Maksiat di projek rumah terbengkalai
01/06/1991 HM
KLANG: Projek perumahan Taman Nakhoda
Yusuf yang terbengkalai sejak 13 tahun
lalu, kini menjadi `sarang' penagih
dadah dan tempat maksiat pasangan muda.
Tinjaun Harian Metro mendapati beberapa
bahan buangan yang digunakan oleh
penagih dadah seperti kotak mancis,
timah rokok dan batang betik kering,
bersepah dalam beberapa unit rumah di
situ.
Why the long wait for housing loan
applicants
02/06/1991 NSUNT
PROPESPECTIVE house buyers may wonder
why banks take a long time, sometimes
months, before they approve loans.
Consumers may not, realise it, but one
reason is that banks make a search with
the Official Assignee's Office to
determine whether the applicant is a
bankrupt. Only when a clearance
certificate is issued do banks approve
the loan.
Buyers to revive housing project
03/06/1991 NST-CITYX
THE long abandoned Taman Senawang Jaya
housing project in Seremban will soon be
revived. A committee representing house
buyers has been formed to look into
details of reviving the scheme.
Kepada siapa hendak mengadu
03/06/1991 BH
SAYA membeli rumah di Taman Sri Jaya,
Jalan Pokok Mangga, Melaka pada bulan
Mac, 1987. Tetapi pada tahun 1990
pemajunya telah diisytiharkan bankrup
sedangkan gaji saya telah dipotong
melebihi dari dua tahun. Cubalah kita
fikir rumah yang saya beli itu fasa II
sedangkan fasa 1 pun masih lagi belum
dibina
Buyers forced to take up policy
03/06/1991 NST
SEVERAL financial institutions have
forced purchasers of sub-divided
buildings to take up a fire insurance
policy before providing them with
financing even though the units are
covered under a master insurance
policy. These institutions are said to
have adopted a "take-it-or-leave-it"
attitude because they want the units
to be insured under their panel of
insurers.
Move to speed up transfer of titles
04/06/1991 MM
EFFORTS are being
made to speed up the process of transferring strata titles to residents of
Section 2 in Bandar Baru Wangsa Maju. Deputy National Unity and Social
Development Minister Datuk Alex Lee, who in also the MP for Batu, will
hold a meeting with Datuk Bandar Tan Sri Elyas Omar to help speed up the
process.
Pinjaman cara baru untuk beli rumah
10/06/1991 BH
USAHA kerajaan memperkenalkan
undang-undang baru untuk melindungi hak pengguna ketika membeli rumah sememangnya sudah lama dinantikan oleh rakyat apatah lagi di
kalangan yang sudah "terperangkap" dengan pemaju perumahan yang tidak bertanggungjawab - wang pendahuluan dan bulanan pinjaman
perumahan dipotong setiap bulan tetapi projek perumahan terbengkalai. Setidak-tidaknya dengan peraturan baru itu, bakal pembeli
rumah sudah tidak bimbang wang yang disimpan sekian lama untuk memiliki rumah impian masing-masing tidak "lesap" kerana kegagalan
pemaju menyiapkan projek perumahan yang dijanjikan.
Check on errant developers
20/06/1991 MM
SOME private developers are believed to
be selling low-cost houses to the public at under-the-counter prices and without City Hall's approval. Datuk Bandar Tan Sri Elyas
Omar said he suspects several developers are going against the Development Order by selling low-cost units directly to buyers
instead of going through City Hall.
Firm denies low-cost flats are
substandard
22/06/1991 MM
THE low and medium-cost
flats of Taman Mirhaja in Jalan Loke Yew were built according to
specifications approved by the Housing and Local Government Ministry, said
MBf Property Services. The company, which is managing the project, made the
statement in response to claims by buyers that the flats were substandard.
EPF payout plan draws mixed views
24/06/1991 NST
KUALA LUMPUR,
Sun. - The decision by the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) not to release to developers in one lump sum the withdrawal approved
for house-buyers under the new EPF Act has met with mixed response from consumerists and developers. While the Federation of
Consumers' Associations, Malaysia (Fomca) is jubilant over the move, the Housing Developers' Association, Malaysia (HDA) has
expressed concern over its implementation.
No change in rules for
withdrawals, says EPF
25/06/1991 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - The Employees
Provident Fund will continue to release
in one lump sum withdrawals by
contributors who want to buy houses
provided all necessary documents have
been furnished. "As far as the EPF is
concerned, no decision has been made to
change the present regulations as
reported by some newspapers last week,"
public relations manager Tengku Roshani
Tengku Embong said today.
27-year wait for strata title
25/06/1991 MM
* TWENTY-SEVEN years is too long to wait
for a strata title, says Angry of Jalan
Tiong Nam, who bought his flat that long
ago. "I was asked twice to pay
processing fees for my strata title,
amounting $756, but till now, nothing
has happened," he says.
Strata title property insurance
dilemma
26/06/1991 BT
A UNIT owner of a strata title
property (STP) need not take up fire insurance on the unit as required by several financial institutions, Sime Zeta Hogg Robinson
Insurance Brokers (SZHR)'s managing director Lo Teen Ann told Business Times. He said under the Strata Titles Act 1985 (the Act),
the management corporation or the original proprietor is required to insure and keep insured the subdivided building against fire
and such other risks as may be prescribed under the Act.
Owners seek loan to revive project
26/06/1991 NST-CITYX By Harris
Iskandar Taib
OWNERS of the 27-storey Menara Safuan
have applied for a government loan to
complete the construction of the
building which has been abandoned for
more than four years. The application,
under the $500 million Entrepreneurs
Rehabilitation Fund, was made by Safuan
Holding Sdn Bhd. The fund was set up in
July 1988 to help Bumiputras who faced
financial difficulties caused by the
economic slowdown.
Cover-up of shoddy work
28/06/1991 MM
A HOUSE-BUYER in Taman Alam Megah, Shah
Alam, in upset over the sub-standard
construction of his house of eight
months. Where there should have been
concrete and hardcore under the
flooring, Encik Bahari Ibrahim found
mostly sand and little cement.
Camouflaging
an eyesore
29/06/1991 NST-CITYX By Elan Perumal
THE Klang District Office will plant tall trees in Jalan Kampung Jawa to
camouflage several abandoned projects in the area. District officer Mohamad Ali Abdul Samad said the tree planting exercise would begin soon.
Cheer for house owners
29/06/1991 MM
DEFECTS on some houses in Taman Alam Megah, Shah Alam will be rectified
as soon as investigations are completed and solutions worked out. "If
all goes well, things will be sorted out and rectified by the end of
next month," said Mr Lawrence Nice, site engineer for the developers,
Taman Perusahaan Berat Sdn Bhd which is managed by Hong Leong Property
Managers.
Kepertama bentuk badan bertindak
bantu ahli terpedaya
30/06/1991 BM
SERDANG: Kesatuan Kakitangan Am
Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (Kepertama)
menubuhkan sebuah jawatankuasa
bertindak bagi 15 ahlinya yang
terpedaya dengan pembelian rumah
terbengkalai sejak 1987. Presidennya,
Encik Kassim Sheikh Mohamad, berkata
mereka adalah antara lebih 200 pembeli
di projek rumah kos rendah oleh
Perbadanan Setiausaha Kerajaan
Selangor (SSI) di Jenderam Hilir,
Sepang
