Builders responsible for getting
strata titles' 05/08/1997 NST-LTIMES
HOUSING developers in Selangor have been urged to resolve the problem of strata
titles for high-rise housing projects by the year 2000. State Local Authorities,
Urbanisation and Squatters Committee chairman Datuk Fuad Hassan said developers
should take the matter seriously as strata titles would be a major issue by
then.
Developer faces action over
failure to apply for strata titles 05/08/1997 NST
A DEVELOPER will be charged soon with failing to apply for strata titles for
flat and apartment owners. Menteri Besar Tan Sri Mohamad Isa Abdul Samad (BN-Linggi)
said a second case involving another developer was expected to be filed in
court soon.
180 developers fail to apply
for strata titles nationwide 14/08/1997 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - A total of 180 developers have failed to apply for strata
titles for high-rise housing projects nationwide. Land and Co-operative Development
Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Goh Cheng Teik said 210 complaints were received
from buyers since June 26 this year against the developers.
`Good response to strata title
drive' 14/08/1997 BT
THE Government is quite happy with response to the strata titles campaign,
Deputy Minister of Land and Cooperative Development Dr Goh Cheng Teik said.
The ministry has received 210 complaints from unit owners of high-rise building
since the campaign was launched on June 26. Of these, 204 complaints were
directed towards private developers while six are government agencies.
Strata title: MPs asked to
finger errant builders 15/08/1997 NST
KUANTAN, Thurs. - The Land and Co-operative Development Ministry has sought
the assistance of Members of Parliament to identify developers of high-rise
buildings who are dragging their feet in applying for strata titles. This
is to enable action to be taken against such developers, many of whom cannot
be traced
Call to report errant builders
15/08/1997 BT
THE Land and Cooperative Development Ministry has asked members of Parliament
to report housing developers in their constituencies who delay applying for
strata titles even after the house buyers have paid up. Its parliamentary
secretary Datuk Fauzi Abdul Rahman said yesterday that the Government views
the matter seriously and will take stern action against irresponsible developers
who are concerned only with profits. Developers should apply for strata titles
within six months after construction is completed, he said after the opening
of a mixed housing project by Pahang Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalil Yaakob in
Kuantan. He said he did not want to see a recurrence of cases whereby the
developers had gone bankrupt or died leaving house buyers in a lurch without
strata titles. - Bernama
`Renovations must not be forced
on cheap house buyers' 22/08/1997 NST
IPOH, Thurs. - The Housing and Local Government Ministry will tighten existing
regulations to ensure that developers do not sell low-cost houses above the
ceiling price of RM25,000. Its secretary-general, Datuk Umar Abu, said the
regulations, which came under the Housing Developers Regulations and enforced
late last year, would prevent developers from cheating low-cost house buyers.
Housing projects for policemen
delayed NST 22/08/1997 By Alias Mohamed
BANDAR PERMAISURI, Thurs. - Housing projects for policemen worth more than
RM100 million are being held up because the contractors fail to complete them.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Norian Mai said today the abandoned
projects in Pekan, Pahang, Kampung Acheh in Perak and Kulim in Kedah would
affect the plan by the police to house their staff in quarters by 2000.
H. Towers' quick collapse due
to use of rail piling 29/08/1997 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - The erosion of the area surrounding the Highland Towers
condominium and its eventual collapse would have been a noticeable and gradual
process if concrete piling, instead of rail piling, had been used for the
building's foundation. Chairman of the Technical Investigating Committee into
the collapse of Highland Towers, Dr Nik Ramlan Nik Hassan, told the Ampang
coroner's court today that if concrete piling had been used, the collapse
of the condominium would have occurred after a prolonged period and would
have shown signs of an impending collapse.
