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  <title><![CDATA[International Condo & HOA News from CAN]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[INternational News about Condominium and Homeowner associations, compiled by the Community Associations Network]]></description>
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     <title>Australia: New strata laws superficial and short of any vision for strata life</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The survey found, Sydney’s strata living has serious problems: they can be hostile living environments; common property is not maintained; conflicts of interest between strata managers & owners; unchecked proxy vote harvesting, where one person could control a strata worth tens of millions]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:30:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.seekingmedia.com.au/news.php?newsid=309</link>
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     <title>Malaysia: Tussle over right to manage high-rise units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR: It's open "war" over who has the right to manage stratified or highrise properties.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:08:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2214640/Article/index_html</link>
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     <title>Philippines: CA junks Leviste's case vs White Plains homeowners association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeals has dismissed the civil case filed by former Batangas governor Jose Antonio Leviste against the officers of a posh subdivision’s homeowners association who refused him entry when he did not surrender his identification card.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:57:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gmanews.tv/story/88079/CA-junks-Levistes-case-vs-White-Plains-homeowners-association</link>
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     <title>Philippines: Senate to probe Korean shipbuilder on $455-M condo project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Senate will investigate South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Ltd. for the construction of a $455.6-million condominium project in Subic, said Sen. Loren Legarda, who vowed to introduce today a Senate resolution enabling the inquiry.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:16:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080406103]]></link>
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     <title>Thailand: US veteran duped in condo scam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A British man was arrested for allegedly luring a US Vietnam War veteran into investing in a condo, making false claims about its true value, police said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:08:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30069158</link>
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     <title>Norway: 'Hytte' sales slow down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thousands of holiday homes are for sale all over the country, not least brand-new cabins and condominiums, some built on speculation. Others haven't broken ground yet, and may not if the market doesn't pick up.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:19:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.aftenposten.no/english/business/article2321188.ece</link>
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     <title>Ethiopia - Condo sewerage raises pollution fears</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condos built with sans septic tanks and with shallowly buried sewerage pipes are causing health risks to inhabitants,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:48:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://nazret.com/blog/index.php?title=ethiopia_condo_sewerage_raises_pollution&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1]]></link>
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     <title>Dubai: Emaar community managers first in the region to win CMCA accreditation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Emaar Properties has become the first regional property developer to have their community managers achieve the Certified Manager of Community Association (CMCA) certification, highlighting the company’s adherence to international best practices in community management and commitment to the Dubai Strata Law.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:11:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dubaicityguide.com/geninfo/news_dtls.asp?newsid=11783</link>
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     <title>Bulgaria: Neighbour Vs. neighbour</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The draft bill of Bulgaria’s Condominium Act is ineffective and has been written in such a way as to serve the interests of the heating, water and electricity utility companies, professor Vladimir Petrov from the Civil Association against Corruption and Illegal Construction said, as quoted by Dnevnik daily.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:57:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/property-focus-neighbour-vs-neighbour/id_27938/catid_23</link>
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     <title>Thailand: Condo complex faces licensing fiasco</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A luxury condominium complex in Bangkok's Chatuchak district has allegedly not gained construction approval for one of its two buildings, prompting the district office director to file a police complaint for construction without permission.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:23:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nationmultimedia.com/2008/03/04/national/national_30067158.php</link>
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     <title>Bulgaria's condominium legislation draft flawed - expert</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If the draft law is approved by the Government, the heat, water and electricity utility companies will sign a single contract with the whole building as a legal entity and not separate contracts with each individual. If some tenants do not pay their utility fees, the amount they owed would be distributed among the rest of the residents. The draft law provides for fining neighbours who do not accept decisions taken by the condominium association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:46:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/bulgarias-condominium-legislation-draft-flawed---expert/id_27804/catid_74</link>
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     <title>Japan: Govt eyeing new condo management system</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In an effort to help people living in aging condominiums take care of their property, the central government is considering introducing a new administration method for such properties.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:18:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080227TDY04302.htm</link>
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     <title>USC scholars investigate China's homeowner associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner associations are relatively new and increasingly important institutions in China. In June 2007, USC’s Civic Engagement Initiative utilized funding from the USC U.S.-China Institute to co-sponsor an international conference in Beijing looking at the legal, political, social, and economic implications of China’s burgeoning homeowner association (HOA) movement and comparing it to similar trends in other national contexts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:24:58 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Dubai: New fees for property owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Freeehold property owners in Dubai will have to pay two maintenance fees under a new law to be implemented in three months, an official said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:05:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.business24-7.ae/cs/article_show_mainh1_story.aspx?HeadlineID=1355</link>
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     <title>Singapore: Ex-condo managing agent believed to have made off with $200,000</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police are looking for a former condominium managing agent, who is believed to be on the run with over S$200,000 worth in sinking funds from four condominiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:57:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20071226/tap-319273-231650b.html</link>
