Lan Chau Project Owner - Song Ngu 'spoke but did not keep his word'!
(Baonghean.vn) - Despite its commitment to self-demolish the coastal seafood restaurant, until January 30, 2024 (the deadline required by the People's Committee of Cua Lo town to complete the repair and demolition of illegal constructions), Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company is still "inactive".
The investor once asked to self-demolish.
Handling of violations after inspection at the project of eco-tourism complex, resort villas, sports, entertainmentLanzhou - Piscesconcluded by the People's Committee of Cua Lo town in Notice No. 106/TB-UBND dated November 21, 2023.
Accordingly, the investor, Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company, must dismantle the one-story restaurant (area of 843.6m2); North sea embankment of the project (length 256.1m, sea encroachment area compared to the planning is 3,071m2, the average width of the encroachment on the sea is about 17m) to restore the original state. For other illegal constructions such as elevators, elevator ramps to the restaurant on the island, seafood tanks, warehouses, toilets, corrugated iron roofs behind the hotel, etc., the investor is requested to adjust the planning accordingly.
Also in Notice No. 106/TB-UBND, the People's Committee of Cua Lo town requires the investor to propose a plan to dismantle the one-story restaurant and the northern embankment before November 27, 2023; explain and propose solutions to other construction items with violations. "After the above deadline, if the investor does not cooperate and comply, the Urban Management Department will take the lead in coordinating and advising on handling in accordance with the legal procedures on handling administrative violations" - The People's Committee of Cua Lo town has additional comments in Notice No. 106/TB-UBND.
Despite such a request, however, on December 2, 2023, Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company sent a document to the People's Committee of Cua Lo town requesting to adjust the local planning of the Lan Chau - Song Ngu eco-tourism complex, resort villas, sports and entertainment project. In which, the content of the "local planning adjustment" is to keep all the works with violations that have been pointed out by the People's Committee of Cua Lo town, with conclusions in Notice No. 106/TB-UBND.
Because the above proposal was not accepted, on December 15, 2023, Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company continued to send Official Dispatch No. 11/2023/TTr-SNS to the People's Committee of Cua Lo town. Here, Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company informed that it had reported the progress of the investment project to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee; submitted an application for adjustment of the investment certificate to the Department of Planning and Investment... to continue to request the People's Committee of Cua Lo town to adjust the local planning.
A notable new point in Official Dispatch No. 11/2023/TTr-SNS is that Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company requests to "leave the seawall to protect the safety of the entire Lan Chau Song Ngu Eco-tourism Complex and Lan Chau Island, the elevator and security booth to meet the needs of the Lan Chau hotel to meet 5-star standards and meet the needs of customers..."; at the same time, it commits: "While waiting for planning adjustments and having to dismantle some items that have been built and operated for 10 years, the company requests to dismantle the coastal seafood restaurant itself".
Say it, don't keep it!
Receiving Official Dispatch No. 11/2023/TTr-SNS of Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company, on December 26, 2023, Cua Lo Town People's Committee issued an invitation to request the legal entity of the project (Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director) to work until January 3, 2024 to agree on a plan to dismantle the illegal construction.
However, the scheduled meeting of the People's Committee of Cua Lo town did not take place. The reason was that later, the Company received Official Dispatch No. 12/2023/TTr–SNS dated December 30, 2023 from Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company with the content of notifying that the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the General Director did not know the working plan of the People's Committee of Cua Lo town, so they went abroad to handle work from December 27, 2023 to February 15, 2024 (ie January 6, 2024 of the Lunar calendar) before returning to Vietnam), and requested to move the meeting schedule to after February 20, 2024.
Faced with this reality, the People's Committee of Cua Lo town had to issue Document No. 09/UBND-DT dated January 3, 2024 on handling violations of construction order at the Lan Chau - Song Ngu eco-tourism complex project, resort villas, sports and entertainment area to Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company.
Here, the People's Committee of Cua Lo town responded to the request to adjust the investment certificate of the project to invest in the ecological tourism complex, resort villas, sports and entertainment area Lan Chau - Song Ngu in Official Dispatch No. 11/2023/TTr-SNS dated December 15, 2023 of Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company which was answered in Official Dispatch No. 2106/UBND-DT dated December 15, 2023.
In particular, the People's Committee of Cua Lo town requested Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company to organize the repair and dismantling of violating constructions according to Notice No. 106/TBUBND dated November 21, 2023; then submit procedures to the Provincial People's Committee to request permission to adjust the investment policy.
At the same time, the People's Committee of Cua Lo town reiterated that Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company had committed in Official Dispatch No. 11/2023/TTr-SNS dated December 15, 2023 to voluntarily dismantle a number of items that had been built and operated, including the coastal seafood restaurant. Thereby, it affirmed that "up to now, the Investor has not yet made a written commitment on the roadmap for remedying and dismantling the above violations"; and requested:
1. During the business trip, the Board of Directors and the Board of Management of Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company are requested to continue to direct the specialized departments to seriously implement the organization of remediation and dismantling of violations according to Notice No. 106/TB-UBND dated November 21, 2023 of the People's Committee of Cua Lo town as committed. At the same time, a written commitment on the progress of dismantling the violating items is sent to the People's Committee of Cua Lo town for monitoring and urging. The proposed completion time for remediation and dismantling is before January 30, 2024.
2. After completing the organization of remediation and dismantling of violations, the Town People's Committee will study and coordinate with the investor to submit to the Provincial People's Committee the policy of allowing adjustment of the investment certificate for the project of investing in the ecological tourism complex, resort villas, sports and entertainment area of Lan Chau - Song Ngu.
Connecting with Vice Chairman of Cua Lo Town People's Committee Nguyen Quang Tieu on January 29, 2024, he informed that on January 24, 2024, the Town People's Committee issued a new document urging Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company to organize the repair and dismantling of illegal constructions as concluded in Notice No. 106/TB-UBND. However, up to now, Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company has not kept its word, deliberately delaying the implementation of the contents concluded by the Town People's Committee.
Mr. Nguyen Quang Tieu said: “On January 26, the Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee listened to the Town People's Committee report on the problems in the project of Song Ngu Son Joint Stock Company. The Standing Committee of the Town Party Committee directed the Town People's Committee to strictly comply with the provisions of the law. Therefore, we will take drastic measures against this project in the near future…”.
On December 18, 2023, the Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 10826/UBND-CN on adjusting the inspection plan for investment projects in the province (2023). Regarding the project of eco-tourism complex, resort villas, sports and entertainment area Lan Chau - Song Ngu, the Provincial People's Committee agreed to remove it from the inspection plan issued with Decision No. 3559/QD-UBND, but assigned "Cua Lo Town People's Committee to direct the inspection of the above project according to the Decision on establishing the Inspection Team No. 1457/QD-UBND dated July 4, 2023 and the provisions of law, reporting the implementation results to the Provincial People's Committee and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment".
