6 projek terbiar dipulihkan
01/05/1992 BH
SEREMBAN, Khamis - Enam daripada 12 projek rumah terbengkalai di
Port Dickson berjaya disiapkan selepas usaha pemulihan dilaksanakan,
kata Setiausaha Majlis Daerah Port Dickson (MDPD), Syed Abdul
Mutalib Syed Hassan. Katanya, pemaju terbabit menerima cadangan MDPD
supaya memajukan semula projek mereka bagi menjaga imej Port Dickson
yang menjadi destinasi pelancongan utama negara ini.
Bila projek rumah
Cuepacs siap?
01/05/1992 BH By Pembeli Kecewa
SAYA adalah salah seorang pembeli rumah kembar dua tingkat kos
sederhana berharga $57,000 (tiga bilik) di Taman Koperasi Cuepacs
Kajang sejak tahun 1987. Apa yang saya kesalkan ialah kegagalan
pemaju taman itu iaitu Koperasi Cuepacs menyiapkan projek itu
sehingga kini. Projek itu hanya dilaksanakan sekitar 30 peratus dan
ini bermakna projek perumahan bagi rumah kos rendah berharga $25,000
seunit itu masih belum dilaksanakan.
Sg Buloh in need
of police watch
01/05/1992 NST-CITYXBy Abdul Razak Chik
BANDAR Baru Sungai Buloh residents want greater police presence in
the area to curb the rising incidence of theft and burglary. They
want developers building new housing estates there to provide the
land for a police station as part of their civic responsibility.
Kami sudah tidak
tahan sabar lagi!
01/05/1992 HM
BATU PAHAT: Sampai bila kami boleh bersabar? Penduduk Taman Seri
Jaya dekat sini sudah bosan kerana aduan mereka mengenai masalah
Jalan Rotan Batu di taman itu yang rosak sejak setahun lalu tidak
diendahkan.
Baru pindah ada
masalah?
02/05/1992 HM
HULU LANGAT: Baru diduduki tapi sudah menimbulkan masalah...Itulah
keluhan 282 keluarga yang mendiami tiga blok rumah pangsa di Taman
Cheras. Mereka mendakwa struktur rumah pangsa murah yang mereka
duduki sejak Ogos tahun lalu itu mengalami terlalu banyak masalah
hingga menimbulkan kesulitan walaupun ia masih lagi dalam
tanggungjawab pemaju.
Rumah murah tiga bilik atasi masalah
02/05/1992 BH
JOHOR BAHRU, Jumaat - Kerajaan mengenal pasti pembinaan rumah pangsa
empat tingkat berharga kurang $25,000 seunit boleh mengatasi masalah
rumah kos rendah untuk rakyat berpendapatan rendah di negara ini.
Sehubungan itu, Timbalan Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan,
Daud Taha, berkata kementeriannya akan menggalakkan pembinaan rumah
kos rendah tiga bilik dalam bentuk rumah pangsa berikutan sambutan
baik di kalangan pemaju.
No rethink on cheap house ceiling price
02/05/1992 NST
JOHOR BARU, Fri.- The Housing and Local Government Ministry will not
reconsider its decision to stick to the $25,000 ceiling price for
low-cost houses despite repeated appeals from the Housing
Developers' Association. Its Deputy Minister, Daud Taha, said there
was no justification for the request by the HDA to raise the price
to $28,000 because "many developers are able to build low-cost
houses and maintain the present ceiling price."
JPS tiada kuasa bertindak terhadap pemaju
02/05/1992 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran (JPS) tidak mempunyai
kuasa untuk bertindak terhadap pemaju perumahan yang mengabaikan
kebersihan pada sistem perparitan. Ketua Pengarahnya, Datuk
Shahrizaila Abdullah, berkata mengikut undang-undang, hanya majlis
daerah atau Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) yang berhak
memastikan sistem perparitan tidak tercemar dengan kekotoran.
