Housing prices
likely to rise on steel tariff increase 01/04/2002 BT
THE recent increase in steel tariff will hit the property sector, with housing
prices expected to experience a jump of between 0.5 and 1 per cent. Real Estate
and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (Rehda) president Datuk Eddy
Chen Lok Loi said that steel is a major component in the construction of a
house, and any increase in raw materials will result in higher housing prices.
Taman Dalma
project revived after 7 years 03/04/2002 NST
AFTER a seven-year wait, 102 house buyers of Taman Dalma at Km2 Jalan Bangi,
Semenyih, Selangor will get their houses by September under a rescue scheme
by Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad. Beranang State Assemblyman Ahmad Kuris
Mohd Nor said under the RM2 million aid scheme by the national housing company
(SPNB) of the Housing and Local Government Ministry, the project will be revived
this month
Beyond cloak
and daggers 06/04/2002 NST-PROP By Andrew Wong
It was during the press conference announcing the launch of the Home Ownership
Campaign 2002 that I realised the extent of image-building needed by developers.
Tips on buying
quality homes 09/04/2002 MM
HOC 2002 marks the first major house buyers' fair where the House Buyers Association
(HBA) is educating consumers in a major way. Association secretary-general
Chang Kim Loong said HOC 2002 would be the venue for HBA to expose house buyers
to a new guide book aimed at creating awareness of their rights and responsibilities.
Rewards, contests to woo house
buyers 09/04/2002 MM By Dennis Chua
Prospective home-owners can expect to be educated as well as rewarded in this
year's Home Ownership Campaign, or HOC 2002.
Selangor to act on errant
developers 14/04/2002 NST By M.K. Megan
SERI KEMBANGAN, April 13 — Selangor Government officers will be going undercover
soon to identify developers who refuse to sell the allocated 30 per cent quota
of buildings and houses to Bumiputeras.
1,400 waiting for
white knight to come along 15/04/2002 The Star
About 1,400 purchasers of the stalled Taman Cemerlang housing scheme are still
waiting for a white knight to rescue the project in Bandar Baru Air Itam.
Housebuyers committee chairman Chang Yeong Shen said most buyers were from
the low income group and could not afford to come up with additional money
to take over the project themselves.
Kerajaan negeri
disyor ambil kuota Bumiputera 16/04/2002 BH
KUALA LUMPUR, Isnin : Kerajaan negeri dicadangkan mengambil alih penjualan
rumah di bawah kuota 30 peratus Bumiputera yang didakwa gagal dijual oleh
pemaju sebelum meluluskan pengubahan tarafnya.Presiden Persatuan Pembeli Rumah
Malaysia, Datuk Zainuddin Bachik berkata, ini bertujuan menghalang pemaju
menggunakan alasan unit berkenaan tidak dapat dijual sedangkan mereka sebenarnya
mahu mengelak daripada menjual unit berkenaan pada diskaun tujuh peratus kepada
Bumiputera.
Bumi quota for houses stays
16/04/2002 The Star
SEREMBAN: The Housing and Local Government Ministry has no plans to reduce
the 30% quota for bumiputras to buy houses. The matter is under the jurisdiction
of the state and the ministry will not interfere, said its minister, Datuk
Seri Ong Ka Ting.
Pembeli rayu kerajaan Johor segera
siapkan rumah murah 16/04/2002 BH
SAYA mewakili pembeli rumah pangsa Taman Desa Rakyat Perdana, Jalan Kong-Kong,
Pasir Gudang, Johor, bersebelahan Politeknik Johor Bahru dan berdepan Taman
Kampung Kopok Baru merayu kerajaan Johor memberi perhatian kepada masalah
kami yang tidak selesai sejak Mei 1998. Projek ini dimiliki Kumpulan Prasarana
Rakyat Johor Sdn Bhd iaitu syarikat Kerajaan Negeri Johor.Taman perumahan
ini sepatutnya siap pertengahan 2001, seperti yang tertera pada papan tanda
projek.
CF TIADA, DAH
KENA CUKAI 16/04/2002 HM
MOHD Naim dari Fasa 2, Taman Seri Tanjung Semenyih ingin penjelasan Majlis
Perbandaran Kajang (MPKj) terhadap cukai taksiran yang dikenakan kepada penduduk
kawasan berkenaan. Menurutnya, penduduk berasa musykil terhadap cukai yang
dikenakan kerana sehingga ini mereka belum menerima Sijil Layak Menduduki
(CF) dari pemaju biarpun sudah menetap di situ sejak 1999.
MBf given leave to appeal CF
decision 17/04/2002 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: MBf Finance Bhd was allowed by the Court of Appeal yesterday
to reopen argument on whether a house buyer needed to repay his loans to the
financial institution once a temporary Certificate of Fitness (CF) has been
issued.
