Involve buyers at early stage,
builders urged 02/06/1995 NST
PENANG, Thurs. - Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Mohd Shariff Omar suggested today
that developers of highrise buildings involve buyers in the early stages of
their scheme's administration to avoid disputes over maintenance. He said:
"Developers should involve the buyers from the early stage in their scheme's
administration to avoid disputes when the management is handed over to the
purchasers."
Call to restore one-stop system
03/06/1995 NST
PENANG, Fri. - The Department of Land and Mines (DLM) should restore its one-stop
system for strata titles application. Penang was the first State to have implemented
it. Director of Land Legislation and Management Development, Cheah Gaik Lian,
said Penang had put the system on hold after 18 months in operation since
July 1993.
Strata Titles Board to solve
building disputes 03/06/1995 NST
PENANG, Fri. - The Government has plans to form a Strata Titles Board soon
to resolve disputes arising over the management of highrise buildings. The
assistant director of land legislation and management development at the national
Land and Mines Department, Leong Hoong Wah, said the board would lessen the
burden of the courts.
RM12j bagi pulihkan lima projek
05/06/1995 BH By Kamudin Baharom
KANGAR, Ahad - Kerajaan negeri membelanjakan RM12 juta bagi membaik pulih
lima projek perumahan terbengkalai di negeri ini membabitkan 475 unit rumah,
kata Pengerusi Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Khor Liang Tee. Menurutnya,
lima projek perumahan itu ialah di Taman Ria, Oran; Taman Seri Pauh di Kurung
Anai; Taman KSM di Beseri; Taman Mewah di Sena; dan Taman Indah di Arau.
RM12 juta baik pulih perumahan
05/06/1995 HM
KANGAR: Kerajaan negeri membelanjakan RM12 juta untuk kerja membaik pulih
lima projek perumahan terbengkalai di negeri ini membabitkan kira-kira 475
unit rumah. Pengerusi Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Khor Liang Tee berkata
lima projek perumahan itu ialah di Taman Ria, Oran, Taman Seri Pauh di Kurung
Anai, Taman KSM di Beseri, Taman Mewah di Sena dan Taman Indah di Arau.
Kementerian diminta bantu
05/06/1995 HM By Ahmad Naim Tahir
MELAKA: Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan diminta campur tangan
dalam menyelesaikan masalah pembeli rumah projek perumahan Taman Ayer Keroh
Heights I, di sini yang diminta membayar 20 peratus deposit harga rumah berkenaan
dalam tempoh 14 hari. Masalah itu timbul apabila projek perumahan yang mengandungi
414 unit rumah kos rendah dua tingkat berkenaan diambil alih oleh syarikat
penanggung tahun lalu selepas pemaju asal diisytiharkan muflis pada 1986.
Simen jejaskan kontraktor
06/06/1995 HM By Mohamad Khusairi
BATU PAHAT: Kekurangan bekalan simen di daerah ini sejak awal tahun ini menjejaskan
industri pembangunan, termasuk kontraktor Bumiputera kelas F yang sering melaksanakan
projek kecil kerajaan. Sehubungan dengan itu, pihak berkuasa diminta memberi
perhatian serius terhadap masalah itu bagi memastikan projek pembinaan di
daerah ini, tidak terbengkalai.
Call to make one-stop strata-title
system work 09/06/1995 NST-CITYX
PENANG Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Mohd Shariff Omar has called for better
commitment and dedication from those involved in the State's one-stop strata-title
system to ensure that it works effectively. He said the system involved people
from the private sector such as property developers and their licensed land
surveyors.
Technicians to check Pinggiran
Batu Caves apartments 14/06/1995 MM
THE Gombak District Council will meet the developer of Pinggiran Batu Caves
apartments in Batu Caves soon to discuss the deteriorating condition of one
of its blocks. Council secretary Slamat Hamzah said they would contact Jurubena
Tenaga Sdn Bhd for a report on the state of Block B.
Pembeli wajar sokong kontraktor
baru 17/06/1995 BH
SEREMBAN, Jumaat - Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, meminta pembeli
rumah di projek perumahan terbengkalai supaya bekerjasama dengan pemaju baru
yang mengambil alih projek itu. Menurutnya, walaupun pembeli mungkin marah
dengan pemaju asal yang gagal menyiapkan rumah mereka mengikut jadual yang
ditetapkan, tetapi mereka tidak sepatutnya marah dengan pemaju baru.
State gets RM26m to revive
housing schemes 17/06/1995 NST
SEREMBAN, Fri. - The Federal Government has approved an allocation of RM26.5
million for the Negri Sembilan Government to revive nine abandoned housing
projects in the State. Menteri Besar Tan Sri Mohamad Isa Abdul Samad said
today Bank Negara's abandoned housing project rehabilitation fund (TPPT) and
enterpreneurs revolving fund (TPU) are providing RM24 million and RM2.5 million
respectively.
Review decision on aid, Isa
urges 17/06/1995 BT
THE Negri Sembilan State Government will ask Bank Negara to review its decision
rejecting applications for financial aid for seven abandoned low- cost housing
projects in the state. Menteri Besar Tan Sri Mohamed Isa Abdul Samad said
in Seremban yesterday that the projects, involving 1,156 houses, need assistance
under the Entrepreneurs Rehabilitation Fund and Abandoned Projects Rehabilitation
Fund.
Take down the board
22/06/1995 MM
THE developer of the scrapped highrise condominium project in Jalan SS14/4B,
Subang Jaya, has refused to tear down the hoardings around the site. Subang
Jaya State Assemblyman Lee Hwa Beng said when he met senior officials of Univer
Corporation Sdn Bhd last month, they objected to residents' appeals to have
the hoardings removed.
Strata Titles Act to be amended
23/06/1995 BT
THE LAND and Cooperative Development Ministry will amend the Strata Titles
Act 1985 to enable management corporations to collect fees for the maintenance
of buildings, its minister Datuk Osu Sukam said. He said such an amendment
is necessary to enable management corporations to work together with owners
in obtaining strata titles as quickly as possible.
Defence Ministry yet to claim
RM3m damages 25/06/1995 NSUNT By Juhaidi Yean Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. - The Ministry of Defence has yet to claim nearly RM3 million
in damages and compensation from several contractors and insurance companies
for abandoning building and housing projects for the armed forces. In one
case, it had paid a contractor 49 per cent of the project cost amounting to
RM1.4 million although only 12.75 per cent of the work was completed. In another
case, it twice extended the completion period of a project although the contractor's
track record was poor.
Tempoh projek sakit dilanjutkan
27/06/1995 BH By Ibrahim Muhamad
KUALA TERENGGANU, Isnin - Kerajaan Negeri Terengganu, sedia menimbangkan untuk
melanjutkan tempoh siap bagi projek sakit hanya yang disebabkan kekurangan
bekalan simen, kata Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Wan Mokhtar Ahmad. Menurutnya,
kerajaan sedar bekalan simen yang sangat terhad sekarang menyebabkan banyak
kontraktor menghadapi masalah menyiapkan projek masing- masing atau terbengkalai
sama sekali.
50 projek rumah terbengkalai
29/06/1995 HM
JOHOR BAHRU: Lebih 50 projek perumahan di pinggir bandar raya terbengkalai
kerana pemajunya menghadapi pelbagai masalah, terutama menanggung hutang dengan
institusi kewangan. Pengerusi Persatuan Pembeli Rumah Daerah Johor Bahru,
Ng Ching Sea, berkata kebanyakan projek berkenaan dibina di sekitar Kulai,
Ulu Tiram dan Skudai.
