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PROPERTY NEWS by Daily Express
TAED to be declared unlawful?
Innocent until proven guilty.
“Under the new guideline which requires the development plan and the PEP to be
sent simultaneously, the duration of the approval is expected to be halved,”
Some 7 members of Parti Solidariti Tanah
Airku (Star) filed for leave for a judicial
review seeking a declaration that the
Tanjung Aru Eco Development (TAED)
project is ultra vires and unlawful under
Section 9A and Schedule II of the Land
Ordinance Cap 30.
The 7 applicants named Kota Kinabalu
Mayor, Sabah State Government and Director
of Lands and Surveys Department as the first,
second and third respondent
In a statement, the applicants claimed the
Skyscraper City
TAED project was in breach of Section 9A and
File photo of TAED Masterplan
schedule II of the Sabah Land Ordinance Cap
30 as the word ‘alienate’ as defined under is undertaken to fundamentally change the The applicants are also seeking an
the Ordinance means to lease or otherwise beach from what it is now with something order of mandamus to the second and
dispose of State land on behalf of the totally different. The beach as it now has third respondents to compel the first
government in consideration of the payment generally been preserved for generations respondent and their agents or servants
of such rent and of such premium, if any as in its original state but the beach that it will to stop, discontinue and or abandon the
may be required. become after the TAED project is completed implementation of the Tanjung Aru Eco
will be totally different. Development Master Plan whether by itself
or its servants or agents and to restore the
“The undertaking of the TAED project would
not be possible without land being alienated They are seeking an order of certiorari against Tanjung Aru Beach to its original state and
by the second respondent or the third the respondents to set aside the master condition before the implementation of the
respondent and the relevant government plan on the ground that the Tanjung Aru Eco Tanjung Aru Eco Development Master plan
agencies. Development Master Plan is ultra vires and or any part thereof.workshop on the 1 State
unlawful under Section 9A and Schedule II of 1DCP Champion here on May 12 for the
the Land Ordinance Cap 30. relevant stakeholders.
They argued that the TAED project was and
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