The Ministry of Environment and the Office of the Attorney General are appealing a decision by the Environmental Tribunal that allowed Great Han Pte Limited to continue with their construction work along Princes Road.
The Tribunal had granted an approval last year for Great Han to continue development on buildings one and two on level one only.
The Ministry and the Attorney General are appealing this decision as they seek a full stop work order on all buildings.
They want an interim stay of execution of the Environmental Tribunal's ruling to stop the construction altogether until the appeal is heard.
They have filed some affidavits in support of the stay of execution application.
Defence counsel Feizal Haniff has requested time to respond to these documents.
On the 23rd of September, 2024 the Director of Environment Sivendra Michael filed a stop work order to cease all the Great Han residential development works on Princes Road.
The matter is adjourned to the 11th of June.
Concerns were highlighted by the Tamavua Action Group on the need for proper environmental and geo-technical assessments based on the vulnerabilities of the Tamavua-i-Wai Ridge.
In light of this information, the Department conducted its own investigation processes and met with the respective parties, to determine whether the uplifting of the stop work order notice was in line with the Department’s position.
It was established that Great Han had not complied with the SCC’s uplift decision, which had indicated that Great Han can only proceed if the requirements of the Department of Environment were met as per the Decline decision.
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