`Datuk' pleads guilty to
cheating five
01/02/2003 MM
THERE must have been something in the
25-year-old's mannerisms to make six
people, including a school principal,
believe that he is a Datuk. They were
impressed when he told them that he
could get the five of them low-cost
flats in Kota Damansara at RM25,000
each.
Acting on construction debris
03/02/2003 NST-CITY
SUBANG Jaya
Municipal Council will not return
deposits made by owners for renovation
to premises if they fail to clean up the
construction debris once such work is
over. The decision was made following
reports where some owners had left the
debris by the roadsides, creating
illegal garbage heaps.
Rumah murah siap, pahat
tetap berbunyi
03/02/2003
BH
SAYA ingin mengetahui kedudukan rumah
kos rendah di Taman Plentong Utama,
Masai, Johor. Rumah itu siap tiga tahun
lalu seperti tarikh jangkaan dalam surat
perjanjian.
PM: Impose stiffer penalties against
greedy developers
05/02/2003 The Star
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has suggested stiffer penalties, including a jail sentence, against those who disregard the environmental laws for profit.
Penjara pemaju ingkar 05/02/2003 BH
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad mahu pihak
yang sewenang- wenangnya meratakan bukit serta
menjejaskan alam sekitar di kawasan tanah tinggi
dikenakan hukuman lebih berat termasuk penjara.
Perdana Menteri, yang kesal dengan keghairahan
sesetengah pemaju mencari keuntungan sehingga tidak
menghiraukan alam sekitar menegaskan, hukuman denda
saja tidak mencukupi terhadap golongan itu.
Dr M jamin kekal kawasan rekreasi
05/02/2003 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad memberi
jaminan kerajaan tidak akan mengorbankan kawasan
rekreasi dan riadah sekitar ibu kota untuk memberi
laluan kepada projek perumahan atau bangunan
komersial. Perdana Menteri berkata, jika kawasan
terbabit diberi kepada pemaju, mereka pasti mendapat
keuntungan besar hasil pembinaan rumah, tetapi
menyebabkan kehijauan Kuala Lumpur terhapus
Get clothes dryer, flat dwellers urged
05/02/2003 MM
GET a clothes dryer or use the laundry service. This
was the advice from Datuk Bandar Datuk Mohmad Shaid
Mohd Taufek to highrise building residents who
persistently hang their clothes outside their units.
Drying area compulsory in future
high-rise units
06/02/2003
NST-CITY
WHY do flat dwellers still hang their clothes at the
balcony of their homes despite having been
repeatedly told that this would tarnish the city's
appearance? Perhaps it is because they do not have a
proper area to hang their washing or that the flats
are not equipped with an efficient clothes dryer.
PEMAJU UNTUNG, PEMBELI DERITA
06/02/2003 HM
PADA 1999 saya membeli sebuah apartmen di Puchong. Mengikut
surat perjanjian yang ditanda tangani bersama, apartmen itu siap pada April tahun ini iaitu genap 36 bulan pembinaannya. Tetapi
apa yang dijanjikan oleh pemaju itu hanyalah sebagai alasan untuk menarik pembeli sedangkan apartmen itu masih lagi di tahap 60
peratus pembinaan sehingga hari ini.
Formula Ali Rustam selesai masalah CF
07/02/2003 BH
RUMAH siap pahat berbunyi. Peribahasa ini cukup sinonim dengan isu pengeluaran sijil layak menduduki (CF) yang menghantui pemaju perumahan atau bangunan. Banyak cadangan, saranan, seminar dan arahan dikemukakan kepada pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) dan agensi berkaitan supaya mengurangkan kerenah birokrasi dalam pengeluaran CF tetapi pelaksanaannya masih di takuk lama.
Sultan murka pemaju tunjuk
belang 07/02/2003 BH
TEMERLOH: Sultan Pahang semalam kesal
dengan keghairahan pemaju yang menarah
kawasan lereng di Blue Valley, Cameron
Highlands sehingga menjejaskan keindahan
pusat peranginan tanah tinggi itu.
Baginda menyifatkan pemaju terbabit cuba
menunjukkan `belang' sehingga tidak
mempedulikan undang-undang serta denda
yang pernah dikenakan terhadap
perbuatannya itu.
Safety features lacking in old condos
07/02/2003 MM
SOME old highrise
buildings do not have enough safety equipment and this will give rise to serious problems in an emergency. Such is the situation
at the Crescent Court condominium in Brickfields, where there were no emergency lights along the staircases.
Stop the leakage
07/02/2003 MM
WATER is seeping from the ceiling
into the drying area, kitchen and
bathrooms of KAUR's unit at the
Mediterrenean Apartment in Taman Sri
Muda, Shah Alam. "I am staying on the
ground floor and since moving there in
1995, there has been a leakage in
several areas in the unit," she says.
