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Refund house buyers their money
01/02/1991 NST
I WISH to express my concern to the
Housing Ministry regarding Hasil Bumi (Perumahan)
Sdn Bhd's abandoned housing scheme in
Sungai Buloh. Efforts were made to
revive the housing scheme about two
years ago but apparently nothing has
materalised that could comfort the
hundreds of house-buyers who have been
subjected to an endless waiting game for
their houses.
Steps under way to revive abandoned
flats
02/02/1991 MM
STEPS are being taken to revive the
low-cost flats at Taman Rampai in
Ampang that were abandoned in January
1988. The flats, each costing $20,000
to $21,000, were due for completion
last June but construction stopped due
to cash flow problems.
No power, water at new homes
02/02/1991 MM
* PURCHASERS of the Bandar Seri Subang
apartments who were hoping to move
into their new homes before the
Chinese New Year, are upset that the
developer has not provided all the
facilities as promised. Several buyers
rang up Hotline to complain of the
lack of water and electricity and
defects in the building.
Probe into complaints
03/02/1991 NST
KUANTAN, Sat. - The
Pahang Government is carring out a
detailed survey on the problem faced by
200 flat-dwellers in Bandar Indera
Mahkota who claim their homes are
cracking and unsafe for occupation.
State Housing and Rural Growth Committee
chairman Adnan Yaakob he had directed
all relevant authorities to carry out a
detailed study.
Let buyers choose lawyers, says PCA 03/02/1991 NST
IPOH, Sun. - The Perak Consumers
Association today took to task
developers who lined up their own panel
of lawyers and insist that house buyers
seek only their services. PCA president
S.Rajadurai said house buyers should be
free to choose their lawyers.
Pembeli rumah PKNS tidak puas hati
05/02/1991 BH
KLANG, Isnin - Seramai
249 pembeli rumah Perbadanan Kemajuan
Negeri Selangor (PKNS) di Taman Kampung
Kuantan di sini, tidak puas hati dengan
kelewatan pentadbiran perbadanan itu
mengeluarkan sijil hakmilik rumah mereka.
Setiausaha Jawatankuasa Kemajuan dan
Keselamatan Kampung (JKKK) itu, Encik
Arzmi Mohd Atan, berkata sikap tak acuh
pengurusan PKNS mengeluarkan sijil
berkenaan menimbulkan banyak kesulitan
terutama mengenai pembayaran cukai tanah,
penukaran nama hakmilik atau untuk
tujuan jual beli.
Unhappy with late delivery payment
05/02/1991 MM
* CHOY, who bought a house in the Taman
Taming Raya project in Balakong, feels
that the developer is short-changing her
by paying 60 per cent of the late
delivery compensation. She says the
house was to be completed last
September, but the keys were only handed
over on Jan 16.
Legal fee payment for house shock
06/02/1991 MM
* CLY says he was shocked when he was
asked to pay legal fees for a house he
bought in Pandan Jaya three years ago.
He says nothing of the sort was
mentioned in the sale and purchase
agreement and the developer had also
earlier told him that he would not have
to pay any legal fees.
Fuming over cracks
07/02/1991 MM
WHILE bomb blasts in Iraq are destroying
property, residents of Taman Melor in
Ampang claim that blasting for the sake
of development is destroying their
homes. Their houses have huge cracks in
the walls, and residents claim these are
from vibrations of blasting works at the
almost-completed housing project at
nearby Taman Saga.
50 peratus projek rumah terbengkalai
08/02/1991 BH
SELANGOR, Johor dan Perak adalah negeri
yang paling banyak mengalami masalah
projek perumahan terbengkalai, iaitu
kira-kira 50 peratus daripada
keseluruhan projek di seluruh negara.
Sebanyak 58 projek perumahan
terbengkalai di Selangor, 56 (Johor) dan
52 (Perak) daripada 338 projek di
Semenanjung Malaysia sehingga tahun lalu.
Case of the unhelpful developer
12/02/1991 NST
RESIDENT of Mayang Jaya, Petaling Jaya,
is disgusted with the shoddy treatment
she received from the developer of a
housing estate. "Last week, the septic
tank of several houses in this area were
overflowing.
100 to get homes by May
13/02/1991 MM
MORE than 100 people who have bought
double-storey terrace houses in an
abandoned project in Ampang Hilir
will get their homes by May. The $35
million housing project was launched in
1985 but was abandoned in mid-1989
because financial problems.
