Waiting to
move into new home 01/09/2000 MM
HE was looking forward to moving into his new home last September - the promised
date of completion for the house he bought in Bandar Subang Pinggiran. Leong
says when he signed the sales and purchase agreement in March 1997, he was
promised that the unit would be ready within two years
No end to house-owners'
problems 04/09/2000 MM
HAVING a dream house is not easy - just ask the more than 100 house-owners
in Section 2, Bandar Rinching in Semenyih. They have faced problems with their
new homes from day one and now, four years after making downpayments of about
RM10,000 each for the houses, there is still no end to their problems.
SOS: Banks should be responsible
06/09/2000 The Star Penang
Banks that release funds indiscriminately to developers should be responsible
for seeing to the completion of stalled projects, said SOS (Save Ourselves)
secretary Ong Boon Keong.
Gloom: Bandar
Rinching folk face CF hitch 07/09/2000 MM
BANDAR Rinching house-buyers will not get their certificate of fitness (CF)
any time soon. They will have to postpone all plans of moving into their dream
house until the developer, Rhombus Sdn Bhd and the Selangor Waterworks Department
(JBA) can agree on who is going to pay for the laying of water pipes for the
area's Integrated Water Supply Scheme (IWSS).
Tribunal
perumahan akan ditubuh 08/09/2000 Utusan
Port Dickson 7 Sept - Kementerian Perumahan dan KerajaanTempatan akan menubuhkan
sebuah tribunal perumahan bagi menangani projek rumah terbengkalai dan masalah
lain termasuk projek yang gagal mendapat Sijil Kelayakan mYYenduduki (CF).
New guidelines for planning
and development 08/09/2000 The Star
Port Dickson: A more uniformed development is expected from all states as
local authorities will now be using a standardised version for the guidelines
on planning and development.
Projek kondo
terbakar kali kedua 09/09/2000 HM
SEBUAH projek kondominium terbengkalai dalam pembinaan semula di persimpangan
Jalan Kaloi dan Jalan Kurau, Bangsar terbakar bagi kali kedua dalam tempoh
dua minggu. Dalam kebakaran kira-kira jam 3.50 petang semalam, perancah konkrit
di tingkat lima bangunan itu terbakar dipercayai berpunca daripada kerja memotong
besi cerucuk tiang dan lantai konkrit.
A great `deed'
indeed! 11/09/2000 MM
THEY may have won their first battle, but the war wages on. More than 300
residents of Taman Daya in Kepong were relieved to receive their property
titles after 18 years of relentless pursuit
Nod for panel to negotiate with builder
11/09/2000
The Star
The Menara Kuda Lari Housebuyers committee has been given the mandate by frustrated
purchasers to negotiate with the developer to help revive the project which
has been stalled for more than three years. Its secretary, Lim Beng Poh, said
the committee had last Monday forwarded a proposal to the developer Ever Noble
Sdn Bhd to look into appointing a receiver to complete the 80%-completed project.
`Do not shortchange
buyers' 13/09/2000 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
today warned the construction industry not to shortchange consumers or brush
off their complaints. He said in the modern world, consumers were unlikely
to suffer in silence and may well launch a "cyber war" against the company
to expose the developer's poor performance.
House buyers unite! 15/09/2000 MM
ARE you getting a raw deal from your housing developer? Your house was delivered
very late, there is no Certificate of Fitness (CF) after years of occupying,
it was badly-built, the housing project did not follow a development plan,
or worse, the developer "disappeared" and abandoned the project?
RM25,000
is below market rate: HBA 20/09/2000 MM
DON'T be ridiculous. Try being reasonable and sincere. The House Buyers Association,
Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, (HBA) hopes the Government will have those two
positive qualities when establishing a tribunal to arbitrate disputes between
buyers and developers.
Precautionary
measures to protect house buyers 20/09/2000 MM
THE authorities, developers, public and those involved in the housing industry
should take note and consider some ideas and suggestions by the House Buyers
Association, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. HBA secretary Chang Kim Loong said
they are:
Residents bemoan
lack of action by developer 20/09/2000 NST-CITY
SHOPOWNERS and residents in Kuchai Entrepreneur Park are crying foul over
a lack of action by developer Farizar Development Sdn Bhd for not delivering
the strata titles. Speaking to reporters after meeting property owners at
a dialogue session recently, Kuala Lumpur City Hall advisory board member
Dr Sua Cheng Keh said the residents had been there for the past 10 years and
some had even finished paying their bank loans.
