Property managers to be licensed
19/1/2006 7:25
Zhang Jun/Shanghai Daily news
Shanghai is planning
to issue a special license to property management companies that run protected
historic buildings, officials from the Shanghai Housing and Land Administrative
Bureau said yesterday.
They said some heritage buildings were improperly
renovated and managed.
Once the new license is issued, property management
companies that can't pass a test on how to conserve old houses, will not be
allowed to manage heritage buildings, according to Wang Anshi, director of the
bureau's renovation and management section.
"The overall situation of the
city's historic houses is alarming," said Zhang Lijun, delegate to Shanghai
People's Congress.
He said a recent government survey showed that more than
half of the city's 337 heritage houses were improper management. Many stone
stairways and gates were either vandalized or wrongly renovated, making the
houses look embarrassing.
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