States fail to reach low-cost homes
target
05/01/2003 NSUNT
MIRI, Sat. - Several States have not met
their target in building low-cost homes,
and this has made it difficult for the
Government to provide houses for the
lower income group. Deputy Housing and
Local Government Minister Datuk Peter
Chin declined to name the States, but
said their failure was a big let-down
for the Federal Government.
Pemaju lepas tangan
06/01/2003 HM
BUKIT BERUNTUNG: Sikap pemaju perumahan yang membiarkan projek mereka terbengkalai menimbulkan masalah kepada
pihak berkuasa untuk mengatasinya. Timbalan Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk M Kayveas, berkata walaupun kerajaan
cuba mengambil alih projek terbabit dengan menyerahkannya kepada pemaju baru tetapi aspek keuntungan menjadi asas untuk pemaju
baru meneruskan usaha it
CF sudah dapat, elektrik bila?
06/01/2003 BH
RUMAH
di Taman Sri Wangsa, Parti Besar, Batu
Pahat, Johor sudah mendapat Sijil Layak
Menduduki (CF), tetapi masih belum
menerima bekalan elektrik.
Pembeli Kesal diminta segera hubungi
PKNS
07/01/2003 BH
PERBADANAN Kemajuan Negeri
Selangor (PKNS) simpati dengan masalah
yang dihadapi `Pembeli Kesal' dari Taman
Sri Intan, yang sabar menunggu Sijil
Layak Menduduki bagi projek Pangsapuri
Sri Tanjung Seksyen Tujuh, Bandar Baru
Bangi, Selangor.
Court
stops bank from selling off woman’s apartment
09/01/2003 The Star
A High Court yesterday
granted a businesswoman an injunction to
restrain a bank from selling her
apartment by way of public auction.
Pemilik minta pengurusan
selesai 17 masalah
09/01/2003 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Pemilik unit rumah dan kedai di Kompleks Plaza Faber, Taman
Desa, di sini, menggesa syarikat pengurusan bangunan, FM
Property Management Sdn Bhd (FM Property) menyelesaikan 17
masalah di situ sebelum pengurusan diserahkan kepada
jawatankuasa pemilik. Penasihat Jawatankuasa Bertindak
Kompleks Plaza Faber, Adrian Han, berkata pemilik menerusi
Faber Plaza Management Corporation (FPMC) akan mengambil
alih pengurusan selepas mesyuarat agung tahunan (AGM)
diadakan pada 15 Januari ini memandangkan hak milik strata
sudah dikeluarkan Mac 2000 lalu.
Laporan status bangunan mesti siap 14
hari
10/01/2003 BH
MELAKA: Kabinet
memberi tempoh dua minggu kepada semua
pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) menyiapkan
laporan terperinci mengenai status
bangunan kediaman atau komersial yang
siap tetapi tidak diduduki. Menteri
Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk
Seri Ong Ka Ting, berkata laporan itu
mesti dikembalikan kepada kementeriannya
dalam tempoh berkenaan manakala
salinannya dihantar kepada kerajaan
negeri.
CF delays: Minister wants list of
projects
10/01/2003 NST
MALACCA, Thurs. - All local councils have been directed to provide within two weeks the lists of completed projects in their areas that have yet to be issued with certificates of fitness for occupancy. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting issued the directive at the three-day Consultative Committee of Local Councils meeting that began here today.
14 -day deadline for councils 10/01/2003 The Star
MALACCA: All local
councils have been given two weeks to
submit to the Housing and Local
Government Ministry their survey
findings on the status of buildings and
houses without certificates of fitness (CFs),
said its Minister, Datuk Seri Ong Ka
Ting.
Abdullah: Bumi housing
quota to stay
10/01/2003 NST
MALACCA, Thurs. - The house ownership
quota system for Bumiputeras will not be
abolished, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk
Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today.
He said this was not necessary as the
Government allows units, both
residential and commercial, to be sold
to non-Bumiputeras if they were not
taken up within a stipulated time.
Unsold bumi lots may be sold to others
10/01/2003 The Star
By LEE YUK PENG
Houses and shops reserved for bumiputras
may be offered to others if the lots do
not get bumiputra buyers within a
stipulated period.
Adopt
build-then-sell variant 11/01/2003 NST-PROP
by National House Buyers Association
It is refreshing to know that the Ministry of Housing and Local
Government is in harmony with our thinking and that the newly
implemented amendments to the Housing Development Act actually
encourages developers to adopt the build-then-sell concept for the
property industry.
