Explanation of my email to the Chief Minister (Part 2)

 

‘…the driveway is too steep and not in accordance with the Original Development Plan approved by DBKK.’

The original development dated 1995 and the development plan attached to the Sales and Purchase Agreement dated January 2014 show the platform height as 101feet whilst the development plan dated 2018 shows the platform height as 106.26 feet. This gives a difference of 5.26 feet resulting in the steepness of the driveway.

Datuk Sr. Lifred Wong when asked why the site was not cut down to the height as per the development plan attached to the Sales and Purchase agreement cited rocky ground as the reason.

However, he has yet to reply why this was not taken into account in the development plan when the engineer claims he had done a soil test.

There has been no response to my question to Datuk Sr. Lifred Wong on why the platform height was 101’ on the development plan attached to the sales and purchase agreement signed in January 2014 when the house was already 75% completed.

The proverb 'Putting the cart before the horse' comes to mind and we shall examine this in another post. 

Meanwhile: 

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