THE property development industry yesterday expressed outrage over the way it believes it has been treated by law reformers advocating tough consumer protection laws.
Industry sources say the Law Reform Commission sub-committee report into uncompleted residential apartments was unfair and portrayed the majority of developers as ruthless ''bad guys'' seldom concerned with prudent commercial practice.
The Real Estate Developers' Association might consider a formal protest.
''The feeling is disappointment and frustration,'' an industry source complained last night.
''The way they seem to have treated developers in the report is very unfair.
''We have no problem with having a standardised system of operating but they did not treat us in a good way.