Dangerous `play
pool' sealed 01/02/2000 NST-CITY By Josephine Santiago
RESIDENTS at Taman Pusat Kepong, worried over the abandoned carpark project
which has turned into a dangerous "play pool" for children, are relieved as
the developer has sealed and covered the entrances, exits and holes of the
whole place. The developer, MBf Property Services, at a cost of RM50,000,
began work to seal the holes with cement layers last December and had completed
the work recently.
Concerned groups
acting on house-buyers' woes, but where is the ministry?
02/02/2000 NST
THE exultant mood that follows the purchase of a house can be shattered only
too easily. Housebuyers may think the sealing of an agreement to buy a home
will signify the start of a more settled life, but in most cases the euphoria
lasts only as long as it takes the ink to dry on the contract.
Sleepless nights
prevail in USJ 18 02/02/2000 NST-CITY
THE Subang Jaya Municipal Council has been urged to disclose the report by
an independent consultant commissioned to carry out tests, research and surveys
on defects to several USJ 16 houses. Subang Member of Parliament Tan Sri Dr
K.S. Nijhar, while making the call, said time was a crucial factor especially
when people's lives were in danger as the defects in some houses were serious.
400 pembeli
flet kecewa 03/02/2000 BH
KUALA TERENGGANU, Rabu - Lebih 400 pembeli flet kos rendah projek Kondo Rakyat
di Kuala Ibai, di sini, tidak berpuas hati dengan mutu pembinaan rumah mereka
kerana tidak sama dengan rumah contoh yang ditunjukkan sebelum membelinya.
Mereka mendakwa kualiti flet berkenaan terlalu rendah dan tidak sepadan dengan
harganya RM25,000 seunit, selain belum mendapat Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF).
House buyers
just want their money's worth 04/02/2000 MM
IDEALLY, developers should only make buyers pay the full purchase price after
completion of their houses or apartments. This is the biggest hope of the
new Malaysian House Buyers' Association which is applying for registration.
Projek Kampung
Tengah disambung 10/02/2000 HM
PROJEK perumahan Kampung Tengah, Jelutong, yang dimajukan oleh Udabina Sdn
Bhd dan tertangguh selama hampir lima tahun, akan dimulakan secepat mungkin
menerusi tawaran tender secara rundingan dalam tempoh terdekat ini. Pengarah
Urusan JKP Sdn Bhd Dr Zulkefli Hassan berkata kerja pembinaan tapak projek
itu telah siap dan Udabina kini sedang menyiapkan dokumen tawaran tender bagi
memulakan kerja pembinaan.
Joint action
on project 12/02/2000 MM
BUYERS of units in the abandoned Taman Pusat Kepong will hand a memorandum
to Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Ong Ka Ting to highlight their
plight. In a statement, Federal Territory MCA's Youth vice-chairman Yee Poh
Ping, who is adviser for the group, said construction work on the project
had stopped more than three years ago.
Kementerian
gesa pemaju tepati tawaran 14/02/2000 BH
PONTIAN, Ahad - Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan menggesa pemaju
perumahan menepati semua tawaran yang dibuat kepada pembeli seperti yang terkandung
dalam surat perjanjian. Menterinya, Datuk Ong Ka Ting berkata, kementeriannya
sering menerima aduan pihak pemaju mungkir janji apabila rumah berkenaan sudah
disiapkan.
Pemaju tak
siap flet ikut jadual 14/02/2000 HM By Azwani Abdul Ghani
PETALING JAYA: Sasaran menjadikan Selangor sebagai negeri bebas setinggan
pada 2005 tidak mungkin tercapai jika banyak pemaju perumahan gagal menyiapkan
rumah dalam tempoh ditetapkan. Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan (Exco) Selangor,
Datuk Mokhtar Dahlan, berkata kegagalan pemaju menyiapkan rumah dalam tempohnya
bukan saja melambatkan penempatan semula setinggan, malah sepanjang masa itu
memudaratkan lagi masalah sampingan seperti banjir kilat yang kerap berlaku
sejak kebelakangan ini.
