Builders will need special account in
August
01/05/1991 BT
THE Housing Development
Account Regulations, drawn up to protect
house buyers from unscrupulous
developers and to reduce the incidence
of abandoned housing projects, will be
enforced beginning August 1. The
account, which will be part of the
regulations in the Housing Development
Act 1989, has to be opened by developers
with any financial institution in the
country.
12-year wait for land title 02/05/1991 MM
* JEGA says his plans to renovate his
house in Taman Bukit Raya in Setapak has
been put on hold for the past 12 years
through no fault of his. He mays the
bank is willing to give him a loan for
renovation, but he cannot get it because
the developer has yet to give him the
land title.
`We are in the dark'
03/05/1991 MM
BUYERS of PKNS low-cost houses at
Pandamaran Jaya did not know their
houses had not been issued
certificates of fitness - until they
read about it in The Malay Mail last
Wednesday. The Malay Mail had reported
that houses at Jalan 4, 6 and 8 were
not issued with the certificates. The
houses are more than 20-years-old.
Pembeli minta selesai segera projek
terbengkalai
04/05/1991 BH
KLANG, Jumaat - Kira-kira 140 pembeli
rumah kos sederhana di Taman Nakhoda
Yusuf di sini meminta Kerajaan
Selangor dan Kementerian Perumahan dan
Kerajaan Tempatan menyelesaikan segera
projek perumahan yang terbelengkalai
sejak 13 tahun lalu. Kebanyakan
pembeli rumah terbabit mendakwa,
beberapa pihak bertanggungjawab
melakukan penyelewengan sehingga
projek perumahan yang dibina pada 1978
itu masih belum siap
Elyas: Follow building plans
05/05/1991 NSTUNT
KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. City Hall will not issue certificates of
fitness (CFs) to developers who fail to
construct according to the approved
building plans. Datuk Bandar Tan Sri Elyas Omar assured buyers that City Hall
would keep a close watch on development
to ensure that developers fulfil their
promises.
Buyers yet to
find solace 06/05/1991 BT By P. Parameswaran
WHO are the real victims of abandoned housing projects, developers or
buyers? This issue has arisen anew following Finance Minister Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim's recent statement that the $600 million Abandoned Housing
Project Fund (AHPF) is not part of a government rescue operation for
developers but to ensure that house buyers obtain their long-delayed
homes. There is no doubt that developers look upon the Bank
Negara-administered fund as some kind of a cash cow to solve their
financial woes. They are of the view that the Government will continue to
assist them until the cows come home even if they continue abandoning
their projects. The buyers, on the other hand, interprets the fund as also
favouring the developers, rather than alleviating their plight.
Victim's suit
a test case 06/05/1991 MM By Faridah Hamid
THE 10th robbery victim at the Bayview Apartment in Seri Sentosa, Mr
Sukhdev Singh, will sue developer Bedford
Development Sdn Bhd, for breach of contract. Mr Sukhdev's lawyer, Mr M.
Menon, said the suit which will also contend gross negligence by the
developer, will be a test case.
Challenge
over 24-hour security 06/05/1991
NST-CITYXBy Rajesh Taluar
A DEVELOPER, who had advertised 24-hour security as one of the features in
a housing project, is facing legal action by a resident broken into. This
case will be an eyeopener as apartment and condiminium developers lure
buyers by advertising round-the-clock security - which later became lax.
Ministry rescues abandoned
housing projects
06/05/1991 NST
SITIAWAN, Sun. - The Housing and Local Government Ministry has rescued 101
abandoned housing schemes throughout the country, using money from a
special Government fund set up for the purpose, Minister Dr Ting Chew Peh
said today. Dr Ting said they were among 381 abandoned schemes involving
83,036 housing units and 49,444 housebuyers with an estimated project
value of nearly $5 billion.
Govt serious about taking over
abandoned projects
07/05/1991BT
THE Government is serious about
obtaining power to take over abandoned
housing projects, although it knows
there may be some legal complications,
especially if the projects are under
receivership or the land is charged to
a bank. Housing and Local Government
Minister Dr Ting Chew Peh said in
Kuala Lumpur yesterday the necessary
amendments to the law to acquire such
power may take some time but the
ministry will continue to work at it.
Security still lax in many city
apartments
07/05/1991 NST -CITYX
THE legal poser over 24-hour security at
apartments has brought to public
attention the plight of residents who
have suffered break-ins. A NST probe
team conducted a survey last Sunday at
number of apartment blocks in the Klang
Valley and found lax security in most
instances.