Ampang Hilir housing project revived
13/02/1991NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - The abandoned
Ampang Hilir housing project which was
supposed to be completed two years ago,
is being revived in stages. Part of the
project was delayed when the developers
- Kemajuan Tenaga Sdn Bhd and Ampang
Hilir Sdn Bhd - faced financial
problems.
HDA: Rules will affect industry
15/02/1991 NST
THE Selangor/Federal
Territory Housing Developers Association
has cautioned additional rules and
regulations imposed on the housing
industry will hinder its growth and lead
to an increase in construction costs.
This view was expressed by its Chairman
Alan Tong Kok Mau (above) when
commenting on a recent newspaper report
that the housing and local government
ministry plans to met up inspectorates
in all states to act against developers
who abandon projects.
Snags to housing rule
15/02/1991 BT
ADDITIONAL rules and
regulations imposed on the housing
industry will hinder its growth and lead
to an increase in construction costs,
the Selangor/Federal Territory Housing
Developers Association chairman Alan
Tong Kok Mau said yesterday. Mr Tong was
responding to a recent report that the
Housing and Local Government Ministry
plans to set up inspectorates in all
states to act against developers who
abandon projects. The formation of the
inspectorates is good provided it does
not cover genuine developers, especially
those with good track records, he said.
Mr Tong said: "For a developer with a
good track record, any further compliance with rules and regulations will
be an added hindrance and will only increase the cost of building
construction. In the end, the consumer will be the one to bear additional
cost.
104 projek rumah terbengkalai pulih 19/02/1991 BH By Hamidah Kamaruddin
SEJUMLAH 104 projek
perumahan swasta yang terbengkalai
berjaya dipulihkan sehingga tamat
pembinaannya tahun ini, kata Timbalan
Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan,
Encik Osu Haji Sukam. Beliau berkata,
sehingga 31 Disember lalu, kementerian
mengenal pasti 381 projek perumahan
swasta yang terbengkalai.
6,385 units completed
19/02/1991 NST
TWENTY-five per cent
or 6,385 low-cost houses have been
completed under the Low-Cost Housing
Development Project since it started in
1986. Deputy Housing and Local
Government Minister Encik Osu Haji Sukam
said yesterday. He told the Dewan Negara
that another 122,124 units were
currently being built.
Contracts of two builders terminated
20/02/1991 NST
HULU SELANGOR, Tues. -
The State Secretary Incorporated, the
Selangor Government's property
development arm, has terminated the
contracts of two companies for failing
to complete several thousand units of
low-cost houses in Selangor. State
Secretary Datuk Abdul Halim Rauf said
today new companies would be appointed
to complete the projects listed under
Phase 1 of the special low-cost housing
scheme for Selangor.
Developers'
Act changes: More clout proposed
20/02/1991 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - The Housing and Local Government Ministry is
finalising an amendment to the Housing Developers' Act to give the
Minister or secretary-general the power to take over and rehabilitate
abandoned housing projects. A Ministry official said the proposed
amendment would be similar to powers under the Essential (Protection of
Deposits) Regulations 1986 which empowered the Government to deal with the
deposit-taking co-operatives fiasco in 1986. Call to
review housing rules
21/02/1991 NST
JOHOR BARU, Wed. - The Government should review the existing housing
regulations to make it mandatory for developers to obtain individual
titles for house buyers when signing sale and purchase agreements. "This
is to ensure that in the event of housing projects being abandoned,
purchasers will not run the risk of losing.
Kerajaan batal lapan projek perumahan
23/02/1991 NST
SEREMBAN, Jumaat -
Kerajaan negeri akan membatalkan lapan
daripada 48 projek perumahan awam kos
rendah di negeri ini kerana pemaju
menghadapi pelbagai masalah. Menteri
Besar, Datuk Haji Mohd Isa Abdul Samad,
berkata antara masalah pemaju terbabit
ialah keadaan kawasan projek mereka yang
tidak strategik, masalah pinjaman
kewangan dan ketiadaan pembeli.
$300m to get abandoned housing
projects started
24/02/1991 NST
ON Tuesday housebuyers
in Taman Seri Jelok, Kajang, will
receive keys to their units. A normal
occurrence in housing schemes all over
the country. But for the Taman Seri
Jelok housebuyers, it will not just be
the fulfilment of the dream of owning a
house. For them it will be the
culmination of a long nightmare of
buying a house, witnessing the project
abandoned, the long agony of waiting for
some consolation and the thrill of
seeing the project finally
rehabilitated.
`No CF but developer wants fee'
grouse
25/02/1991 MM
* CHEN who has bought
a house in Pandan Perdana, Cheras, is
peeved that the developer is asking for
a six-month maintenance fee before she
has been handed the keys to the house.