Manual for Sunway
Semenyih owners
08/02/2003
NST-PROP
ALL properties should one day be sold
like cars, that is to say, with a
manual. And in what is probably a first
in the housing development industry,
Sunway City Bhd has provided buyers of
its Bandar Sunway Semenyih project in
Selangor a Home Owner Manual to assist
them in settling into their new homes.
The manual in the form of a bound
81-page booklet, which was presented to
the first batch of purchasers when they
received the keys to their terrace
houses recently, provides information on
the township, its customer care centre,
public utility services and maintenance
tips for their houses.
Semua projek tanah tinggi
wajib kajian 08/02/2003 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Jawatankuasa Tetap
Perlindungan Tanah Tinggi yang
ditubuhkan Kementerian Sains, Teknologi
dan Alam Sekitar perlu memastikan kajian
penilaian kesan alam sekitar (EIA)
dilakukan bagi semua projek tanah tinggi
walaupun berskala kecil. Ketua Unit
Perhubungan Tabung Alam Malaysia (WWF),
Teoh Teik Hoong, berkata ia bagi
memastikan pembangunan di kawasan tanah
tinggi tidak menjejaskan alam sekitar,
sekali gus memudaratkan kesihatan dan
keselamatan manusia.
TNB lengah sambung
elektrik ke rumah 08/02/2003 BH
SAYA membeli sebuah rumah di Taman Seri
Rembau pada tahun 2000 dan ia dijangka
siap pada 1 Jun 2002. Akibat terlalu
banyak masalah yang dihadapi, pemaju
lewat siap sehingga enam bulan iaitu
pada Disember 2002
Budak maut 09/02/2003
MA
PETALING JAYA: Seorang budak lelaki
berusia tiga tahun terbunuh, dipercayai
terjatuh dari tingkat 9 Blok B,
Pangsapuri Damai Sunway, di sini,
semalam. Dalam kejadian kira-kira jam
9.40 pagi itu, budak berkenaan yang
keluar mencari ibunya di tingkat 9,
dipercayai terjatuh kerana tergelincir.
Lebih tegas terhadap
pemaju 09/02/2003
MA
MASALAH pemaju perumahan gagal
menyiapkan rumah mengikut jadual dan
menyebabkan pembeli menjadi mangsa
kerana terpaksa membayar kadar faedah
pinjaman bank, sudah lama berlaku dan
masih berterusan tanpa ada pembelaan
pihak bertanggungjawab sehingga hari ini.
Beberapa tahun dulu, Kementerian
Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan
menyenaraihitamkan nama pemaju terbabit
dan berjanji bertindak tegas demi
membela nasib malang pembeli.
Kesal pemaju tak
selenggara kediaman 10/02/2003
HM
PETALING JAYA: Penghuni flet di Taman
Desaria, Jalan Klang Lama, di sini,
kesal dengan sikap pihak pemaju kerana
tidak melaksanakan tanggungjawab
menyelenggarakan kemudahan di kawasan
itu dengan sempurna. Menurut mereka,
pengabaian aspek itu sejak beberapa
tahun lalu menyebabkan keadaan di
kawasan kediaman begitu teruk, sehingga
menimbulkan gejala sosial seperti
kecurian harta benda dan kenderaan.
TPPT's RM1bil property projects
10/02/2003 The Star
By HANIM ADNAN
DESPITE its low-profile status, property
developer TPPT Sdn Bhd has successfully
completed notable property projects
worth more than RM1bil, mainly in
Selangor, Johor, Penang and Sabah over
the past 12 years.
Housing claims still okay, says tribunal
11/02/2003 Daily
Express
Kota Kinabalu: The Consumer Claims
Tribunal will continue to hear claims
pertaining to housing problems from
housebuyers in Sabah and Sarawak.
MBSA perjelas punca CF
belum dikeluarkan
13/2/2003 BH
MAJLIS Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA) ingin
merujuk aduan Pungguk Menunggu yang disiarkan dalam ruangan
ini pada 23 Januari lalu. Penulis mengadu masalah
pengeluaran Sijil Kelayakan Menduduki (CF) bangunan kuarters
kediaman guru di Jalan Bertam Tahan 18/7, Seksyen 18, Shah
Alam, Selangor.
Developers warned
14/02/2003 MM
HOUSING developers are reminded to build their projects in accordance with the Sales And Purchase Agreement or face the consequences. The warning was given by Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting yesterday at the launch of the LBS Property Fair 2002 at Sunway
Pyramid.
80 cases before Housing Tribunal so far
14/02/2003
The Star
The Housing Tribunal, set up on Dec 1 following the enforcement of the Housing Development Act 2002, has received 80 cases as at the end of last month, said Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting.
Jail the offenders
15/02/2003 NST PROP
Stricter enforcement and custodial sentences
against errant developers will help clean up the housing industry. The recent rape of green hills in Cameron Highlands prompted
many leaders, including no less than Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir, to make a call for the perpetrators of such acts to be
jailed.