Mouse trap, fridge
to stop intruders
02/05/1992 NST-CITYX By Ridzuan Rafflis
BANDAR Baru Sungai Buloh residents have resorted to desperate
measures against robberies and break-ins. One resident has sealed
his back entrance by placing his refrigerator against the door.
Fed-up with the
pollution
02/05/1992 NST-CITYX
TAMAN Alam Megah residents in Shah Alam are losing their patience
over dust pollution and the absence of streetlights in their three
year-old housing estate. Many are complaining that for a new housing
area, the conditions are intolerable.
40 projek rumah masih belum siap
03/05/1992 BM
JOHOR BAHRU: Kira-kira 40 projek perumahan di negeri ini masih
terbengkalai, sesetengahnya sejak 10 tahun lalu kerana pemaju
menghadapi pelbagai masalah, terutama kewangan. Pengerusi Persatuan
Pembeli Rumah Daerah Johor Bahru, Ng Ching Sea, berkata dalam tempoh
itu juga, 10 hingga 20 projek sudah dipulihkan semula.
Rumah jadi tempat
mayat
04/05/1992 BH
ALOR STAR, Ahad - Lebih 800 penduduk Rumah Pangsa Setia Jaya di
Jalan Langgar di sini kesal dengan tindakan pemaju perumahan yang
menjadikan salah sebuah rumah di blok perumahan di situ sebagai
tempat menyimpan mayat.
Privatised maintenance under
study
04/05/1992 NST By Nor Azlina Ismail
KAJANG, Sun. - The Ministry of Housing and Local Government is finalising
details on a concept of privatised maintenance of residential areas, its
Deputy Minister Daud Taha said today. "However, we are still studying
whether the concept can be applied to all housing schemes or limited to
only exclusive housing projects," he said.
In a huff over pothole
04/05/1992 MM By Jasni Rahim; Nurazah Ismail
* RESS of Wangsa Baiduri, Subang Jaya, is angry with the housing developer
for not doing anything about the problems faced by residents there. "There
is a large pothole in the road and it has been there for several months.
We have asked them to cover it but this has not been done," he says.
Rumah yang dibeli masih
belum siap
04/05/1992 BH By Pembeli Terkena
SAYA adalah seorang kakitangan sebuah jabatan berkanun yang berpendapatan
rendah dan hanya mampu membeli sebuah rumah kos rendah saja. Pada Julai
1990 saya membuat perjanjian jual-beli rumah di Taman Perumahan Sri Binaga
dengan syarikat Binaga Jaya Sdn Bhd, iaitu salah sebuah daripada anak
syarikat Cayman Sdn Bhd, di Alor Star berharga $25,000. Setahun setelah
perjanjian itu ditandatangani, pihak pemaju telah meminta duit tambahan
sebanyak $4,000 dibayar bagi kerja tambahan/pindaan pada rumah berkenaan
tanpa mendapat persetujuan serta perjanjian jual-beli yang baru. Inilah
kemusykilan saya. Rumah kos rendah mengikut perjanjian asalnya $25,000
telah menjaai $29,000 dengan sedikit pindaan pada bangunan rumah.
Hamid: Action
ceases if plaintiff dies
05/05/1992
NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - A civil action will cease if the plaintiff in the
case dies, Law Minister Datuk Syed Hamid Albar said today. However, the
beneficiaries of the deceased can file a fresh application if the civil
case involved claims for damages connected with estate, he told reporters
at Parliament House here.
Payment for developer
05/05/1992 BT
THE Johor Government will reimburse the developer of the stalled Desaru
resort project based on the $10 million it paid for advance land lease and
other moveable properties, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. He
said a legal firm will be appointed to give its independent opinion on
matters concerning the project which is supposed to be developed as the
single largest integrated resort in the world.
Move to expedite the issuing
of CF
05/05/1992 NST By Jeffrey Ramayah; Rahmah Daud; Tengku Sharifuddin wds
A NEW procedure requiring housing developers to include "technical
documents" from the relevant agencies when submitting the E form to the
respective local councils will be introduced to speed up the issuing of
Certificate of Fitness. Housing and Local Government Deputy Minister Daud
Taha said the Government was aware of problems faced by housing developers
in getting quick approval of CFs from the local authority resulting in
late delivery of houses to buyers.
