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Article No. |
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Date |
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53 |
THE UDECOTT OFFICE PROJECTS - The sense of things |
17th July 2008 |
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52 |
THE UDECOTT OFFICE PROJECT - Medium-term consequence |
10th July 2008 |
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51 |
Udecott Charges - a Commission with a Mission |
26th June 2008 |
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50 |
The Udecott Program - The What and the When |
19th June 2008 |
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49 |
The Udecott Program - Some Implications |
12th June 2008 |
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48 |
The Udecott strategy ‘A considerable concentration of
power’ |
29th May 2008 |
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47 |
More Thoughts on Tobago Hilton |
8th May 2008 |
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46 |
The Tobago Hilton Story |
24th April 2008 |
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45 |
CAPITAL CONCERNS Part 7
Economic and Financial
Planning |
25th October 2007 |
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44 |
CAPITAL CONCERNS Part 6
Economic and Financial
Aspects |
18th October 2007 |
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43 |
CAPITAL CONCERNS Part 5
Reflections on Republic Day |
27th September 2007 |
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42 |
CAPITAL CONCERNS Part 4
No public process of Planning |
20th September 2007 |
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41 |
CAPITAL CONCERNS Part 3
The Office Crunch |
13th September 2007 |
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40 |
CAPITAL CONCERNS Part 2 cont'd
Implications of new
office buildings |
6th September 2007 |
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39 |
CAPITAL CONCERNS Part 2
New office buildings |
30th August 2007 |
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38 |
CAPITAL CONCERNS Part 1 |
23rd August 2007 |
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37 |
Critique of State housing policy Part 3
Targeting agriculture lands |
16th August 2007 |
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36 |
Critique of State housing policy Part 2
Who qualifies? |
9th August 2007 |
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35 |
Critique of State housing policy Part 1 |
2nd August 2007 |
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34 |
Government must allocate monies so public servants
can maintain State property
One of my favourite quotes is from Albert Einstein, who defined idiocy as
“endlessly repeating the same process, hoping for a different result.” Some food
for thought as we strive to do better at managing our limited resources. |
18th November 2004 |
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33 |
The Management of State property
These are our resources and we can be sure that no minister or senior public
servant would allow their home or business place to crumble in that fashion. |
4th November 2004 |
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32 |
Beauty of the Savannah
This week we examine the role of the Queen's Park Savannah in the development of
our capital city and its lessons for the future. |
7th October 2004 |
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31 |
Protecting Your Property
This week we are looking at the roles of insurance in maintaining property
values. |
30th September 2004 |
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30 |
Our Planning System - Part 3
This week we conclude our look at our planning system and its impact on
property values here. |
23rd September, 2004 |
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29 |
Our Planning System - Part 2
There is a permanent tension between the constitutional rights of landowners
to develop their property and the duty of the planning authorities to limit
those rights |
16th September, 2004 |
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28 |
Our Planning System
The purpose of having a planning system is to balance the valid interests of
landowners against those of the wider community, including the generations to
come, to secure national development |
9th September, 2004 |
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27 |
This business of Real Estate
Ms. Patricia Lazarri, AREA’s president, in a recent ‘Newsday’ article,
outlined the benefits the new system would bring to the consumer and we are
engaging those points here. |
2nd September, 2004 |
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26 |
The Vision for San Fernando - Part 2
The noted imbalance in the national allocation of resources and facilities
between north and south Trinidad is even more remarkable when we consider that
since 1991 we have had Prime Ministers from South |
26th August, 2004 |
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25 |
San Fernando - A Unique City
Most of our country’s wealth derives from our oil and gas reserves and
further, most of these resources are to be found in the southern part of
Trinidad. |
19th August, 2004 |
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24 |
Chaguanas – Part II - Bursting at the seams
The organic and unplanned development of Chaguanas belies its great
potential as an examplar for the nation. The borough is not yet caught in the
depth of problems that beset our other cities so we therefore have an
opportunity to develop a city to the very best level we can. |
12th August, 2004 |
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23 |
Chaguanas – Trinidad’s fastest growing town
We are starting a two-part look at Chaguanas Trinidad’s fastest growing
town. When one considers the extent and quality of the developments there, it is
easy to understand why some people call Chaguanas the “new capital of Trinidad.” |
29th July, 2004 |
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22 |
Transformation of St Clair
This week we will examine St Clair more closely, since very important
changes are taking place in this long-established district. |
8th July, 2004 |
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21 |
Downtown losing its appeal
This week we will conclude by examining the major upcoming developments in
Port-of-Spain. |
1st July, 2004 |
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20 |
Changing shape, flavour of PoS - Part II
This week we will look more closely at these trends, in particular the shift
by commercial users to the western and northern fringes of the capital. |
24th June, 2004 |
