ASSIST FLAT OWNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR BUILDINGS MORE EFFECTIVELY.
PRIVATE BUILDING AND ADMINISTRATIVE THE MANAGEMENT OF
THE
GOVERNMENT OF MUTUAL
HAD COVENANT
PROPOSED
TO
ALTOGETHER, 90
BY MAKING THAT THE
EFFECTIVELY
WITH THIS IN MIND, HE SAID,
IN DEEDS AMEND THE UNFAIR CLAUSES MANDATORY CHANGES OR REMOVING SUCH CLAUSES INTEREST OF MULTI-STOREY FLAT OWNERS COULD AS FAR AS BUILDING MANAGEMENT WAS CONCERNED.
BE
COMPANY,
PROTECTED
BETWEEN
AS
WELL AS
"THE AMENDMENT WILL ALSO BALANCE THE REASONABLE RIGHTS FLAT OWNERS AND PROPERTY DEVELOPERS/MANAGEMENT MINIMISING THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THEM," MR LAN SAID.
THE BILL,
MR LAN OF NOT
ΤΟ
THREB
OUTLINING THE MORE IMPORTANT PROVISIONS IN SAID ONE MANDATORY TERM WOULD ENABLE FLAT OWNERS, BY THE VOTE
SHARES IN THE BUILDING, UNDIVIDED LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE TERMINATE THE MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT BY GIVING HIM NOT LESS THAN MONTHS' NOTICE.
"HOWEVER, THIS TERMINATION ONLY BE EFFECTIVE
OF
YEAR ONE
AFTER
APPOINTMENT RESOLUTION
THE COMMENCEMENT
SHOULD OF THIS
LEGISLATION," HE ADDED.
M
WAS
THE
OF
AIMED AT STRENGTHENING HE SAID THIS MANDATORY TERM POWER OF FLAT OWNERS IN THEIR SUPERVISION OF THE SERVICE STANDARD THE MANAGER; IT WOULD NOT CAUSE ANY THREAT TO CONSCIENTIOUS MANAGERS.
ANOTHER FLAT
TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF SMALL FLAT OWNERS, HE SAID, MANDATORY TERM WAS ALSO MADE TO REQUIRE A MANAGER TO CONSULT THE OWNERS UPON A BUDGET.
BE
NOT
THEN, UNTIL SUCH IF THE OWNERS DECIDED TO REJECT THE BUDGET, TIME A REVISED BUDGET WAS PREPARED AND ACCEPTED, THE BUDGET SHOULD
SUCH AMOUNT FINANCIAL
PLUS YEAR, THE SAME AS IN THE PREVIOUS KXCERDING 10 PER CENT AS THE MANAGER MIGHT DETERMINE,
HE SAID.
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