A home in the
city at `Sentul' 17/04/2002 BT
PROPERTY developer YTL Land and Development Bhd is opening up new opportunities
for home-buyers to own a home in the city with the revived Sentul Raya mixed-use
development in Kuala Lumpur. Now renamed simply as "Sentul", the planned 7,000
units of residential dwellings will comprise mainly high-rise housing types
on 119ha of prime freehold land.
`Property buyers should
check on the building quality, says Kayveas
18/04/2002 MM
On a stormy day some middle-class homes are no longer safe as the roofs may
be ripped off, causing damage to surrounding properties, including vehicles
parked nearby. Can anything be done to remedy this problem?
Realiti kuota rumah
18/04/2002 Utusan Malaysia
Dasar pemilikan rumah yang ditetapkan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan bahawa setiap
projek perumahan wajib menyediakan 30 peratus unit rumah untuk dibeli oleh
kaum bumiputera nampaknya diungkitkan semula oleh pemaju perumahan.
Sudah beberapa kali pemaju perumahan memalukan gendang mendakwa peruntukan
kuota 30 peratus unit perumahan menimbulkan masalah dan merugikan mereka kerana
mendakwa ia tidak dibeli oleh bumiputera.
Ong, Kayveas giving ministry a bad
image 19/04/2002 NST
April 19: IT was not amusing to read the news item headlined "Minister and
deputy differ on quota issue" (NST, April 16) which reported that the Housing
and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting and his deputy Datuk
M. Kaveas "seem to be at odds over recent issues, including the 30 per cent
housing quota for Bumiputeras.
Local authorities do not delay
CF issuance 20/04/2002 Utusan
KOTA TINGGI April 19 - Local authorities have never deliberately delayed the
issuance of certificates of fitness (CF) to house buyers, Director-General
of National Housing Department Datuk Mohamed bin Saib said today.
Injunksi halang
pemaju jual rumah pembeli 20/04/2002 BH
KUALA LUMPUR, Jumaat - Mahkamah Tinggi di sini hari ini membenarkan permohonan
injunksi sementara 11 pembeli rumah Taman Permai Jaya, Ampang, yang memohon
supaya syarikat perumahan Perincit Projects Sdn Bhd, dihalang daripada menjual
hartanah mereka. Permohonan injunksi itu juga diberikan supaya Perincit atau
ejennya dihalang daripada menuntut apa-apa bayaran kemajuan pembinaan hartanah
itu daripada institusi kewangan pembeli sehingga keputusan mahkamah.
Housing developers risk losing
licence if avoid selling to Bumis 21/04/2002
NST By V. Shankar Ganesh
Klang: The Housing and Local Government Ministry can take immediate action
including revoking the licences issued to housing developers if they were
found trying to avoid selling units to bumiputeras.
Kayveas: Ministry not cutting
quota 21/04/2002 The Star
IPOH: Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk M. Kayveas clarified
yesterday that he had only suggested the 30% quota for bumiputras to buy houses
be reduced and did not say that the ministry might reduce the quota.
SPNB mahu pulih 70 projek
21/04/2002 MM
SEREMBAN: Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan melalui Bahagian Pengawasan
dan Penguatkuasa mengenal pasti 70 projek perumahan terbengkalai di seluruh
negara untuk dipulihkan Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB).
Pemaju suka ambil kesempatan 21/04/2002 HM
Saranan Timbalan Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk M Kayveas,
supaya kuota 30 peratus lot rumah Bumiputera dikurangkan berikutan kegagalan
menjuaInya, mendapat reaksi banyak pihak.
Lebih 26,000 rumah terbengkalai
dipulih 21/04/2002 BM
SEREMBAN: Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan mengenal pasti 70 projek
perumahan terbengkalai membabitkan 26,510 unit rumah di seluruh negara untuk
dipulihkan segera oleh Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB). Daripada keseluruhan
projek bernilai RM3.2 bilion itu, 12 adalah di Selangor, Pahang (10), Wilayah
Persekutuan (9), Johor (7), Kelantan (7), Negeri Sembilan (6), Perak (5),
Kedah (4), Pulau Pinang (4), Melaka (3), Terengganu (2) dan Perlis (1).
Firm to revive 70 failed
projects 21/04/2002 Sunday Star
SEREMBAN: Some 26,000 houses, with an estimated value of RM3.23bil and left
incomplete more than five years ago, are expected to be ready by next year.
Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad assistant general manager (project rehabilitation)
Mohd Amin Mohd Salleh said the company was targeting to complete the abandoned
projects by next year.