Tapak rumah
dipenuhi lalang 14/02/2000 HM
KAJANG: Kebanyakan pembeli flet kos rendah Taman Lingkaran Nur di Batu 11,
Jalan Cheras, di sini, dalam kebimbangan kerana tidak dimaklumkan sebarang
perkembangan mengenai projek itu walaupun deposit sudah dijelaskan. Malah,
ada di antara 72 pembeli sudah menandatangani surat perjanjian sewa beli (S&P)
dengan pemaju serta sudah mengeluarkan simpanan daripada Kumpulan Wang Simpanan
Pekerja (KWSP), hilang keyakinan dengan pemaju terbabit.
Council recommends
demolition of houses 15/02/2000 NST-CITY
THE Subang Jaya Municipal Council has recommended that three double-storey
terrace houses in USJ 19, which have gaping cracks and are considered unsafe,
be demolished. Subang Jaya State Assemblyman Datuk Lee Hwa Beng said the conditions
of these houses were worsening every day and were beyond repair.
Increased penalties for errant developers 17/02/2000 NST
Kuala Lumpur, Wed - The Housing and Local Government Ministry plans to increase
penalties for errant housing developers who fail to keep it informed of project
progress every six months.
New Act for
buildings without strata titles 18/02/2000 NST
A NEW Act to monitor the maintenance and management of buildings without strata
titles will be introduced soon, said Deputy Land and Co-operative Development
Minister Dr Tan Kee Kwong. He said the draft of the proposed Act was now with
the Attorney-General for deliberation and it is expected to be tabled in the
next Parliament meeting.
Grouse over
empty promises 18/02/2000 MM
IN view of the pending sales of the Damansara Indah Resort Homes, I feel it
is only fair that prospective buyers are made aware of what they may be getting
themselves into. The developers of the project are also the developers of
Tropicana Golf and Resort, who made several promises during their sales campaign.
Act
against errant builders 18/02/2000 NST
It is an oft-heard refrain that leaves many house buyers cheesed off. And
some unrepentant developers continue taking things for granted, especially
when enforcement of the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act 1966
has not been strict.
Act to resolve
problems related to buildings without strata titles 18/02/2000
BT
THE Government will introduce a new Act that will resolve problems pertaining
to the maintenance and management of basic amenities on buildings which have
yet to receive strata titles, Deputy Land and Cooperative Development Minister
Dr Tan Kee Kwong said. Replying to a question by Lee Kah Choon (Jelutong-BN),
he said currently, the management and maintenance of flats, apartments and
condominiums are being handled by the residents management corporation which
was set up immediately after the strata titles were registered with the ministry
as stipulated under the 318 Strata Titles Act 1985.
Living on the
brink of danger 18/02/2000 MM
NO one knows the meaning of living on the edge more than housewife S. Pushpa.
For that is exactly the state of her wooden house at Jalan 21/18 in Taman
Aman, Petaling, which is on the brink of collapsing.
Pushing for housing industry reforms
19/2/2000 NST
Ong to set new standards, accountability Three months into his term as Minister
for Housing and Local Government, Datuk Ong Ka Ting has displayed a dynamism
that could push developers out of their comfort zone by addressing some of
their shortcomings.
Semen jatuh
ancam penduduk 19/02/2000 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Kira-kira 3,000 penghuni Flet Sri Tioman II, Gombak, di sini,
terpaksa berdepan dengan bahaya `perangkap maut' berikutan struktur pada dinding
ketiga-tiga blok bangunan di situ semakin merekah dan pecah, sejak dua tahun
lalu. Kebanyakan pembeli rumah pangsa dimajukan Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur
(DBKL) itu mendakwa, sehingga kini sudah berlaku tiga kejadian yang merosakkan
harta milik penduduk termasuk kenderaan apabila tampalan simen merekah dan
jatuh.
