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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1991

ON

HE NOTED THAT VIEWS WERE FAIRLY DIVERGENT ON THIS ISSUE BUT

THAT

OF THE APPOINTMENT

THE MANAGERS THE WHOLE MOST PEOPLE HOPED COULD BE TERMINATED WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY RESOLUTION.

WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT UNDER "AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION,

51 PER CENT NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE VOTES OF THE OWNERS OF OVER

ΤΟ

WHETHER THE SHARES

BUILDING

DETERMINE BE REQUIRED PERFORMANCE OF A MANAGER WAS SATISFACTORY SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

OF THE

TAKING **HOWEVER,

INTO ACCOUNT THAT

CERTAIN

LARGE-SCALE

AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WOULD NEED TO BE BUILT IN PHASES

CORPORATIONS, AND THAT THE WOULD TAKE A LONGER TIME TO FORM OWNERS

RELATIVELY CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES OF CERTAIN HOUSING ESTATES ARE COMPLEX, WE WOULD THEREFORE PROPOSE TO ADD AN EXEMPTION CLAUSE IN BILL.

"THIS CLAUSE

WILL

ENABLE

DEVELOPERS OR

THE

OF LARGE MANAGERS

FOR HOME AFFAIRS ESTATES TO APPLY FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE SECRETARY

TO BE FROM THE DISMISSAL PROVISIONS SO THAT THE ESTATE WILL CONTINUE MANAGED BY THEM, MR SUEN SAID.

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FOR

AND

SECRETARY "NATURALLY, IN GRANTING THE SAID EXEMPTION, THE

EXEMPTION PERIOD HOME AFFAIRS MAY STIPULATE THE DURATION OF THE

WILL BE INTRODUCE APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE BUILDING

11 HE ADDED. MANAGED IN AN EFFICIENT AND FAIR MANNER,

THE THIRD ISSUE ABOUT WHICH THE PUBLIC WAS MOST WHETHER A BUILDING MANAGEMENT TRIBUNAL SHOULD BE SET UP.

CONCERNED WAS

FLAT OWNERS, "ALTHOUGH THEIR STANCE MIGHT BE QUITE DIFFERENT,

THAT MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND PROPERTY DEVELOPERS ALL SHARED THE VIEW

SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO HANDLE TRIBUNAL MANAGEMENT BUILDING

THE DAILY DISPUTES ARISING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW LAW OR MANAGEMENT OF BUILDINGS.

A

A TRIBUNAL

WITH

AND SHOULD OR DEEDS

SIMPLE, INFORMAL *THEY ALL HOPED THAT INEXPENSIVE PROCEDURES, AND REQUIRING NO LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES BE SET UP TO HANDLE MATTERS RELATING TO BUILDING MANAGEMENT OF MUTUAL COVENANT," HE ADDED.

MR SUEN SAID CNTA WAS NOW CONSULTING THE DEPARTMENTS AS TO WHETHER SUCH A TRIBUNAL SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED.

CONCERNED

A

MORE

THE

A

SHOULD TRIBUNAL

PROVIDE "INITIALLY, WE FELT THAT EFFICIENT AND CENTRALISED MEANS OF HANDLING DISPUTES ARISING FROM MANAGEMENT OF BUILDINGS, MR SUEN SAID.

"

HOWEVER, HE CAUTIONED THAT IT WOULD TAKE QUITE GOVERNMENT TO ASSESS THE IMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING THE AND WHETHER THE TRIBUNAL, THE RESOURCES DUPLICATIONS WITH OTHER TRIBUNALS NOW IN OPERATION.

AVAILABLE

THERE

SOME TIME FOR JURISDICTION OF BE

WOULD

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