Developers seek feedback on CF delay
11/01/2003 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. -
The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) will seek immediate feedback from developers on projects which do not
have certificates of fitness for occupation (CFs). Rehda president Datuk Jeffrey Ng said there were many reasons for the delays in
getting CFs, one of which was developers' oversight
Tapak rumah
terbengkalai ditimbuni sampah-sarap
11/01/2003 BH-TGH
MELAKA: Tapak perumahan terbengkalai
berhampiran Taman Putat Indah, Kampung
Sungai Putat, Batu Berendam, dekat sini,
dikesan sebagai tempat pembuangan
sampah-sarap oleh pihak tidak
bertanggungjawab. Setiausaha Gerakan 4B
negeri, Abdul Latip Mohamad, berkata
kejadian itu dipercayai dilakukan sejak
dua bulan lalu dan setakat ini belum ada
tindakan membersihkannya.
Penduduk resah rumah retak
13/01/2003 HM
GOMBAK: Penduduk sepuluh daripada 15
rumah teres dua tingkat di Jalan
Pinggiran 1/2, Taman Pinggiran Batu
Caves, dekat sini hidup dalam
kebimbangan apabila rumah mereka
mengalami keretakan sejak setahun lalu.
Keretakan itu dikatakan berpunca
daripada lima rumah lain yang sudah
dikosongkan akibat keretakan sejak 1999.
Amendment to pave way for Housing
Tribunal
13/01/2003 Daily
Express
Kota Belud: The State Government has
prepared the draft of the proposed
amendment to the Sabah Housing
Developers (Control and Licensing)
Enactment 1978 with a view to
incorporating the requirement to set up
a Housing Tribunal.
Developer refuses to pay full
compensation
14/01/2003 MM
CHONG bought
a double-storey link house in Telok Gedong Indah in Klang which was to be handed over to her in March last year. "But, due to some
technical problems, the house could not be completed on time and the developer only handed over the property seven months later,"
she says.
SPN bantu pulihkan
projek rumah terbengkalai
14/01/2003 BH-TGH
SEREMBAN: Kerajaan sedang mengambil
tindakan sewajarnya menerusi Syarikat
Perumahan Negara (SPN) untuk
menyelesaikan beberapa projek rumah
terbengkalai di negeri ini. Menteri
Besar Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad,
berkata menerusi beberapa siri mesyuarat
yang diadakan, SPN bersedia untuk
menangani masalah berkenaan demi
memastikan kelancaran semula projek itu.
Pemaju tak siap alatan
rumah
14/01/2003 HM
SAYA,
mewakili ibu ingin membuat aduan
mengenai rumah kos rendah yang sudah
dibelinya di Taman Pelentong Utama,
Masai, Johor
Penduduk mahu pemaju
serius
14/01/2003 HM
CHERAS: Seramai 200 penghuni rumah
pangsa Pendekar 9, Taman Tun Perak,
Cheras di sini bimbang kerana tindakan
susulan memperbaiki rekahan pada jalan
raya berhampiran rumah pangsa itu
seperti "melepaskan batuk ditangga". Ini
berikutan janji pemaju, TPPT Sdn Bhd
untuk membina dinding penghadang dengan
kerjasama sebuah syarikat pemaju lain
hanya dilaksanakan selepas kajian
mengenai cara mengatasinya diselesaikan
baru-baru ini.
Flats poorly maintained
15/01/2003 MM
MAINTENANCE is a problem when you live
in high-rise buildings. Flat-dwellers in
Taman Sri Lempah, Jalan Klang Lama, are
facing the same problem even after their
building was taken over by a new
maintenance company.
Rekahan jalan resahkan
penduduk Blok Pendekar
15/01/2003 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Kira-kira 80 keluarga yang
menghuni Rumah Pangsa Pendekar 9, Taman
Tun Perak, Cheras, di sini, hidup dalam
ketakutan berikutan rekahan baru pada
permukaan jalan berhampiran rumah pangsa
mereka. Penduduk mendakwa hasil kajian
yang dibuat oleh perunding yang dilantik
pemaju, TPPT Sdn Bhd, pada awalnya
mendapati kawasan itu selamat diduduki
tetapi kini mereka ragu-ragu kerana
wujud rekahan baru pada sebahagian
kawasan tempat letak kereta Blok
Pendekar 9.
