Lowering the boom
01/12/1994 MM
THE Ampang Jaya Municipal Council
has instructed its legal department to
take action against a developer for
handing out house keys to buyers before
Certificates of Fitness (CFs) are
issued. Council president Abdul Karim
Munisar told the full-board that they
want to stop the "culture" of giving out
keys before CFs are issued.
Syarat ketat
bina rumah
05/12/1994 BH By Wan Sabariah Shikh Ali
TANJUNG KLING, Ahad - Kerajaan Melaka memperketatkan syarat pelaksanaan
projek perumahan kos rendah dan sederhana bagi mengatasi masalah projek
terbengkalai. Ketua Menteri, Datuk Mohd Zin Abdul Ghani, berkata hanya
pemaju dan kontraktor yang layak dan berwibawa berpeluang mendapat projek
perumahan pada masa depan
`Abandoned
housing projects thing of the past'
05/12/1994 BT By David Ong-Yeoh
IT IS unlikely that the local housing industry will ever see the dismal
sight of abandoned housing projects again with the measures taken by the
Government to tighten regulations for housing developers. On November 27,
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh said the
number of such projects have fallen drastically following several
developments such as tighter controls, better consumer awareness and a
healthier economy.
Processing of strata titles may go
private
06/12/1994 NST
MENTERI Besar Tan Sri Muhammad
Muhammad Taib said the State Government
was considering privatising the process
of issuing strata titles for apartments,
condominiums and flat owners. He said
the State Economic Planning Unit (Upen)
had been directed to study the proposal,
especially its implications.
Laws to make developers reduce soil
erosion soon
12/12/1994 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. - With lingering
memories of the Highland Towers disaster
and the recent spate of landslides, the
Government is pushing for laws
compelling developers to minimise soil
erosion before they construct buildings,
to be tabled in Parliament in April.
Disclosing this today, Housing and Local
Government Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew
Peh said the amendments to the Town and
Country Planning Act as well as Street
and Drainage Act - aimed at protecting
public safety and the environment - were
recently approved by the
Attorney-General's Chambers.
Selangor identifies services to be
privatised
25/12/1994
NSUNT
SHAH ALAM,
Sat. - The State Government has
identified several services and
infrastructure projects to be privatised
next year to lessen its financial
burden. Selangor Menteri Besar Muhammad
Muhammad Taib said those to be
privatised were the issuance of strata
titles to apartment, condominium and
flat owners, the supply of electricity
to the fast developing northern part of
the State and the Waterworks Department.
90 projek
rumah gagal disiapkan
29/12/1994 BH
SEBANYAK 90 projek perumahan masih terbengkalai membabitkan kewangan
bernilai kira-kira RM920 juta, kata Timbalan Menteri Perumahan dan
Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.
Bank Negara
ambil alih Taman Rampai
29/12/1994 HM
AMPANG JAYA: Projek pemulihan Taman Rampai di sini yang terbengkalai sejak
hampir 10 tahun lalu akan diambil alih oleh Bank Negara tahun depan bagi
memastikan ia tidak terus terbiar. Projek yang membabitkan 240 unit rumah
pangsa kos rendah dan lapan unit rumah kedai itu akan dilaksanakan melalui
Tabung Pemulihan Projek Terbengkalai (TPPT) dengan mewujudkan TPPT Sdn
Bhd.
