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Developers, housebuyers, consumer bodies laud plan to increase
penalties
18/02/2000 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - Housing developers, housebuyers and consumer bodies
are supportive of the Housing and Local Government Ministry's plan to
impose more severe penalties on housing developers who fail to keep the
Ministry informed of project progresses every six months.
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Dialogue with officials of Housing
Ministry
28/01/2000 NST
KUALA LUMPUR,
Thurs. - About 220 people from 91 organisations took part in a closed-door two-day dialogue with the Housing and Local Government
Ministry in a hotel in Seri Kembangan
starting today.
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Pushing for housing industry reforms
19/02/2000 NST By Sheila Singam; Andrew Wong
THREE months into his term as Minister for Housing and Local Government,
Datuk Ong Ka Ting has displayed a dynamism that could push developers out
of their comfort zone by addressing some of their shortcomings.
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HBA can play a positive role
26/02/2000 NST By Sheila Singam
THE House Buyers Association (HBA) can play a positive role in improving
the industry.
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Factors which swayed award to Sime UEP
29/04/2000 NST
DESPITE numerous complaints of cracks appearing in houses in UEP Subang Jaya's
USJ19 as a result of excavation work in a nearby commercial project, Sime UEP
Properties Sdn Bhd's self-contained township nevertheless won the Malaysian
chapter's International Real Estate Federation (Fiabci) best residential
development award.
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House Buyers Association to the fore
30/07/2000 The Sun
Buying a house involves a huge capital
investment and for many people, it means having to use up a huge chunk, if
not all, of the life savings.
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House buyers unite!
15/09/2000 MM
ARE you getting a raw deal from your housing developer? Your house was delivered
very late, there is no Certificate of Fitness (CF) after years of occupying,
it was badly-built, the housing project did not follow a development plan, or
worse, the developer "disappeared" and abandoned the project?
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RM25,000 is below market rate: HBA
20/09/2000 MM By Azlan Ramli
Don't be ridiculous. Try to being reasonable and
sincere.
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Precautionary measures to protect house buyers
20/09/2000 MM
THE authorities, developers, public and those involved in the housing
industry should take note and consider some ideas and suggestions by the
House Buyers Association, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. HBA secretary Chang
Kim Loong said they are:
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`Sinking' feeling
22/09/2000 MM By Home Sweet Home
THANK YOU for highlighting the recent formation of the House Buyers
Association (HBA) Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, an organisation whose
formation was long overdue. I purchased a new apartment and am due to take
vacant possession of the property soon.
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First meeting of house buyers association
25/09/2000 MM
THE House Buyers Association, Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (HBA) will hold its
inaugural meeting next month. It is to elect its office bearers and
recruit more members.
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Talks on problems faced by house buyers
07/10/2000 NST
THE House Buyers Association (HBA) aims to highlight problems and issues
faced by house buyers today at the Putra World Trade Centre in conjunction
with the Property and Investment Deal (PAID) exhibition being held between
October 6 and 8.
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Association for house buyers
09/10/2000 MM
ALL this while, house buyers have
been forming ad-hoc committees to fight their battle against unscrupulous
developers. Now an association has been formed exclusively to help house
buyers facing such problems.
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`New Act needed to check industry'
04/11/2000 NST
A "Property Development Act" to cover all types of properties built by
developers has been suggested as the answer to weaknesses and loopholes in
the Housing Developers Act.
