Work to revive Taman Terubong Indah (Majestic Heights) Phase 1 will
begin next month, the housebuyers ad-hoc committee chairman B.H. Lim said.
After four years of uncertainties, buyers of the 1,557 units could now
“breathe easy’’ because revival works would finally take-off, he said.
“We expect the nine blocks of the phase 1 to be completed within a year
and we hope to move in by the next Chinese New Year celebration,’’ he said
at the unity dinner organised by the ad-hoc committee at the project site
on Saturday night.
Lim said, however, the buyers were worried that the RM1.5mil
side-project to build a two-tier road and a retaining wall at the site
would not be completed concurrently.
“Although the state government has promised to look into the matter, we
still have some doubt whether the JKR (Public Works Department) could
complete the task within a year, too,’’ he said.
Earlier in his speech, Bayan Baru MP Wong Kam Hoong said the state
government must waive the RM3.62mil total contributions imposed by the
council and utility companies.
“The ones reviving the project are the buyers themselves, not the
developer. Therefore, it is only fair to waive the contributions for
services rendered by these government bodies,’’ said Wong, who is Domestic
Trade and Consumer Affairs parliamentary secretary.
He said the cost of reviving the project was RM15.5mil, adding that it
could be reduced to RM9.8mil if the state government agreed to waive the
RM3.62mil contribution for services and the RM1.15mil in shared costs.
If the additional costs were waived, the buyers need only fork out
RM6,300 each, otherwise they have to pay RM9.600.
Launched in 1995, the Majestic Heights project consisting of 2,955
housing units (grouped under Phases 1, 2A, 2B and 3A), 55 shoplots and 22
light industrial units, is the country’s largest single abandoned housing
project.
The project hit a snag when the developer faced financial problems in
1998. On Oct 16, the High Court handed down an order for the developer to
be wound up.
Also present at the function was Paya Terubong assemblyman Dr Loh Hock
Hun.
