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Housing Act may be renamed 07/01/2001
Sunday Star By Sim Leoi Leoi
On the Common Property and Building Management Bill, Ong said the new legislation would be tabled to the Cabinet
for approval once this had been studied by the Attorney-General's Chambers."The Bill will allow the building commissioner to intervene where there is a deadlock between condominium or
apartment owners and developers," he added.
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'Build first, then sell' policy mooted
for houses
20/04/2001 Malaysia Kini By Ng Boon
Hooi
Meanwhile, Housing and Local Government Minister Ong Ka Ting in his speech said the Housing
Development Act, originally named Housing Developers Act, will be tabled in Parliament in July. He said, under the new Act, the maintenance of condominiums will be managed jointly by the
developer and the buyers. "If they cannot work out the management of maintenance, then the commissioner of buildings
will take over to resolve the problem," he said. He also said the ministry may set up an advisory board to settle minor complaints so that home
buyers need not have to go to court to solve small disputes
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Report progress or risk jail
04/05/2001
NST-PROP
On the issue of the Housing
Developers Act and the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and
Management) Bill, Ong said drafts of the amendments to the Act and proposed
Bill had been submitted to the Attorney-General's Chambers and are expected
to be tabled at the next Dewan Rakyat sitting. He said the Housing
Developers Act would be renamed the Housing Development Act to better
reflect its form and function.
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An end to strata property woes?
22/05/2001
MM-CLAS
CONDOMINIUM owners and
perhaps even potential buyers of strata title properties
wait with bated breath for the tabling of the Building and
Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Bill. But given
the history of the Bill that is meant to redress the
problems of ownership and management of strata properties,
owners and potential buyers will not be able to let out a
collective sigh of relief just yet. The Bill that was
supposed to have been tabled in Parliament as far back as in
1997, failed to make it to the Dewan Rakyat during its
previous sitting at the end of last year. The current
sitting of Parliament however did see the passing of the
amendments to the Strata Titles Act 1985 which also goes in
some way to alleviating the problems faced by this segment
of the market. But until the Bill's passage through
Parliament actually takes place, condominium owners and
property managers will have to deal with the problems of
managing the building the best they can. Though the efforts
to draft and table the Bill is to be lauded, any delay only
serves to emphasise the increasingly pressing need for it
due to a higher occupancy of stratified units as land
especially in land scarce urban centres. Coupled with a
greater awareness of the need for such properties to be
well-managed, delays will also accentuate the inadequacies
of other existing legislation governing homeownership and
property management.
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Giving condo owners a say over fees for maintenance
25/05/2001 The Star
Buyers of condominium and apartment units will be able to decide on the
rate of maintenance fees under the new Building and Common Property Bill
to be tabled soon.
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Maintenance Of Building Important 20/06/2001
NST By Prof Bill Hamilton and Dr Wan Salleh Wan Ibrahim are with the Faculty
of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, UiTM.
What was reported was that an Act to be called the Commissioner of Building
Act was to be tabled by the Housing and Local Government which, if we may
interpret it correctly, will put a lid on the number of developers who
abandon their projects and those who do not have the necessary credibility
to implement development projects professionally in terms of building
standards.
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Managing together (Part I)
02/02/2002 Published in NST-PROP A
Buyer Watch Article by National House
Buyers Association
The much-awaited Building and Common
Property (Maintenance & Management)
Bill augurs well for strata unit
owners The proposed Building and
Common Property (Maintenance &
Management) Bill, which is expected to
be tabled in Parliament some time this
year, is aimed at alleviating the
maintenance and management problems
that have become a way of life for
stratified property owners.
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Houses, buildings to be fitted with new flushing system
07/10/2003 The Sun
On the draft of the Common
Property Act aimed at regulating maintenance and management of high-rise
residential building such as flats and apartment, he said it is being
finalized by the attorney-general and is expected to be tabled in Parliament
next year.
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Managing together (Part II) 08/11/2003
Published in NST-PROP
A Buyer Watch Article by National House Buyers
Association
IF you have invested in a stratified project, you most obviously would want to make
sure the structure in which your purchase is situated in, is properly cared for at all times. After all, a poorly maintained
building can create a lot of problems, such as the fact that units in an unkempt looking project may be difficult to sell.
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Property management important
21/10/2005 The Sun By Sujartha Kumarasamy
PETALING JAYA: The issue of maintenance and management is important if the
property and housing sector is to compete successfully with Malaysia’s
neighbours such as Singapore, Minister of Housing & Local Government Datuk
Seri Ong Ka Ting said yesterday .
