Download July 2006 Issue - Malaysian Institute of Planners

Reports
Scale of
Professional Fees
for Town
Planning Services
MIP would like to re-emphasize
and remind all members once
again about the Scale of
Professional Fees for Town
Planning Services to be used by all
Town Planners as per stipulated in
the Board of Town Planners,
Malaysia, Scale of Professional
Fees and General Conditions of
Engagement 2005.
The Board of Town Planners in
meeting no 2/2005 held on the
17th March 2005 has approved the
Scale of Professional Fees drafted
by Malaysian Institute of Planners
and subsequently endorsed by the
Minister of Housing and Local
Government.
This was announced in the 2005
Annual General Meeting held on
the 30th of July 2005 in Sheraton
Hotel, Subang Jaya. This means
that the Scale of Professional Fees
and General Conditions of
Engagement 2005 as approved by
the Board has superseded all other
previous fees drafted by MIP.
Content :-
PART I - INTRODUCTION
PART II - PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
PART III - SCALE OF
PROFESSIONAL FEES
Fees Covers The Following Services:-
1. Preparation Of Development Plans
2. Planning Permission For Change
Of Use of Land
3. Planning Permission For Layout
Plan Approval
4. Planning Permission For Erection
Of Building and Change of Use Of
Building
5. Advocacy Planning Services
6. Urban Design
7. Viability Studies
8. Other Studies
9. Planning Advisory Services
The scale of fees shall be gazetted
soon and shall form part of the
Rules of the Town Planners Act
and this means that all members
must use it as the Minimum Scale
of Professional Fees for Town
Planning services.
COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION OF
PLANNERS (CAP)
New Line-up of Office Bearers 2006-2008
The Executive Business Meeting
of the Commonwealth Association
of Planners was held on the 20th
June 2006 in Westin Bayshore
Hotel, Vancouver, Canada. This is
further to the meeting held in
Kuala Lumpur in July 2004, where
we had played host to the meeting
as well as to the CAP Conference
2004.
Outgoing President, Cliff Hague,
and members of the CAP Executive
Dr Mohamad Thalha Alitamby, the
Vice President South East Asia
region and Madam Norliza
Hashim, the MIP President
represented Malaysia. The
meeting was well attended with
representatives from United
Kingdom, Canada, Nigeria,
Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya,
Barbados, Singapore, Australia,
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and South
Africa.
There were many issues
deliberated in the meeting which
includes the issues on Women In
The newly elected President ~
Christine Platt
Planning, Planning Aid initiatives
within CAP member countries, the
Mutual Recognition Arrangements
within CAP countries and the
accounting and finance issues.
However the highlight of the event
was the new line of Executive
Committee of CAP. For the first
time in history, there were
contenders for the President’s
position and with certain ground
rules set to ensure elections were
carried out smoothly, the result is
a new President for CAP -
Christine Platt, the Vice President
of South Africa. Professor Cliff
Hague steps down as President
but has willingly assumed the
position of Secretary General to
ensure continuity. It was a good
meeting as the room was filled
with warmth and a sense of
comradeship and it is hoped that
MIP can benefit more from this
association of planners within
Commonwealth countries, in light
of globalization and opportunities
for export of services and in the
least friends from all over the
The Business Meeting
world. CAP 2008 will be in
Johannesburg and let us hope
that more planners can join in the
once-in-two-years conference.
Representatives from various planning institutes of the CAP countries
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MPPJ chided for not
doing its homework
(The Malay Mail, April 3rd 2006)
The Petaling Jaya Residents
Association claimed that the
Petaling Jaya Municipal Council
was not fully prepared when
presenting their draft local plan
during a public briefing recently.
To make matters worse, legal
experts present during the session
found that there were legal flaws
in the proposals and some were
allegedly illegal in nature.
69 peratus PBT gagal lahirkan bandar selamat
(Mingguan Malaysia, Feb 26th 2006)
The Minister for Housing and
Local Government said that about
69% of the local authorities have
failed to implement the 23
measures recommended by his
Ministry under the safe city
programme. The local authorities
cited financial difficulties for not
implementing the measures.
However, the Minister said those
authorities who already achieved
municipal or city council status
should not use financial difficulties
as reason for not implementing
the measures as these local
authorities should have sufficient
financial resources available to
them. He also identified four of the
most active local authorities in
implementing the measures,
which are Shah Alam City Council,
Johor Bahru City Council,
Manjong Municipal Council and
Kulai Municipal Council.
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