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     <title>Japan: Monk fined for distributing communist party fliers at condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Tokyo High Court fined a Buddhist monk 50,000 yen on Tuesday, overturning a lower court decision that had cleared him of a charge of trespassing at a Tokyo condominium to distribute Japanese Communist Party leaflets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:40:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/422769</link>
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     <title>Italy: The Italian bodge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Which all sounds simple enough, but a couple of hours at the meeting - in which Dad’s Army-style British stoicism offered an entertaining contrast to the Italians’ more operatic approach to issues such as the correct procedures required to organise lights on the entrance driveway - makes you realise that running a property development is quite a complex operation. And it’s no easier when more than 50 people get together to do it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:46:19 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Malaysia: Condo folks want action taken on tilting pillars</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A GROUP of Pantai Panorama residents want City Hall and the police to act before the eight pillars being built at the condo-minium’s entrance collapse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:38:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2007/12/3/central/19592241&sec=central]]></link>
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     <title>UAE: Strata Law will be delayed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Speaking at the Facilities and Asset Management conference in Dubai last month, Adrian Quinn, executive chairman, Essential Strata, who is liaising with the Dubai government on the implementation of the law, said: "Due to issues with certain major developers, the law might not now be finalised for a further three to six months."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/505444-strata-law-will-be-delayed</link>
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     <title>Philippines: Security issue divides Diamond residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The establishment of guard posts and prohibition of vehicles without stickers from entering the compound has spawned a conflict between residents and the officers of the Diamond Homeowners and Residents Association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:46:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2007/12/02/news/security.issue.divides.diamond.residents.html</link>
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     <title>UAE: BCS predicts rising UAE quality of life with new strata law</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Professionally executed strata and facilities management will enhance quality of life and investor confidence, thus providing more stability to the region's real estate market]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:18:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ameinfo.com/139863.html</link>
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     <title>Malaysia: The Building And Common Property Maintenance And Management Act 2007</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007(" The Act") coming into force on 12 April 2007 in the Peninsular but not yet in Labuan tightens control of land parcel and strata titled property. To facilitate delivery of its provisions the Act empowers the Minister to make regulations, which are yet to be announced.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:29:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=54268</link>
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     <title>From the BBC: Foreclosure wave sweeps America</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This could destabilise the US housing market and may also lead to further turmoil in financial institutions, who collectively own $1 trillion (£480.6bn) worth of sub-prime debt]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:59:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7070935.stm</link>
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     <title>Japan: High-rise condo construction suspended due to 128 steel bars missing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The construction of a high-rise condominium has been suspended near a station here after it was revealed that 128 steel bars are missing from the structure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:54:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20071107p2a00m0na020000c.html</link>
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     <title>Philippines: Alabang pools breeding mosquitoes?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[SWIMMING pools of rich homeowners as well as water lilies along the shores of Muntinlupa City have become breeding grounds of dengue-carrying mosquitoes, according to city officials]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:31:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://luzon.wowphilippines.com/manila/2007/11/04/alabang-pools-breeding-mosquitoes/</link>
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     <title>Singapore: Orchard condo residents disapprove of proposed controversial by-laws</title>
     <description><![CDATA[THE controversial by-laws proposed by the management corporation (MC) of an Orchard area condo have failed to win the approval of its residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:16:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Singapore/STIStory_172689.html</link>
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     <title>VietNam: Condo building on verge of collapse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The 25 families residing in a five-story condo building in downtown HCMC evacuated yesterday as the tilting building is likely to collapse at any moment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:40:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.saigontimes.com.vn/daily/detail.asp?muc=2&Sobao=3059&SoTT=2]]></link>
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     <title>Singapore: Unusual deal for condo owners proposed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[AN UNUSUAL proposal is being pitched at apartment owners at Richmond Park:  Its management corporation (MC) is seeking the power to co-broke the sale and rental of their units in return for half the commission from the transactions, which will go into the management fund.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:42:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Singapore/STIStory_170470.html</link>
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     <title>Japan: Legionella bacteria found in condo's hot spring water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An excessive amount of Legionella bacteria has been found in a hot water circulation system at a Tokyo condominium building that supplies hot spring water to the residents, it was learned Tuesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:54:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20071024TDY02302.htm</link>
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     <title>Cayman Islands: Understanding Timeshare</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A relatively new concept to become popular in the Cayman Islands, timeshare ownership is now available at several existing resorts in the Cayman Islands.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:32:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?article_id=52428</link>
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     <title>New Zealand: They're angry behind leaking walls</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than timber is rotten in the disgraceful events which have anywhere from an official figure of 15,000 to a reported 60,000 homeowners facing ruin over the leaky home scandal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:22:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4213025a22896.html</link>
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     <title>Saipan: 'Aliens can own condo units above 1st floor'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Attorney General's Office has issued a legal opinion backing the new condominium law. The document, prepared by assistant attorney general Braddock J. Huesman, said the Constitution and the Covenant allow non-locals to own condominium units above the first floor.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:29:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=72454&cat=1]]></link>
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     <title>UAE: National Properties launches joint venture with Australian management</title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Properties, the wholly owned real estate subsidiary of National Bonds Corporation, has announced a joint venture with Prudential Investment Company of Australia (PICA) to launch the first strata & facilities management company for developers, home owners and tenants in the UAE.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:52:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://topicInfoLink</link>