Waiting for
his new condo unit 19/02/2000 MM By Rosma Omar; Harny Abu Khair
* HAVING already paid 30 per cent of the purchase price for a condominium
in Sentul, Abdul Samad is wondering when the project will be completed. He
says he bought the condominium in 1996 from the developer, Sentul Raya Sdn
Bhd, and was told that the project would be completed in two years.
Residents fight
for free parking lots 21/02/2000 MM
WHAT has happened to the free parking promised to owners of shophouse- apartments
in Pusat Bandar Puchong? This is the question raised by Puchong Perdana MIC
branch head Aftar Singh on parking lots for residents of the shophouse-apartments
here.
Rumah USJ19
retak 21/02/2000 HM
SUBANG JAYA: Penduduk USJ19, di sini, amat berharap dapat memiliki rumah sempurna
dan setimpal dengan jumlah wang lebih RM200,000 yang dikeluarkan bagi membeli
rumah di kawasan itu, sejak lebih tiga tahun lalu. Rumah teres dua tingkat
yang didiami sekarang berada dalam keadaan semakin teruk sejak satu setengah
tahun lalu berikutan pertambahan rekahan dan retak di kebanyakan dinding,
tangga, balkoni dan tepi tingkap.
Bandar Puncak
Alam developer told to submit report 23/02/2000 NST
BATANG BERJUNTAI, Tues. - The developer of Bandar Puncak Alam Phase 2A housing
project has been ordered today to submit a report to the Kuala Selangor district
council on alleged structural defects in some 300 units of double-storey houses.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Abu Hassan Omar said he wanted to know what the structural
defects were, how it was caused and the remedial measures to be taken to rectify
the problem.
Puncak Alam
diarah hantar laporan rumah rosak 23/02/2000 HM
RAWANG: Pemaju projek perumahan Bandar Puncak Alam, Bukit Cerakah Development
Sdn Bhd, diminta menghantar laporan mengenai kerosakan dan keretakan rumah
di Fasa 2A kepada Majlis Daerah Kuala Selangor (MDKS). Menteri Besar, Datuk
Seri Abu Hassan Omar, berkata laporan itu penting bagi membolehkan MDKS meneliti
punca sebenar masalah itu dan mengambil tindakan sewajarnya untuk mengatasinya.
Housing Ministry
officials must be more proactive 23/02/2000 The Star
By V.K. Chin
It is quite incredible that no housing developer has been taken to task for
not submitting six-monthly progress reports which they are required to do
under the law. No wonder some developers do not seem to be too bothered with
public complaints against them.
Pemaju setuju
baiki rumah retak 24/02/2000 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Pemaju kawasan perumahan USJ18 dan USJ19, Sime-UEP dan pemaju
bangunan komersil di USJ19, Sanjung Utama Sdn Bhd, diarahkan bekerjasama membaiki
keretakan kira-kira 49 rumah di situ. Ahli Parlimen Subang, Tan Sri K S Nijhar,
berkata beliau difahamkan bahawa dua pemaju terbabit pada dasarnya sudah bersetuju
untuk membiayai kos kerja pembaikan keretakan rumah terbabit.
Pemaju Puncak
Alam jumpa pembeli minggu depan 24/02/2000 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Pemaju perumahan bandar Puncak Alam, Bukit Cerakah Development
Sdn Bhd (BCDSB), akan mengadakan perjumpaan dengan pembeli rumah fasa 2A yang
mengalami kerosakan dan keretakan, minggu depan. Menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan
syarikat itu semalam, semua pembeli terbabit sedang dihubungi untuk dimaklumkan
mengenai kerosakan rumah berkenaan
Developer to
meet buyers over defects 24/02/2000 NST
KLANG, Wed. - Bukit Cerakah Development Sdn Bhd, the developer of Bandar Puncak
Alam Phase 2A housing project, will meet buyers of double-storey houses with
structural defects soon to brief them on the problem and remedial measures
to be taken. Its corporate communications manager Norhayati Sulaiman-Adzhar
who confirmed that the units had structural defects, especially cracks, said
it was to protect the safety of the purchasers that the company had erected
hoardings.
