Property Hunter Magazine Property Hunter Magazine Issue 54 - May 2014 | Page 39

concurred that the renovation plans do not required submissions for approvals from BOMBA, or to the Land and Surveys Department and Town Country Planning Departments. PDC has also been urged to gazette the Penampang District Local Plan promptly so that it becomes a standard document with the zoning on the lands clearly defined. As the result of the fruitful meeting, the long period of approval has been shortened by six months. District council in turn had welcomed the offer of assistant made by PAM and IEM/ACEM and hope to discuss the matter further at later meetings. Speedy Approval of Development Plan by Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) SHAREDA Council member, Ronnie Ang SHAREDA ‘s proposal was focused on three main items mainly, namely: Exemption of 10% zoning charges on maximum demand for affordable homes, submission of land building size requirements for estimation purposes and reviewing of the rigid cut-off date for the submission of complete electricity supply application. This too fell on deaf ears. Thereafter, a joint committee was formed by SHAREDA, FSM, IEM Sabah Branch, ACEM Sabah Branch, PAM Sabah Chapter, RISM Sabah Branch and Sabah Hotel Association and the committee met with the SESB and a pledge was made. The committee later voiced out their disappointment over SESB’s failure to fulfill the pledge made after obtaining the government subs