Harga rumah tidak akan naik
07/05/1991 BH
KUALA LUMPUR, Isnin -
Harga rumah di negara ini tidak akan
dinaikkan berikutan wujudnya Akaun
Pemaju Perumahan 1991 yang dirangka bagi
mengelak masalah projek rumah
terbengkalai, kata Menteri Perumahan dan
Kerajaan Tempatan, Dr Ting Chew Peh,
hari ini. Katanya, berikutan pewujudan
akaun itu, tiada sebab pemaju perumahan
menaikkan harga rumah kerana wang projek
akan dapat diuruskan dengan lebih
teratur.
No housing delays, says Minister
07/05/1991 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - The Housing
(Project Account) Regulations 1991,
which is expected to come into force in
August, will not delay the
implementation of housing projects.
Housing and Local Government Minister Dr
Ting Chew Peh said today that under the
requirement for developers to open such
accounts with banks or financial
institutions, cheque payments in
connection with the projects would have
to be countersigned by officers from the
banks or financial institutions.
Ministry reviews law on discarded
projects
08/05/1991 NST By Nafizah Nadzim
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - The Housing and
Local Government Ministry is reviewing
existing legislation to allow its
Minister to appoint new developers to
revive housing projects which have been
completely abandoned and where the
developers cannot be traced. Its
Minister, Dr Ting Chew Peh, said today
the review of the Housing Developers
(Control and Licensing) Act was to allow
him to appoint new developers to take
over projects where the original
developers could not be traced.
Services charges won't add burden to
builders
11/05/1991 BT
DEVELOPERS are not likely to be
overburdened by service charges for
opening separate accounts for each of
their housing projects under the
Housing Project Account (HPA)
Regulations which is expected to be
enforced in August. The Housing and
Local Government Ministry will meet
financial institutions to discuss the
"appropriate" interest rate for
accounts opened under the regulations
so as to lessen their burden with
regards to service charges.
Akaun pemaju tidak akan tingkatkan
kos
11/05/1991BH
AKAUN Pemaju Perumahan (APP) yang akan
dikuatkuasakan Ogos ini, dijangka tidak
meningkatkan kos kepada pemaju terbabit
untuk membuka akaun berkenaan, kata
Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan,
Dr Ting Chew Peh. Katanya, walaupun
pemaju diwajibkan membuka akaun bagi
setiap projek perumahan yang dimajukan,
ia tidak akan membabitkan kos yang
tinggi kerana caj yang dikenakan adalah
berdasarkan kadar faedah semasa.
Abandoned project to be revived
12/05/1991 NSUNT
KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. - The Taman Sri
Kenari Kajang project will be revived
this July with a $2.5 million loan
from the Finance Ministry under the
"Abandoned Housing Project Fund". The
project by developers Maribena Sdn Bhd
was abandoned six years ago.
Pre-fab homes axed
14/05/1991 BT
THE Pahang Government has decided to
stop building pre-fabricated low-cost
homes because of bad experience with one
such public housing project in Kuantan,
the State Legislative Assembly was told
yesterday. State housing and rural
growth centre committee chairman Adnan
Yaakob said a pre-fabricated low cost
the Bandar Indera Mahkota had created
problems for the Government and
occupants. "The state had to spend
$240,000 to rectify structural defects
such as to repair cracks," he said. From
this experience, it has decided not to
build any more public housing using the
concept, he said when replying to a
supplementary question from Datuk Haji
Ibrahim Taib (BN-Sungai Lembing).
Long wait for her Taman Medan house14/05/1991 NST
MISS Fernandes booked a house in
November 1987 in Taman Medan. It was
scheduled for completion two years later
- in November 1989. Till today, the
housing developer, Jiwa Murni Sdn Bhd,
has yet to deliver the keys to her
house. "This November, the delivery will
be overdue by two years," she points
out.
Kesulitan wang punca
koperasi gagal siap projek
15/05/1991 BH
LEBIH 300 projek perumahan dan
perniagaan hartanah di seluruh negara
yang diusahakan oleh pelbagai koperasi
sejak koperasi terbengkalai dan sukar
dipulihkan. Kajian Bank Negara
sehingga 31 Disember 1990 menunjukkan
sebanyak 325 projek perumahan di
seluruh negara bernilai $3,904 bilion
dikategorikan sebagai projek
terbengkalai.