Developers
must explain or face action 25/02/2000 NST
ACTION will be taken against housing developers who fail to explain how money
collected from housebuyers for the "sinking fund" is used. Housing and Local
Government Minister Datuk Ong Ka Ting said the ministry would investigate
developers who could not provide a statement of account for the fund. Ong
was replying to Lee Kah Choon (BN-Jelutong) who wanted to know what action
would be taken to ensure that such funds were not misapproriated.
Ministry plans
Bill to plug property agreement loopholes 25/02/2000 BT
THE Housing and Local Government Ministry is coming up a with a Bill to tighten
existing loopholes in the transition period between when apartments and condominiums
are occupied, and when the buyers receive their strata titles. Minister Datuk
Ong Ka Ting said during this transition period, there is no existing law that
clearly states who is responsible for the services and maintenance of the
buildings.
Bill on
condo services with A-G, says Ka Ting 25/02/2000 The Star
Kuala Lumpur: The proposed Bill which would allow for the setting up of a
joint committee comprising buyers and developers to oversee the maintenance
and management of condominium services is currently at the Attorney-General's
Chambers.
HBA can play a positive role 26/02/2000 NST
THE House Buyers Association (HBA) can play a positive role in improving the
industry. However, it must have a clear understanding of property development
and should address the root causes of the woes plaguing the industry, instead
of merely highlighting the symptoms, said property industry professionals
interviewed by the New Straits Times.
Building industry
can carry out system through commitment 26/02/2000 NST
THE use of industrial building systems can be implemented within five years
if all parties involved in the building industry are committed to the move,
said the Master Builders Association Malaysia. "There needs to be a concerted
effort among designers, engineers, developers, contractors and government
agencies involved in the building industry to work together to implement modular
coordination systems, which can in turn, pave the way for industrialised methods,"
said MBAM treasurer-general Wong Chee Kooi.
Pembeli rumah
kesal projek belum mula 26/02/2000 BH By Teh Kean Kiat
KUALA LUMPUR, Jumaat - Pembeli rumah pangsa kos rendah di Lingkaran Nur Kajang,
di Batu 11 1/2, Jalan Cheras, Hulu Langat, di sini, kecewa sikap pemaju yang
masih belum memulakan projek pembinaan walaupun tarikh siap sepatutnya awal
tahun lalu. Kawasan dua blok rumah pangsa kos rendah bernilai RM31,000 hingga
RM33,000 itu sehingga kini masih dipenuhi semak-samun. Setiap blok setinggi
lima tingkat itu mengandungi 80 unit.
Pemaju rumah masih 'belum
sedar' 28/02/2000 Utusan Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR 27 Feb. - Biarpun, sektor pembinaan terutama bagi rumah kediaman,
baru sahaja menunjukkan pemulihan tetapi masih ada ramai pemaju yang enggan
belajar daripada pengalaman mereka.
Pemaju tidak
puas hati mutu binaan rumah 28/02/2000 HM
KLANG: Pemaju projek perumahan Bandar Puncak Alam, Bukit Cerakah Development
Sdn Bhd mengakui tidak puas hati dengan mutu binaan rumah teres dua tingkat
Fasa 2A yang didakwa pembeli rosak dan retak. Jurucakapnya berkata, perkara
itu adalah antara sebab mengapa syarikat tidak menyerahkan rumah itu mengikut
jadual yang ditetapkan, tetapi sebagai pemaju bertanggungjawab usaha akan
diambil untuk menyerahkan rumah bermutu kepada pembeli secepat mungkin.