Lebih 26,000 rumah terbengkalai
dipulih BM 21/04/2002 By Ziauddin Sharuddin
SEREMBAN: Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan mengenal
pasti 70 projek perumahan terbengkalai membabitkan 26,510 unit rumah di seluruh
negara untuk dipulihkan segera oleh Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB).
Daripada keseluruhan projek bernilai RM3.2 bilion itu, 12 adalah di Selangor,
Pahang (10), Wilayah Persekutuan (9), Johor (7), Kelantan (7), Negeri Sembilan
(6), Perak (5), Kedah (4), Pulau Pinang (4), Melaka (3), Terengganu (2) dan
Perlis (1).
Revival of abandoned projects
NSUNT 21/04/2002
SEREMBAN, Sat. - The Government has directed Syarikat Perumahan
Negara Berhad (SPNB) to revive some 70 of 514 housing projects abandoned by
developers during the economic slowdown of 1997. Wholly-owned by the Finance
Ministry, the company, incorporated in May, 2001, had initially been allocated
a total of RM1 billion for the purpose, said its assistant general manager
(rehabilitation project) Mohd Amin Mohd Salleh.
Making builders keep
promises 22/04/2002 The Star By FREDERICK FERNANDEZ
KLANG: The Housing and Local Government Ministry will study a proposal to
make it mandatory for developers to include the additional facilities they
promise in promotional brochures in the sale and purchase agreement.
Pembeli rumah Taman Sri Pongsu
kecewa sikap pemaju 22/04/2002 BH
SAYA adalah antara beribu-ribu rakyat Malaysia yang menyahut seruan kerajaan
untuk membeli rumah dengan tujuan dapat merangsang ekonomi negara. Malangnya
niat yang baik ini terasa seperti merugikan diri apabila rumah yang siap masih
tidak dapat diduduki hingga hari ini. Pada 2000, sewaktu negara masih dibelenggu
kelembapan ekonomi, kerajaan menjalankan beberapa dasar yang berkaitan dengan
industri perumahan yang agak perlahan supaya dapat digerakkan semula dengan
harapan ia dapat menjana kembali ekonomi negara.
Home improvement urgently
needed 23/04/2002 The Sun
SHAH ALAM: They had paid up to RM330,000 for their houses in Mutiara Subang.
However, almost as soon as they moved in two-and-a-half years ago, several
defects began to emerge in these houses, which had just received Certificates
of Fitness (CF).
Govt waives RM2.1mil
in contribution charges 24/04/2002 The Star
The Federal Government has waived the contribution charges amounting to RM2.1mil
for the stalled Taman Terubong Indah (Majestic Heights) Phase 1 project. The
sum represented contribution charges for Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) and
Indah Water Konsortium (IWK), amounting to RM456,900 and RM1.18mil.
Check background of hosts
first, govt officials told
26/04/2002 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Ministers and government officials must check the background
of companies that invite them to officiate at functions, particularly development
projects, before consenting to attend such events.
VIPs warned of developers misusing
their names 26/04/2002 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - Prominent people should be wary of the unscrupulous
advertising techniques of some property developers who use their names and
photographs to woo potential buyers. Housing and Local Government Minister
Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting today advised leaders who received invitations to launch
housing projects to check the developer's background before consenting to
attend the ceremony -
Pemaju rumah gagal sedia kemudahan
asas 27/04/2002 BH
SAYA sudah tidak tahu cara apa dan pada siapa mahu mengadu masalah perumahan
yang membabitkan saya. Perkara ini bukan baru tetapi isu lama yang tidak pernah
basi.
Blacklisting for developers
who don’t 28/04/2002 The Star By Choong
Kwee Kim
PENANG: First it was a case of developers advertising without permits. Now,
according to Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk M. Kayveas,
there were some who did not advertise, after obtaining the permits, to allegedly
hide certain facts from potential buyers.
Buyers seek legal redress
29/04/2002 NST
BUYERS of Rhythm Avenue apartments in USJ19, Subang Jaya, Selangor are running
out of patience with the project developer, Sanjung Utama Sdn Bhd. They say
construction work on the project stopped eight months ago and they are now
seeking legal action against the developer.
Residents: Show results, then
we pay 29/4/2002 The Star
RESIDENTS of Vista Saujana Apartments in Taman Wangsa Permai are unhappy over
the lackadaisical management and maintenance of their apartments for the past
two years.
Housing developers'
contracts will be revoked if projects not completed
29/4/2002 NST
April 27: THE Pahang Government will revoke the contracts given to five private
housing developers to build low-cost houses under the cross- subsidy programme
if they fail to complete the projects.
`Make it mandatory to build larger
low-cost homes' 29/04/2002 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. - The House Buyers Association (Kuala Lumpur and Selangor)
says the Government should make it mandatory for developers to build houses
which have at least three bedrooms, two toilets, a kitchen and a hall.