Pemaju aniaya pembeli
05/05/1992 HM By Abdul Hanim; Abdul Malik
KUALA LUMPUR: Jual dua kali. Seramai 21 pembeli rumah Fasa 3 Taman Cempaka,
Kampung Pandan dekat sini teraniaya berikutan tindakan pemaju menjual
kembali rumah yang sudah mereka beli. Sehubungan itu, persatuan pembeli
rumah berkenaan akan mengambil tindakan mahkamah terhadap pemaju perumahan
terbabit bagi menentukan siapa yang berhak menerima rumah berkenaan.
1,200 get CFs after two
years
06/05/1992 MM
FOR the past two years, residents from several phases in Taman Sri Sinar
in Segambut have been occupying their homes without a certificate of
fitness (CF) for their units. Last night, 1,209 residents from Phases 4
and 5A could finally sigh with relief when they received temporary CFs.
44 projek rumah gagal
08/05/1992 BH By Jackson Sawatan
KOTA KINABALU, Khamis - Kes projek perumahan terbengkalai di Sabah
mencapai tahap membimbangkan berikutan banyaknya rumah yang gagal
disiapkan terutama di beberapa bandar utama negeri ini. Keadaan ini
menimbulkan rungutan dan kebimbangan di kalangan orang ramai kerana rumah
terbengkalai berkenaan didiami oleh penduduk asing, seperti yang berlaku
di sekitar ibu negeri.
Tidak mudah percaya
08/05/1992 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Penduduk Kampung Baru mungkin tidak mudah percaya dengan
pemaju swasta kerana kerap berlaku pemaju menipu dengan menggadaikan tanah
pemilik asal kepada bank.
Moaning over fate of loan documents
09/05/1992 MM
* OON of PJ Old Town is worried he may lose his dream house because of
the developer's refusal to return his loan documents. Last year, he booked
an apartment for $46,000 in a project in Old Klang Road
VIP property owners in
debt
09/05/1992 MM By Elan Perumal
TWO State Assemblymen and a member of the Royal family are among 132
property owners who together owe the Klang Municipal Council $13.3 million
in assessment arrears. It was learnt that the State Assemblymen are also
local councillors.
Pemaju gagal siapkan 3,818
rumah
10/05/1992 BM
KOTA KINABALU: Kementerian Kerajaan Tempatan dan Perumahan, mengenal pasti
28 projek perumahan di negeri ini membabitkan 3,818 unit rumah dibiar
terbengkalai oleh pemaju yang tidak bertanggungjawab. Menteri berkenaan,
Datuk Bahrom Tintingan, berkata kementerian dengan kerjasama sektor swasta
setakat ini berjaya membina semula 12 daripada 28 projek itu membabitkan
1,313 unit rumah.
Benefits of buying a
completed house
11/05/1992 NST By Shaik Osman Majid
BUYING a house from a developer is frought with risks, possible headaches,
and on occasions, heart rending heartaches as hundreds of thousands of
buyers will testify. The problems, ranging from delivery that is months
and even years after the due date without Certificates of Occupancy and
land titles, to shortcomings in finishing like poor plastering, cracks in
walls and basins built too low or too high. These sad tales have been
retold repeatedly over the years in the Press. But the experience of
buying a built-up house, whether alluring with all its renovations or in a
sorry state of repair, has never seen print. We relate today the story of
46 year old Alif Masood. His narrative has lessons that other consumers
looking for houses should consider.
At odds over proposed BTS housing concept
11/05/1992 NST
IS the *build-then-sell (BTS) concept of housing development
applicable in the Malaysian context? A recent three-day seminar on
the issue went the predictable way, with developers giving negative
signals including warning of possible price hikes while consumers,
grabbing at anything to regulate house- buying, pleaded for a
serious look at the concept.