She says this is not fair as the buyers
are unable to move in because the
Certificate of Fitness (CF) for the
houses has yet to be issued.
Defaulters blamed for debt
25/02/1991 NST
* PENANG: The
Penang Government now owes the Federal
Government more than $8 million because
of defaulters among buyers of
State-built low-cost homes, a State
Executive Councillor said. Haji Zakaria
Bakar, chairman of the State housing and
environment committee, said yesterday
buyers of 6,553 units in 46 Government
low-cost housing schemes failed to pay
their monthly instalments promptly. He
said the defaulters faced legal action
if they continued to ignore reminders to
pay up.
Penang Govt owes $8
25/02/1991 BT
THE Penang Government now owes the
Federal Government more than $8 million
because of defaulters among buyers of
state-built low-cost homes, a state
executive councillor said. Encik Zakaria
Bakar, chairman of the State Housing and
Environment Committee, said yesterday in
Penang, buyers of 6,553 units in 46
government low-cost housing schemes
failed to pay their monthly instalments
promptly. Of the number, 3,863 had not
paid up to six months, seven to 12
months (843), 13 to 18 months (521), 19
to 30 months (615) and 31 to 40 months
(711). He told reporters after a
gathering at Taman Perumahan in Pinang
that the the defaulters faced legal
action if they continued to ignore
reminders to pay up. Encik Zakaria said
850 more units of low-cost homes will be
built in five schemes at Pantai Acheh,
Bagan Jermal, Batu Lanchang, Rumah Hijau
Mak Mandin and Ampang Jajar. The five
schemes are estimated to cost over $21
million.
Aid for certain house buyers
26/02/1991 NST
A TOTAL of 36,131
house buyers have been affected by
abandoned housing projects and the
Government is taking steps to help them,
the Dewan Negara was told yesterday.
Housing and Local Government Minister Dr
Ting Chew Peh said the figure involves
both civil servants and those in the
private sector. In reply to Mrs Law Jack
Yoon, he said Government servants who
obtained loans from the Treasury could
apply to the Finance Ministry to cease
balance payments for the loans taken in
the case of developers who do not
complete their projects on time. "This
means they only have to repay initial
sums paid to the developer," he said. He
said the affected Government employees
can also apply to transfer their loans
for the purchase of another house.
TPPT diberi peruntukan tambahan $300j
27/02/1991 BT
KAJANG, Selasa -
Kerajaan bersetuju meningkatkan
peruntukan Tabung Projek Perumahan
Terbengkalai (TPPT) kepada $600 juta
daripada $300 juta bagi menyediakan
pembiayaan tambahan untuk projek itu.
Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Paduka Daim
Zainuddin, ketika mengumumkan demikian
di sini hari ini berkata, tambahan $300
juta itu diharap membolehkan lebih
banyak projek perumahan terbengkalai di
seluruh negara dipulihkan.
Allocation for AHPF doubled to $600m
27/02/1991 BT By Fauziah Ismail
THE Government has agreed to double the allocation for the Abandoned
Housing Projects Fund (AHPF) to $600 million to meet the increasing
demand for financial assistance to rehabilitate such projects, outgoing
Finance Minister Datuk Paduka Daim Zainuddin announced yesterday. The
AHPF, administered by Bank Negara, was launched in June last year with
an initial allocation of $300 million.
Abandoned housing: Fund doubled to $600m
27/02/1991 NST By Rosli Zakaria; Sabri Said
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - The Government has agreed to double the Abandoned
Housing Projects Fund to $600 million, Finance Minister Datuk Paduka
Daim Zainuddin announced today. He said the earlier allocation of $300
million made in June last year was found to be inadequate to finance the
increasing number of developers requesting for assistance under the
fund.
Defaulters told to clear arrears or
face eviction
28/02/1991 NST
PENANG, Wed. -
Low-cost house owners who still owe the
State Government rental arrears were
today warned that they may be forced to
vacate their homes unless they pay up
soon. State Housing and Environmental
committee chairman Haji Zakaria Abu
Bakar issued the warning in the light of
about $8.5 million in rental arrears
owed by over 6,500 low-cost house owners
here.
Rumah berasingan tetapi kunci sama
28/02/1991 BH
SEREMBAN, Rabu - Rumah
berasingan tetapi memiliki kunci rumah
yang sama. Itulah yang dialami oleh
kira-kira 1,000 penduduk Taman Bukit
Sentosa (TBS), Jalan Tun Dr Ismail di
sini apabila kunci pintu belakang rumah
mereka didapati sama. |