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19 |
Closer look at PoS
Our capital city is the subject of the next three articles. We intend to
look at the health and future of Port-of-Spain. |
17th June, 2004 |
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18 |
Throwing out the baby
Over the last fortnight there have been a series of claims and
counter-claims in the controversial Roystonia housing scheme. How can we try to
make some sense of the confusing new picture? |
30th May, 2004 |
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17 |
Policy and transparency
This week we conclude the series on Caroni by considering the proposals for
its future. |
27th May, 2004 |
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16 |
The real Roystonia story
This week we take a necessary pause from the Caroni series to look at some
of the issues arising from the furore over the Roystonia Development in Couva
North. |
20th May, 2004 |
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15 |
Caroni Lands — Part II
This week we will be examining the various considerations which would come
into play in devising a policy for the redistribution of Caroni’s lands. |
13th May, 2004 |
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14 |
Caroni Lands — Part I
Our nation’s interest demands that we recognise that the Caroni lands are
too big, too important and too valuable to be the preserve of any single group
or political party. |
6th May, 2004 |
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13 |
How long will the property bubble last?
This week we examine some of the factors expected to affect the property
market in the medium-term, foreseeable future. The present market conditions
cannot continue forever and the burning question is: when will they change? |
29th April, 2004 |
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12 |
The property ‘bubble’ — Part 1
The people who actually produce the properties are themselves having their
behaviour changed by the new environment in terms of the appraisal they make
before investing in a project. |
22nd April, 2004 |
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11
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Taxing thoughts on property – Part 4
Closing points on Stamp Duty
Only a fortnight ago we heard the pointed criticism of one of our leading businessmen, Mr Arthur Lok Jack, on the fact that most of our national budget is spent on recurrent expenditure with only a small part devoted to capital creation
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15th April, 2004
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10
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Taxing thoughts on property – Part 3
Taxation of rental income
Rental income in this country is a healthy stream of money and a significant number of the people making the false claims are well-off.
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8th April, 2004
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Taxing thoughts on property - Part 2
Land & Building taxes
The Land & Building tax was originally intended to raise finance for the operation of local government and its level is meant to relate to the rental value of the property. In order for the taxes to respond to changes in market value, it is necessary for regular revaluations to be carried out.
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25th March, 2004
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Taxing thoughts on housing
Property owners expect, rightly in my view, a high level of support from the State since this will be to their ultimate benefit. The corresponding question of whether, as a group of beneficiaries, they are equitably taxed is a potent one
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18th March, 2004
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The shape of things to come
There is an unavoidable connect between the physical environment and the type of interactions which are likely to flourish within that space. The state of our nation - I am referring to the physical state here - is a powerful reflection of our view of ourselves.
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11th March, 2004
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6
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'Coded Racism' in housing message
The entire issue smells of a kind of 'coded' racism disturbingly reminiscent of the mini-furore recently raised by Westmoorings residents.
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4th March, 2004
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Finding a place called home
Given present levels of land/property values, wages and the general diminution of steady employment, how realistic is it to promote the idea that a benchmark of success is property ownership?
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19th February, 2004
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4
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How the State finances housing
It is important to understand that the State can finance its policies in 2 principal ways, by spending the money raised from taxes or by granting tax concessions to particular types of activity and individuals.
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12th February, 2004
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3
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Home Sweet Home
Real issue is quantity of ownership not quality of housing
How is our nation housed? Is our housing of adequate quality and quantity? Is it reasonable to expect present State Housing policies to produce an improvement in the areas of shortfall?
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29th January, 2004
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COST vs. VALUE - The issue of real value
What is real Value?
Cost and value are two of the central concepts used to assess property investments. We therefore need to understand the way these differ and more importantly, the way in which they relate to each other.
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22nd January, 2004
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The REAL deal on property
Despite the high level of national income and development, it is always amazing to reflect on the high numbers of our fellow citizens who are housed in the informal sector, which is also commonly called squatting - some reliable estimates put the numbers as high as 25% of our population.
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8th January, 2004
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