Tarley Enterprise
to revive housing projects 21/09/2000 NST
SEREMBAN, Wed. - House buyers in abandoned housing projects here can now breathe
a sigh of relief. Tarley Enterprise Sdn Bhd which recently relaunched the
Taman Bukti Setia project at Ampangan, a project to develop 68 units of houses
abandoned in 1984, is now gearing to take on more such projects.
Housing project
abandoned 22/09/2000 MM
HIS BROTHER was told that the house would be completed in July last year.
But he was disappointed when the developer constructing the double- storey
link house project abandoned it half-way.
`Sinking' feeling
22/09/2000 MM By Home Sweet Home
THANK YOU for highlighting the recent formation of the House Buyers Association
(HBA) Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, an organisation whose formation was long
overdue. I purchased a new apartment and am due to take vacant possession
of the property soon.
Housing project
abandoned 22/09/2000 MM By Rosma Omar; Sushma Veera
HIS BROTHER was told that the house would be completed in July last year.
But he was disappointed when the developer constructing the double- storey
link house project abandoned it half-way.
First meeting
of house buyers association 25/09/2000 MM
THE House Buyers Association, Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (HBA) will hold its
inaugural meeting next month. It is to elect its office bearers and recruit
more members.
Broken promises 25/09/2000 MM
A HEARTLESS developer, snail-paced authorities and lurking robbers. These
are the main problems Le Chateau Condominium residents in Lorong Syed Putra
Kiri have been battling with over the past decade.
Tragedi: 3
dihempap konkrit 26/09/2000 BH
BUTTERWORTH, Isnin - Tiga rakan karib maut selepas dihempap tiga konkrit seberat
kira-kira empat tan setiap satu di sebuah tapak projek terbengkalai di Bandar
Sunway, Seberang Jaya, dekat sini, petang ini. Mangsa dikenali sebagai Mohd
Safuan Sebian, 12; Mohd Shukri Nordin, 14, dan Mohd Azman Ibrahim, 15, yang
menetap di kawasan perumahan `Sembilang', kira-kira setengah kilometer dari
tempat kejadian.
110 projek
tidak menguntungkan 27/09/2000 BH By Ismail Mat
MUAR, Selasa - Sejumlah 110 projek perumahan di seluruh negara yang terbengkalai
ketika negara mengalami kegawatan ekonomi baru-baru ini, didapati tidak berpotensi
untuk dimajukan semula. Setakat ini, hanya 40 projek didapati berpotensi diteruskan
dan sudah dicadangkan kepada Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) untuk dipulihkan menerusi
peruntukan Tabung Pemulihan Perumahan Terbengkalai (TPPT).
Tiada tanda
amaran punca tapak projek diceroboh 27/09/2000 BH
BUTTERWORTH, Selasa - Pemaju tapak projek terbengkalai di Bandar Sunway, Seberang
Jaya, dekat sini, tempat tiga rakan karib terkorban akibat dihempap tiga kepingan
konkrit seberat kira-kira 12 tan, semalam, dipercayai tidak mengambil langkah
keselamatan termasuk menyediakan papan tanda melarang penceroboh memasuki
kawasan berkenaan. Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Seberang Jaya, Dr Radin
Muhd Amin Radin Hadi Munir, berkata selain papan tanda, pemaju juga dikatakan
tidak menempatkan pengawal keselamatan di kawasan berkenaan.
`Set up funds
to revive projects' 27/09/2000 NST
MUAR, Tues. - The Housing and Local Government Ministry has proposed that
State Governments set up special funds to help revive abandoned housing projects.
Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said today the matter had been tabled in Cabinet
recently in view of the serious problems posed by abandoned housing projects
nationwide.
CFs for Taman
Samudera folks after four years 29/09/2000 MM
AFTER four years living without the certificate of fitness (CF), Taman Samudera
residents will finally get one soon. This, however, excludes those who have
made illegal renovations.
Move to tear
down illegal extensions 30/09/2000 NST-CITY
RESIDENTS in Taman Samudera who had ignored repeated warnings from the Selayang
Municipal Council not to carry out illegal renovations will see trouble when
the MPS architects come a calling at their doorstep soon. Council president
Bakaruddin Othman, speaking to reporters after the monthly full board meeting
on Thursday, said MPS will not be tolerate illegal ronavations which had caused
serious defects in some houses.
Law needs more
`bite' to protect house buyers 30/09/2000 NST By Prof Salleh Buang
LIFE can be cruel to the innocent at times. Take the case of Rahmat Abu Bakar,
a former navy staff sergeant who devoted 38 years of service to his country
and should now be able to enjoy his retirement years. Unfortunately for Rahmat,
his prospects of a comfortable retirement have been dashed because of the
irresponsibility of a housing developer who abandoned the project in which
he bought a house.
