71.   A developer has to apply for planning permission from the local authority.

72.   All Thai software developers have to develop the entire programme if they want to make software for Thai use.

73.   Averett said other developers could add the newest features before Microsoft makes them readily available, but the outside developer would have to work harder to do it.

74.   Because location is so important, Abdul Rahman laments the fact thatmany developers of shopping malls have side-stepped local homegrownfranchises in favour of foreign ones.

75.   But the developers have little recourse because the loan agreements allow banks to freeze portions of the revolving credit which have not been drawn down by the borrowers.

76.   But sooner or later, leaders in the Williamsburg community say, the developers will have to answer.

77.   Cheung Kong Holdings representative Chan Man-wai said property developers had no idea about how many flats to build in the future.

78.   Consequently, developers have to keep revising the plan.

79.   Developers will now have more room to manoeuvre, either to cut losses or improve profits.

80.   Developers also have a responsibility to choose competent and safety-conscious contractors.