Of missing CFs and errant builders 16/01/2003
NST By K.W.
WHILE the survey by the Housing & Local
Government Ministry to determine the
number of properties which have not been
issued with permanent Certificate of
Fitness is laudable, it will not resolve
the recurring problem if no
enforcement/severe penalty is
taken/imposed against errant developers
who persistently and intentionally delay
CF applications through non-compliance
with the by-laws.
Hasrat pesara miliki rumah
sempurna berkecai
16/01/2003 HM
RAWANG: Hasrat seorang kakitangan
kerajaan menduduki rumah sendiri sebelum
bersara tiga tahun lagi berkecai apabila
rumah yang dibelinya rosak teruk. A
Supphiah, 52, dari Taman Perdana Dua
dekat sini, membeli rumah teres dua
tingkat itu pada 2001 dengan harga
RM109,000.
Housing tribunal to decide
18/01/2003 NST-PROP By Eileen Ng
Tribunal chairman will determine whether
to hear pre-Dec 1 disputes or not
Aggrieved house buyers who signed their
sale and purchase agreements (SPA)
before Dec 1, 2002 are also eligible to
file their claims against developers
with the Housing Tribunal.
Unsold Bumi lots may
be opened to others
18/01/2003 NST-PROP
Residential and retail properties
reserved for bumiputeras may be offered
to buyers of other races if they remain
unsold after a stipulated period. Deputy
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi said, however, that the
Government does not intend to abolish
the bumiputera quota altogether
Tribunal a big letdown 19/01/2003 By Yeoh Bee Leng
With the setting up of the Housing Tribunal on Dec 1
last year, house-buyers are ironically, worse off
than before. Last October, I approached the Consumer
Tribunal to ask for help in resolving a problem I
had with my developer.
Penduduk risau projek
perumahan tertangguh
20/01/2003 BH-TGH
KEPALA BATAS: Kerajaan negeri diminta
mempercepatkan projek perumahan di
Merbau Kudong yang tertangguh lebih tiga
tahun lalu, kerana ramai penduduk
berminat untuk membelinya. Projek yang
dicadangkan itu membabitkan lebih 300
unit rumah pelbagai jenis dan sebahagian
besarnya kos rendah akan ditawarkan
kepada penduduk tempatan, terutama yang
berpendapatan rendah.
Poor maintenance at
low-cost flats in Taman Sri Saga
20/01/2003 MM
RAMA from Taman Sri Saga, Kajang is
upset over the living conditions of
residents at the Block B low cost flats.
"There are dirty stairways and the
surroundings are messy."
Tribunal may hear pre-Dec 1 disputes
22/01/2003 NST
PUTRAJAYA, Tues. - The Housing Tribunal will not ignore cases involving disputes arising before Dec 1 last year, if the nature of the complaint falls within the Housing Development Act. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said although the Act setting up the tribunal only came into force on Dec 1, it did not mean that the tribunal would automatically not hear complaints for houses sold before Dec 1.
Tribunal can hear pre-Dec 1 S&P cases 22/01/2003 The Star
PUTRAJAYA: The newly set up
Housing Tribunal can hear certain cases where the
sale and purchase agreements were signed prior to
its setting up on Dec 1 last year.
Dept: Legal move a last resort
23/01/2003 MM
LEGAL action on errant developers would be the last resort for the Federal Territory Land and Mines Department in its efforts to settle strata titles for highrise residents. The Department's principal assistant director Zainudin Tala said they will try to solve the problem amicably first and to give priority to public interest.
Defective flats to come down piece by
piece 23/01/2003 The Star
Work to demolish 17
blocks of flats in Indera Mahkota here,
which had been declared unsafe following
the discovery of structural defects,
will take about four months.
Isu hak milik Palm Court terjawab
24/01/2003 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Teka teki mengenai status hak milik strata kira-kira 685 unit Kondominium Palm Court di sini terjawab apabila Pejabat Tanah Galian
(PTG) Wilayah Persekutuan mengesahkan pemaju, Ramal Properties Sdn Bhd membuat permohonan bertarikh pada 3 Disember lalu.
Berdasarkan permohonan itu, Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan (Jupem) akan memeriksa kawasan berkenaan bersama pemaju dan jika mendapat
kerjasama sepenuhnya daripada penghuni, mereka akan diberikan status strata dalam tempoh tujuh bulan selepas itu.