Developers: It's a good idea but not for now
17/05/1991 NST
THE Selangor and Federal
Territory Housing Developers Association yesterday described the, "build and
sell" concept for houses as a good idea but felt that it is not opportune to
implement such a concept now. Its chairman Tong Kok Mau said its members who
discussed the proposal during the association annual general meeting
yesterday felt that many other factor's must be ironed out before going
ahead with the idea.
Long wait for her Taman Medan house
14/05/1991 NST
MISS Fernandes booked a house in
November 1987 in Taman Medan. It was
scheduled for completion two years
later - in November 1989. Till today,
the housing developer, Jiwa Murni Sdn
Bhd, has yet to deliver the keys to
her house. "This November, the
delivery will be overdue by two
years," she points out.
Anxious to get house titles
18/05/1991 MM
THE absence of individual land titles
is causing civil servants Jaya and
Inspector a lot of inconvenience. Jaya
is still waiting for the release of a
document on a house bought in Taman
Sri Sinar, Segambut, in 1989, while
Inspector is waiting for papers on a
house bought in Taman Bukit Teratai,
Ampang, last year
Living in fear of landslip
18/05/1991
NST-CITYX
TWENTY families in Taman Seri Negeri
in Ampangan, Seremban, are living in
fear of a landslip. They dread the
rain and fear that it will only be a
matter of time before something
untoward happens. The fear that the
embankment supporting the ground near
a slope will collapse due to the
clearing of a plot of land next to the
housing estate.
Housebuyer wants to discuss the
latest refund offer
21/05/1991 MM
A PRINCE COURT condominium buyer is
hoping to meet other buyers of the
abandoned Ampang project to discuss
the latest offer of refund. Mrs Chong
Beng Nee said the offer was made last
week by First Allied Corporation
Berhad (FACB) to settle the refund by
a dollar-for-dollar. (Prince Court's
developer was Arosa Development Sdn
Bhd, which is a subsidiary of FACB)
Housing fraud probe
23/05/1991 BT
THE Penang
Government will investigate allegations that many house buyers had
lost their deposits totalling more
than $1 million because of abandoned
housing projects. Deputy Chief
Minister Dr Ibrahim Saad said in
Penang yesterday the charge that
housing developers also cheated buyers
by issuing receipts without stamp fees
must be viewed seriously. He said the
Government will ask the affected house
buyers to form an action committee to
gather proof and initiate legal
action. He was commenting on a
newspaper report that many house
buyers in the state had been cheated
by housing developers. According to
the report, the housing developers
which issued the false receipts also
placed their companies under
receivership or under finance
companies which later made new offers
to the public.
Ipoh drops plan on rock
base surveys
24/05/1991 NST
IPOH, Thurs. - The State Government will now not make it
compulsory for developers to conduct
detailed rock base surveys before
developing ex-mining land. State Local
Government Committee chairman Datuk Au
How Cheong said the State Government
made the decision after taking into
account the costs involved and that it
would later be passed down to the buyers
by the developers.
Jangan
salahkan kerajaan
24/05/1991 BH
REMBAU, Khamis - Kerajaan
negeri jangan dipersalahkan jika ada
projek perumahan terbengkalai kerana
kebanyakannya disebabkan masalah
dalaman yang dihadapi pemaju, kata
Menteri Besar Datuk Haji Mohd Isa
Abdul Samad. Menurutnya, kerajaan
tiada kuasa untuk bertindak ke atas
pemaju, tetapi akan berusaha
menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi
oleh pembeli.
Abandoned housing
24/05/1991 BT
A SPECIAL
committee, chaired by State Executive Councillor Hon Choon Kim has been set
up to discuss abandoned housing
projects in Negri Sembilan. Menteri
Besar Datuk Mohamad Isa Samad said 17
of the 44 abandoned housing projects
in the state have been or will be
revived using the Finance Ministry
fund to rehabilitate them. From time
to time, the committee will discuss
with Bank Negara and the Housing
Developers Association how to resolve
problems faced by the remaining 27
abandoned projects. The Menteri Besar
was speaking to reporters after
handing keys to 148 house buyers of
the Koperasi Serbaguna Negeri
Sembilan, Chembong, in Rembau on
Wednesday.
Concern over site of housing project
25/05/1991 MM
BUYERS of houses in a project under
construction are worried that the
project is too close to a steep hill.
One of the buyers told The Malay Mail
yesterday the brochure given to her
before she made the purchase did not
state the exact location of the project
but "looked very impressive".
