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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2A OF THE PRINCIPAL WITH SECTION 34(1) OF THE BILL ORDINANCE BE REPEALED TO COINCIDE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