Masalah tanah selesai
24/01/2003 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Kebimbangan kira-kira 300
pemilik unit Kondominium Le Chateau Fasa
1 dan 2 di Jalan Syed Putra Kiri, di
sini, terhadap surat Jabatan Tanah dan
Galian Wilayah Persekutuan yang akan
merampas hartanah mereka sudah tamat.
Ini kerana jabatan itu menerusi Ketua
Penolong Pengarahnya, Zainuddin Tala,
memberi persetujuan untuk
mempertimbangkan permohonan penduduk
terbabit bagi memberi lebih banyak masa
kepada mereka untuk menyelesaikan
pelbagai masalah di perumahan itu.
Palm Court owners' wait for strata
titles over 25/01/2003 NST-CITY
AFTER years of waiting,
residents of Palm Court Condominium, Brickfields, will receive their strata title between seven months and a year, said Deputy
Land and Co-operative Development Minister Dr Tan Kee Kwong. Tan gave the assurance to residents after meeting recently with the
Palm Court Owners and Residents Association and developer Ramal Properties Sdn Bhd. Tan had received complaints the developer had
failed to obtain the strata titles for 685 units of Blocks A, B and C even after the full certificate of fitness for occupation
(CFO) was awarded in 1999.
Rumah siap kunci tak dapat
25/01/2003 HM
ALOR STAR: Pembeli rumah Taman Sri Taman II,
Jalan Tun Razak, di sini terus kempunan untuk menduduki rumah baru walaupun terpaksa membayar ansuran pinjaman perumahan sejak dua
tahun lalu. Mereka kecewa apabila segala usaha yang dijalankan termasuk membuat laporan kepada Menteri Besar, Ahli Dewan Undangan
Negeri (Adun), Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan dan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) gagal mendapat maklum balas positif.
Housing tribunal ready to hear cases 26/01/2003 Sunday Star
W. Husin bin W. Hassan,
Secretary, Tribunal for Home Claims WE refer to the letter, “Tribunal a big
letdown’’ (Star, Jan 19).
We would like to refute the statement
made by Yeoh Bee Leng that the Housing
Tribunal can only hear cases regarding
houses bought after Dec 1, 2002.
Meet Eric, the house-buyer's best
friend
26/01/2003 NSUNT
BUYING a house is an experience that is
simultaneously exciting and stressful
whether you're in Petaling Jaya or
anywhere else. But in Washington DC
where I currently live, there is at
least someone who makes sure that the
qualification caveat emptor or "buyer
beware" hold fewer terrors for would-be
homeowners. Meet Eric Carpenter the
house inspector.
Sigh of relief for condo owners
27/01/2003 MM
IT was a feat for some 806 owners of Gasing Heights Fraser Towers who faced difficulty the past one-and-a-half years to get liquidators, who took over their
condominium, to attend to their outstanding building matters. However, after last Saturday's dialogue between the 100-odd owners
and the liquidator (Lum Tuck Cheong) and the liquidator's agent (Ler Cheng Chye from Ler Lum & Co), the owners say they now see
"light at the end of the tunnel".
Don’t seek winding-up, buyers
told 27/01/2003 The Star
PROPERTY owners at Le
Chateau Condominiums in Lorong Syed
Putra Kiri have been advised not to seek
a declaration for the developer of the
condominiums to wind up if they want the
strata title issued to them.
Strata title
delay tops grouse list 29/01/2003 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Delays
by developers in obtaining strata titles
for subdivided buildings remain the main
grouse for house buyers, said National
House Buyers Association (HBA)
secretary-general Chang Kim Loong.
`Pemaju jangan hampakan pembeli'
29/01/2003 BH-TGH
SEREMBAN: Pemaju perumahan yang gagal menyiapkan projek mereka sehingga menyebabkan rumah terbengkalai tidak boleh melarikan diri, sebaliknya perlu bersemuka dengan kerajaan negeri untuk mengadakan perbincangan. Ini kerana kegagalan pemaju berkenaan menyiapkan rumah dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan menimbulkan pelbagai masalah bukan saja kepada pembeli malah kepada kerajaan negeri.
Taman Rembau Utama bermasalah
30/01/2003 BH
PROJEK perumahan Taman
Rembau Utama, Rembau, Negeri Sembilan dilancarkan sekitar 1997 dan dijual sepenuhnya pada 1998. Ketika projek bermula, negara
dilanda krisis ekonomi dan ia tertangguh.
