Legalising booking fees collection?

For many naïve and unwary purchasers, signing a booking pro-forma with a housing developer, its agent or lawyer and paying a sum of booking fee before signing the formal Sale & Purchase Agreement (SPA) is part and parcel of the standard operating procedure to purchase a residential property.

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Government has important role in pushing new building technology

PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): Government’s role is crucial in supporting the rollout of new construction technologies in the country and regulation is also important for the industry players to adapt to new building methods, said Hong Kong-based Ho & Partners Architects (HPA) executive chairman Nicholas Lik Chi Ho.

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