Apartment buyer
wants more space
11/05/1992 MM By Jasni Rahim; Nurazah Ismail
* A BUYER of the Grandeur Tower apartments in Pandan Indah, Ampang,
claims the developer had provided him and a friend with a layout
plan that was different from that printed in the brochure before
they made their booking recently. He says the initial plan for the
$82,300 Type A apartment was for a built-up area of 968sq ft with
its main entrance on the side.
Benefits of buying
a completed house
11/05/1992 NST By Shaik Osman Majid
BUYING a house from a developer is frought with risks, possible
headaches, and on occasions, heart rending heartaches as hundreds of
thousands of buyers will testify. The problems, ranging from
delivery that is months and even years after the due date without
Certificates of Occupancy and land titles, to shortcomings in
finishing like poor plastering, cracks in walls and basins built too
low or too high. These sad tales have been retold repeatedly over
the years in the Press. But the experience of buying a built-up
house, whether alluring with all its renovations or in a sorry state
of repair, has never seen print. We relate today the story of 46
year old Alif Masood. His narrative has lessons that other consumers
looking for houses should consider.
Seal and sue order 12/05/1992 MM By Elan Perumal
PROPERTY owners in Klang who have not settled their assessment
arrears will have their premises sealed or taken to court soon. The
Klang Municipal Council is getting tough on errant rate-payers to
recover $13.3 million arrears.
17 projek perumahan terbengkalai dapat bantuan
12/05/1992 BH By Zamzam Omar; Zabidi Hitam
BANK Negara memperakukan bahawa Jawatankuasa Perumahan Terbengkalai
Negeri Sembilan paling aktif membantu memulihkan semula projek
perumahan terbengkalai, kata Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul
Samad. Menurutnya, sehingga kini, 17 projek perumahan terbengkalai
di negeri ini sudah menerima bantuan bank berkenaan manakala 22 lagi
projek tidak menerima bantuan kerana sudah tidak berdaya maju dan
tidak boleh dipulihkan.
400 keluarga sudah
tak tahan
12/05/1992 HM
JOHOR BAHRU: Penghuni Blok D, rumah pangsa Bukit Cagar di sini
dianaktirikan! Kira-kira 400 keluarga di situ sudah tidak tahan lagi
dengan pihak berkuasa yang seolah-olah tidak mengendahkan masalah
mereka disebabkan lif kerap tidak berfungsi dan sampah-sarap tidak
dipungut walaupun sudah diadukan.
Kerajaan sedia baiki 240 rumah
13/05/1992 BH
KUANTAN, Selasa - Kerajaan negeri sedia membaiki 240 rumah kos
rendah di Bandar Indera Mahkota di sini yang mengalami kebocoran,
kata Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Mohd Khalil Yaakob. Beliau berkata,
sebuah syarikat dari Kuala Lumpur sedang mengadakan ujian awal ke
atas tiga rumah di kawasan perumahan itu dengan menggunakan
teknologi Jepun.
60 houses damaged,
woman hurt in storm
14/05/1992 NST
JOHOR BARU, Wed. - A freak thunderstorm yesterday caused damage to
60 houses in Taman Damai Daya in Scudai near here. A grandmother and
her grandson escaped unhurt after their ceiling crashed onto the
floor during the 20-minute storm which began at 4.15pm. Another
woman was slightly injured.
Two builders
sued for hiding view 15/05/1992
NST By Zarinah Daud
PENANG, Thurs. - A developer who purchased a piece of land on Mount
Evergreen (popularly called Pearl Hill) for the
panoramic view of Penang island it provides is suing two housing
developers for obstructing his view following the construction of
multi-storey apartments there. Epco Marine Sdn Bhd is seeking a court
injunction to restrain the defendants, L. Hong Enterprise Sdn Bhd and
Junimas Sdn Bhd, from constructing any further floors beyond the eighth
storey of the Kayangan Puri Mutiara apartments.
