Council can handle roof defects case
03/02/1994 MM
THE Housing and Local Government Ministry will not intervene in the Klang Municipal
Council's inquiry on the poor roof structure of 10 double-storey link-houses
in Taman Selatan. Its Minister, Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh, said the council had
the legal power to tackle the matter without the Ministry's help.
MB's call to developers
03/02/1994 BT
HOUSING developers should continue to maintain their buildings even after
their legal obligations are over, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad
Taib said. Although developers are legally responsible for the condition of
their buildings for a certified period (between six months and a year of completion),
they also have a social responsibility to ensure that the buildings are safe
for occupants long after that, he said.
`Provide after sales service'
04/02/1994 MM
DEVELOPERS have a social responsibility to build and maintain quality houses
and shophouses even after they have been sold. This also includes opening emergency
units in their project to respond quickly in a disaster, said Selangor Menteri
Besar Tan Sri Muhammad Muhmmad Taib when launching Taman TTDI Jaya in Shah Alam
last Wednesday.
`Architect fully responsible for housing project'
04/02/1994 MM
THE architect who designed the 10 units of linked houses with defective roof
structure in Taman Selatan, Klang, should not pass the blame to the housing
area developer and engineer to escape accountability. Selangor Local Government
chief assistant secretary Mohamad Izat Hassan said the architect was responsible
for the houses' construction.
Inquiry panel interviews Highland Towers folk
06/02/1994 NSUNT
KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. - The Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) inquiry
into the fate of Blocks 2 and 3 of the Highland Towers started today with three
residents being interviewed. The closed-door inquiry, initially attended by
28 residents who registered at the MPAJ operations room, ended after 45 minutes
of deliberation.
Mayor: 318
abandoned houses completed and sold
07/02/1994 NST
IPOH, Sun. - More than 300 terrace houses in Taman Perpaduan which were
abandoned halfway have been completed and sold, Datuk Bandar Datuk Ismail
Shah Bodin said today. The houses, which were built as part of the
threephase project which started in 1980, were abandoned eight years ago,
and housebuyers were in a fix as to whether the project would be
completed.
263 reports against three
08/02/1994 NST
KLANG, Mon. - Police have received 263 reports against a woman and two men for
cheating about 500 housebuyers of more than RM1.115 million over the purchase
of lowand medium-cost houses and shophouses at the Taman Cempaka Sari scheme
in Jalan Haji Sirat here. Klang district police chief Assistant Commissioner
Khoo Ah See said today the three, who claimed they were agents of the housing
developer, had collected payments for the purchase of the houses.
New lease of
life for abandoned building
11/02/1994 NST-CITYX
PLAZA Tunku Yaacob at Lebuhraya Darul Aman in Alor Star, which has been
abandoned for nearly nine years, has been reconstructed. The
reconstruction work is undertaken by a local developer, Cayman Development
Sdn Bhd.
Developers welcome inspection of buildings
15/02/1994 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - The Housing Developers' Association today suggested
that the periodic inspection of high-rise buildings be privatised and that only
qualified engineers registered with the Board of Engineers be authorised to
carry out the task. Association secretary-general, Alan Tong Kok Mau, said that
while the idea was acceptable, a more pertinent question was, how to implement
it.
Engineers suggest checks on all aspects of building
safety
15/02/1994 BT
THE Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (ACEM), in welcoming the Government's
decision that periodic checks on all buildings be made compulsory, has cautioned
that such checks should not be limited to the building's structural strength
alone. ACEM president Ghazali Bujang said if there is one lesson to be learned
from the Highland Towers tragedy, it is that any checks on buildings should
examine the surroundings as well as the structure.
Proposals to ensure high-rise safety 22/02/1994 BT
THE Housing and Local Government Ministry has come up with seven proposals
to ensure safety in high-rise buildings. The minister, Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh,
said some of the proposals have been included in amendments to laws and regulations
pertaining to high- rise building safety to be tabled in Parliament in April.
Making it illegal to fell trees indiscriminately
22/02/1994 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - Indiscriminate felling of trees will be illegal when
amendments to the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 are passed in
Parliament in April. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Ting Chew
Peh said today that the move was to prevent more greenery from being
destroyed.
Spare no efforts to make buildings safe
28/02/1994 NST
IN a move to ensure safety and avoid a recurrence of the Highland Towers condominium
collapse tragedy, the Government has proposed checks every five or 10 years
for all high-rise buildings. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr
Ting Chew Peh said recently that the checks would be made compulsory with amendments
to the Local Government Act 1975, Town and Country Planning Act 1976 and the
Uniform Building By-laws 1984.