Odds against build-then-sell concept
27/05/1991 BT
THE odds are stacked heavily against the
build-then-sell housing concept which is
considered to be holding the key to
resolving the abandoned housing project
problem. Housing developers warn that
house prices may go through the roof and
bankers vow they cannot share the risk
under such a concept in which houses are
sold only after they are completed and
have been issued the certificate of
fitness for occupation. Under the
present progressive-payment system,
houses are sold as they are built but
there have been complaints of late or no
delivery at all because of errant
developers who abandoned their projects.
As at the end of last year, housing
projects valued at $4.9 billion
involving nearly 50,000 buyers were
abandoned.
18 projek rumah terbengkalai
28/05/1991 BH
KUANTAN,
Isnin - Lapan belas projek perumahan
di negeri ini yang membabitkan
kira-kira $124 juta terbengkalai tahun
lalu, berikutan pemaju rumah tidak
menyiapkannya mengikut jadual.
Bagaimanapun, sembilan daripada projek
berkenaan sedang dalam proses
pemulihan, manakala enam lagi
diletakkan dalam tanggungan.
Frustrating wait to move into new
house
28/05/1991 NST
HARUN from Kampung Pandan bought a
single-storey terrace house in Taman
Kencana some time in February 1989. The
house, which cost $65,000, was to be
completed the same year. Until today,
HARUN says, the house has not been
completed. Numerous calls have been made
to the developer but HARUN was told that
the house would be ready soon.
Garis
panduan akaun pemaju siap
29/05/1991 BH
KUALA
LUMPUR, Selasa - Kerajaan sudah
menyiapkan garis panduan Akaun Pemaju
Perumahan yang diwajibkan ke atas pemaju
perumahan yang mahu melaksanakan projek
mereka mulai Ogos ini. Menteri Perumahan
dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Dr Ting Chew Peh,
berkata pihaknya mengadakan perbincangan
dengan pegawai Bank Negara dan Persatuan
Bank-Bank mengenai garis panduan itu,
semalam.
New housing project law in final
stage
29/05/1991 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - The Housing and
Local Government Ministry is finalising
the Housing Development Account
Regulation, 1991, with Bank Negara, the
Association of Banks in Malaysia and the
Housing Developers' Association. The new
regulation, aimed at protecting house
buyers from being cheated by
unscrupulous housing developers, will be
gazetted next month and come into force
in August.
Guidelines for builders
29/05/1991 BT
THE Housing and Local Government
Ministry has finalised the guidelines
for housing developers to withdraw money
from the proposed Housing Development
Account (HDA). Its minister, Dr Ting
Chew Peh, said in Subang yesterday
discussions were held with Bank Negara
and the Malaysian Bankers Association
(MBA) on Monday on the appropriate
interest rate for the account. He
declined to elaborate but said that the
HDA would gazetted next month that and
enforced in August. Dr Thing hed said
that a new clause under the Housing
Development Act on the proposed account
would be gazetted to avoid the misuse of
housebuyers' money . The account will
hold all monies paid by housebuyers'
money. The account will hold all monies
paid by housebuyers and withdrawals from
the account will be limited to expenses
related to the particular housing
scheme.
100 buyers in bid to stop land
auction
29/05/1991 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - About 100 buyers
of industrial lots in the Kepong
Industrial Complex, which has been
abandoned since 1986, today proposed
to revive the project. The buyers
formed a 12-member pro-tem committee
and immediately passed a resolution to
stop Asia Commercial Finance Bhd (ACF)
from auctioning the 10-hectare plot
next month.
Ting: No formal study on abandoned
projects
30/05/1991 BT
THE Housing
and Local Government Ministry has not
conducted any study on abandoned
housing projects. According to its
minister, Dr Ting Chew Peh, what the
ministry had said previously was that
housing projects were abandoned due to
a number of reasons, among them the
recession, mis-management, and misuse
of funds. "No formal study has been
carried out," he said, referring to a
newspaper report which claimed that
many housing developers of abandoned
projects had used the funds from banks
to make other investments or to spend
on luxury items for their companies.
Hubungi pembeli rumah
31/05/1991 BH
SAYA ingin berhubung dengan pembeli
rumah di Taman Indra Senai, Johor kerana
saya difahamkan projek rumah itu
tergendala sejak tahun 1984. Saya cuba
berhubung dengan pemaju berkenaan di
Batu Pahat, tetapi pemaju berkenaan
sudah bankrap dan tidak lagi membuka
perniagaan dan diberitahu boleh mendapat
semula wang melalui Biro Bantuan Guaman.