In a fit over fitness of house
15/05/1992 MM
SUGU asks why a developer told him that his house in Medan Pejasa, off Old
Klang Road, has a certificate of fitness (CF) when it has no water or
electricity supply. "The house was to have been ready last July. To date,
there is neither water nor electricity," he says.
Housebuyers feel cheated
over field
16/05/1992 NST-CITYX By Lim Kim Bee
ELEVEN housebuyers in Taman Desa Kebudayaan, Ipoh, are upset that the
padang in front of their homes is not a field as promised. The buyers
alleged that they had paid an additional $1,000 for their field-fronting
homes.
Developer: Don't blame
us
17/05/1992 NSUNT
RAWANG, Sat. - Masalam Sdn Bhd, the company involved in developing a hilly
area here into a housing and industrial estate, has denied responsibility
for the flooding problems at Kampung Kenanga located at the 25km Jalan
Rawang. Instead, Masalam civil engineer Yap Soon Hoe blamed the floods on
poor drainage in the surrounding area.
150 angry residents
stage demonstrations
17/05/1992 NSUNT
PETALING JAYA, Sat. - About 150 residents of Kampung Cempaka whose homes
were hit by flash floods yesterday held a demonstration at a project
office of a golf club in Kelana Jaya today. The residents, including women
and children, claimed the developers of the Tropicana Golf and Country
Club in Taman Mayang were responsible for the flash floods and sought
compensation for their loss.
New house without electricity
18/05/1992 MM
NAVAMANI says she plans to move into her new house in Taman Asoka, Mantin,
in August, but may not be able to do so because there is still no
electricity supply. "We have received our keys and some have even moved
into the houses without the electricity," she says
Tawaran beli
rumah sah untuk setahun
18/05/1992 BH
JOHOR BAHRU, Ahad - Bumiputera yang ingin membeli rumah kos sederhana dan
mewah di negeri ini mungkin terlepas kemudahan potongan 15 peratus jika
lewat membuat keputusan membelinya. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perumahan dan
Kerajaan Tempatan negeri, Datuk Bahari Haron, berkata potongan 15 peratus
yang ditawarkan kepada pembeli Bumiputera bagi sesuatu projek perumahan
hanya sah dalam setahun mulai tarikh diiklankan.
Squatter habits that bring misery
19/05/1992 NST-CITYX
HAPPINESS at owning a home with the prospect of living in a comfortable
and clean environment is slowly turning into disappointment for some 200
flat owners in Section 19/3, Shah Alam. Lack of hygiene and bad squatter
habits among new arrivals are making life miserable for the residents of
the five-storey walk-up flats.
House buyer not happy
20/05/1992 MM
BUYER of Kajang says he is confused as he was not allowed to move into his
new house although the developer had given him the keys. He says he
received a letter from the developer on April 3 stating that he could take
possession of the house in Taman Berjaya.
Affected residents not
pursuing legal action
20/05/1992 NST-CITYX
FOURTEEN houseowners in Taman Melawati, whose homes are cracking, will not
pursue legal action against Kelab Century Park which is building a
five-storey sports complex. The residents had alleged that the
construction work was the cause of the cracks.
Faults in new
house
21/05/1992 MM By Meor Shariman; Ann Teoh
STEPHANIE'S new house is giving her a heartache. Lessthan a year
after moving in, the tiles in the kitchen are warped and she
claims this is due to faulty workmanship.
Sudah
enam tahun menunggu 21/05/1992 HM
ULU TIRAM: Sudah enam tahun menunggu tetapi rumah belum siap.
Lebih 6,234 pembeli rumah kediaman di Taman Puteri Wangsa di
Kilometer 17.6 di sini sudah bosan menunggu rumah yang dibeli pada
1986.
CF dibeku jika
pemaju langgar syarat
22/05/1992 BH
TEMERLOH, Khamis - Majlis Daerah Temerloh akan membekukan sijil
kelayakan menduduki (CF) rumah jika pemaju gagal menyediakan
kemudahan sukan dan rekreasi di kawasan perumahan yang dimajukan.