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     <title>Thailand launches first leasehold condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Taiwanese property investor has launched the first leasehold condominium project in Bangkok, the 1.1-billion-baht Rajdamri. The company also plans to develop more high-rise projects in the future.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:32:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/11Sep2007_biz51.php</link>
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     <title>Singapore: 10-year-old boy drowns in condo pool</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At least 15 people have drowned since January this year, the most recent was six-year-old Anna Lim Pei Er, who drowned in the swimming pool of Rasa Sentosa Resort on June 2.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Singapore/STIStory_156014.html</link>
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     <title>Philippines: Be secure with developer before settling in</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Property experts note that aside from “good sign” the deluge of condo developments brings for the Philippine property market, it gives prospective buyers more choices in terms of size, design, location and price.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:59:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view_article.php?article_id=87381</link>
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     <title>Japan: Govt aims to rebuild old condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The government plans to promote the rebuilding of superannuated condominiums that were constructed 30 or more years ago to help minimize damage from major earthquakes and other disasters, government sources said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:35:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070902TDY03001.htm</link>
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     <title>Singapore: Bill aims to protect interest of minority and majority owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When the Bill to amend the Land Titles (Strata) Act was introduced yesterday in Parliament, it contained far more rules than the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) had proposed five months ago.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:05:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.todayonline.com/articles/207883.asp</link>
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     <title>Malaysia: Condo residents claim assault by guards</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The management had recently implemented a card security system. Instead of using the path meant for residents to enter the condo, we unintentionally used the motorcycle path.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:42:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/mm/Monday/Hotnews/20070827153537/Article/index_html</link>
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     <title>Dubai: Home Owners To Pay Higher Fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owner-occupiers in tower flats could face even higher annual maintenance fees under a new law designed to give them more control over common areas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:03:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.xpress4me.com/news/uae/dubai/20002769.html</link>
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     <title>India: Video surveillance planned</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residential association members and police will jointly patrol neighbourhoods at night to prevent break-ins. The Commissioner has advised residents leaving on holidays to inform the local police and residential association office bearers of their absence in advance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:16:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/19/stories/2007081962200300.htm</link>
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     <title>Malaysia: Pinay fined for threatening condo manager in Malaysia</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Filipino woman was fined yesterday in Malaysia for threatening her condo-minium manager with a knife. The complaint stemmed from the unit’s leaking roof.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:19:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20070818hed6.html</link>
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     <title>Singapore: Where are our strata titles?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[THEY bought their terrace houses In Johor almost seven years ago, but have yet to receive the title deeds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:10:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,137981,00.html</link>
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     <title>Australia: Body corporate scandals aplenty</title>
     <description><![CDATA[So when the State Government inspectors have finishing raiding rental centres it looks as if there is plenty to check in the body corporates which run Queensland's 330,000 units.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:07:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/08/09/1397_opinion.html</link>
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     <title>Ethiopia: Agency, Education Bureau to Train Staff for Condo Houses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In what is said to be a completely new concept of house management in the country, the Addis Ababa Housing Agency and the city's Education Bureau are planning to establish a new vocational training course for condominium management, according to GTZ which supports the Ethiopian partner organizations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:00:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://allafrica.com/stories/200708070630.html</link>
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     <title>Dubai: Residents prepare for life under Strata law</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Property owners in Dubai are currently preparing for life under the new Strata law, due for implementation shortly.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:36:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ameinfo.com/127854.html</link>
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     <title>Thailand: Developers may offer discounts to foreigners as sales slow down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[''For foreign buyers, unit prices have been higher and the baht has been stronger. Now it is stronger by 15% [than a year ago],'' she said. ''Many foreign buyers tried to bargain prices with developers, and it depends on developers whether to discount or not]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:31:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://thailand-property-guide.com/?p=news/article&NewsID=477]]></link>
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     <title>Japan: Condo union to ask for better TV reception</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A national federation of condo management associations will ask the central government to help cover the cost of ensuring adequate reception of terrestrial digital broadcasting services, which have been blocked by condos and other high-rise buildings,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:01:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070722TDY03006.htm</link>
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     <title>Jamaica: Strategies to handle risks in strata properties</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Question: Can you give me some information about the insurance of property falling under the Registration of Strata Titles Act? Is it mandatory for the management committee to buy fire insurance? What happens if the policy has lapsed? Who would be responsible if there were a fire in one unit or someone was hurt as a result? What has to be in place before insurance can be granted and how do owners get coverage?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:38:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070715/business/business3.html</link>
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     <title>Singapore: Rocketing prices dampen their hopes for condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Private home prices shot up across the board for the April - June period. The increase of 7.9 per cent was the biggest jump since the third quarter in 1999.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:55:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,135366,00.html</link>
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