The institution of
development
15/02/2003 NST-PROP
DON'T pass go. Go straight to jail. From
our Monopoly board, this decree could
become a part of our development
tapestry if the government has its way.
A wrong move; a bad roll of the dice
could see developers thrown out of their
offices and into a dark, dingy dungeon
to ponder over their wrong-doings. Many
quarters are cheering on this
suggestion, first mooted by Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
and echoed all over the country by state
leaders like Penang Chief Minister Tan
Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon and Pahang Mentri
Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob. They all
hope it will be more than words; that it
will become a piece of legislation that
can be exercised on irresponsible
developers and green rapists.
Low compensation for late delivery
17/02/2003 MM
MALA is seeking more
compensation from her developer for the late delivery of her property. "I bought a condominium in Bandar Baru Ampang in June 2000
but it was delivered more than a year late.
30% offer for late delivery of property
18/02/2003 MM
RAJASEKARAN is
seeking compensation amounting to RM1,500 from his developer for late delivery of his property. He bought an apartment in Puchong
six years ago but it was delivered 64 days late.
Pemaju tidak ambil peduli rumah retak
20/02/2003 BH
BAGI kebanyakan penduduk di
Jalan Anggerik 4, Bukit Sentosa, Rawang, Selangor tidak ada apa yang lebih membimbangkan mereka kini, selain keadaan rumah yang
retak. Kebanyakan penghuni yang mula menduduki rumah itu tiga tahun lalu, mulanya tidak berdepan dengan masalah yang dianggap
tidak serius, selain masalah biasa sampah-sarap dan lalang yang mula meninggi.
Pitfalls in financing a house
20/02/2003
theedgedaily.com By Shaik Osman Majid
Advertisements are enticements,
especially those by financial
institutions offering housing loans that
are short on details but loud on
benefits.High on the enticement list is
the declaration that processing fees
would be waived.
Low-cost flats for sale in
Sarawak
21/02/2003 BT
SARAWAK Housing Development Corp (HDC)
is opening for sale its low-cost flats
in Bandar baru Sibu at the Sibu Jaya New
Township with a low downpayment of RM500
and monthly payment of just RM173. Other
incentives thrown in to attract buyers
of the 1,920 units of low- cost
four-storey flats and 1,800 units of
medium-cost houses are waiver of RM700
RM1,000 payments for electricity and
water supply connection, and legal fees.
Penchant for penthouses
22/02/2003 The Star
By THEAN LEE CHENG
IT is amazing what a simple push of a PH
(penthouse) button on an elevator can
represent. It is even more amazing, how
much a small class of property
purchasers in the country is willing to
pay to get that elevated feeling.
City Hall flats flooded due to
damaged roof 25/02/2003 MM
SEVEN families staying at the top floor
of Block 33 of the five-storey City Hall
flats in Cheras, had to sit through
heavy rain and strong winds last
Saturday, no thanks to cracks and holes
on the roofs. The bad weather also left
many trees uprooted in the vicinity of
the flats in Jalan Jelawat 2.
Lawyer sought over RM500,000 cheating
case 25/02/2003 NST
SEREMBAN, Mon. - Police are
looking for a 47-year-old lawyer to
assist in investigations into a cheating
case involving RM500,000 in government
housing loans. State Commercial Crimes
chief Deputy Superintendent Ahmad Idrus
Skymmar said Azizah Hassan used to run a
firm, Azizah Hassan & Partners, at
Komplek Negeri in Jalan Datuk Krishnan
here.
Ministry ignoring breach of Strata
Titles Act
25/02/2003 The Sun By
Mana Strata Title?Kuala Lumpur
The issue of strata titles has become an
unwanted baby which the Land and
Cooperative Development Ministry seems
reluctant to tackle despite numerous
complaints.
CF lewat punca rumah dimasuki pencuri
26/02/2003 BH
SAYA, pembeli
pangsapuri Riverdale Park (Blok J & K) Bukit Antarabangsa kesal dengan pemaju kerana gagal menyiapkan projek itu sejak lapan tahun
lalu. Pada 20 Ogos 2001, pemaju menyerahkan kunci kepada pembeli tanpa sambungan keperluan asas iaitu air, elektrik dan CF kerana
mereka tahu, tanpa keperluan itu, kami tidak mungkin menduduki pangsapuri itu.
Pembeli kondo tidak puas hati
27/02/2003
BH
SAYA
mewakili pembeli kondominium Mas Kiara
tidak puas hati dengan projek yang masih
terbengkalai selama lapan tahun.
SPNB sets target to finish projects 27/02/2003 The Star
MINISTRY of Finance Inc company Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) is targeting to complete the 97 abandoned housing projects nationwide within the next two years.