Yang dipertuanya, Nasaruddin Hashim, berkata kemudahan sukan serta
rekreasi yang disediakan hendaklah sempurna dan bukan sekadar
menyediakan kawasan lapang.
Wat-er long wait
for bill
23/05/1992 MM By Ann Teoh; Meor Shariman
* LAI PEEK HA of Block 322 in Taman Sri Bahtera in Cheras is
concerned about not getting her water bills for nearly two years,
since August 1990. Besides, the developer, Metroplex, did not send
her quit rent and assessment bills last year.
Yet to get
notice to collect house keys
26/05/1992 MM By Jaffry Azman; Rosma Omar; Meor Shariman; Ann
Teoh
* GIAM is unhappy that the developer, which built his new house,
has yet to give him official notification to collect the keys. "We
want a black-and-white notice as stated in the sale and purchase
agreement," he says.
Developing own
homes
27/05/1992 MM
SOME 413 house buyers who three years ago came together to revive
their abandoned project are only months away from realising their
dream. The Taman Chempaka Phase III units were to have been
completed six years ago but the financially-strapped developer
abandoned it.
Mangsa ribut
kesali pemaju
28/05/1992 HM
SKUDAI: Sudah dua minggu baru nak diperbaiki... Penduduk di Taman
Damai Jaya kesal dengan pemaju perumahan itu kerana lambat
mengambil tindakan membaiki rumah mereka yang rosak dipukul ribut
12 Mei lalu.
Fire sparks
probe into flats' wiring
29/05/1992 NST-CITYX By Zulkifli Shukor
NORTHERN branch Electrical Inspectorate engineers are
investigating the wiring system in two blocks of flats in Taman
Sri Indah in Batu Maung following allegations of faulty wiring.
The allegations were made by the 240 residents of the housing
estate in Penang after the discovery of a criss-cross network of
wires haphazardly placed over the beams of ceilings in each unit.
Amaran
kepada pemaju
30/05/1992 BH By Jefry Ibrahim
ALOR STAR, Jumaat - Kerajaan negeri memandang berat tindakan segelintir
pemaju perumahan di negeri ini yang melakukan pengubahsuaian terhadap
rumah kos rendah tanpa persetujuan pembeli. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tetap
Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Abdul Rahman Ibrahim, berkata ada pemaju
melakukan tambahan kepada pelan asal rumah kos rendah yang diluluskan.
Pokok
penentu CF?
30/05/1992 HM By Ahmad Nasir Mohamad
KLANG: Tiada pokok ditanam, tiada sijil kelayakan (CF)! Majlis Perbandaran
Klang (MPK) mengenakan syarat itu kepada pemaju bagi setiap kawasan
perumahan baru di sini.
Tanggung kos tinggi
30/05/1992 HM
GOMBAK: Penghuni rumah pangsa Bukit Idaman dekat Selayang terpaksa
menanggung kos yang tinggi berikutan tindakan pemaju mengenakan bayaran
perkhidmatan tinggi.
Pokok penentu CF?
30/05/1992 HM By Ahmad Nasir Mohamad
KLANG: Tiada pokok ditanam, tiada sijil kelayakan (CF)! Majlis Perbandaran
Klang (MPK) mengenakan syarat itu kepada pemaju bagi setiap kawasan
perumahan baru di sini.
A matter of
responsibility
31/05/1992 NSUNT
IT is a social malady. Many developers in the housing development industry
are inflicted with the "cost factors" mentality. Their preoccupation with
cost factors is to the detriment of the quality and comfort of the houses
they build. Indeed, it is a sad tale of how obsession with profits has
blinded people to their social responsibilities. The problem is most
developers are harbouring the illusion that they have done enough for the
country. This can be seen from their eloquent but pathetic pleas of "there
is a limit to what developers can do" and "don't expect us to be social
engineers as well". The truth is there is still a lot to be done and a
long way to go in meeting the housing needs of the country. The private
sector needs to play a major role in fulfilling the nation's dream of a
home-owning democracy by the year 2000. They cannot abnegate their social
responsibility.
