Legislators Zheng Anting and Lionel Alves have sent a request to Chief Executive (CE) Fernando Chui Sai On for permission to debate certain articles of the current Land Law in order to solve current disputes arising from the expiration of land concessions and the regulation of construction works on properties in Taipa and Coloane that lack official land registry documentation.
Legislators Zheng Anting and Lionel Alves have sent a request to Chief Executive (CE) Fernando Chui Sai On for permission to debate certain articles of the current Land Law at the Legislative Assembly (AL), in order to solve current disputes arising from the expiration of land concessions and the regulation of construction works on properties in Taipa and Coloane that lack official land registry documentation.
“These two issues composed the two main points of our request,” legislator Lionel Alves told Business Daily.
The proposal was submitted on June 9, with the legislator saying he wouldn’t be able to indicate when a response would be provided by the CE.
Mr. Alves said the drafted request asks that a full assessment of the cause of development delays would have to be made, in order to allow the extension of any 25-year land concession where the responsibility of the delay lies with the government.
In April, a petition signed by 19 legislators was sent to the government, requesting a resolution of the current Pearl Horizon development standoff, but the legislator told Business Daily he “wasn’t sure the petition would be considered a legal request by the government” and that the current proposal would help to solve similar issues.
“The current law states that the re-evaluation of current legislation can only be initiated by the government and requires the authorisation of the CE. Therefore we made the proposal to him in the hope that some articles of the Land Law can be revised,” legislator Lionel Alves told Business Daily.
The request also asks for a resolution of the current issue of landowners in Coloane and Taipa, who, due to the age of their property, lack any official land registry documents.
“This is a problem that existed even before the handover, with old local land owners who are unable to get government permission to do work on their properties,” the legislator told Business Daily.
The law revision proposal suggests temporary land permits should be provided to the landowners so that they can make an official request to the government when they need to conduct maintenance work on their properties.
