House buyers' dilemma Personal Money October 2003
Private sector help needed
to replace septic tanks 03/10/2003 NST
SUNGAI PETANI, Thurs. - The Housing and Local Government Ministry needs
private sector support to help replace the one million septic tanks in households
nationwide. Its Minister, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, said the process of replacing
septic tanks with a centralised sewerage treatment system was costly and
had to be done in stages
Permintaan 500,000 rumah
03/10/2003 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Permintaan rumah bagi golongan berpendapatan rendah dan sederhana
akan bertambah sehingga 500,000 unit untuk tempoh lima tahun lagi. Timbalan
Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen, berkata bagi memastikan golongan
itu diberi peluang memiliki rumah, kerajaan akan mengambil alih pembinaan
rumah kos rendah dan sederhana.
Disgrunted house buyers
may see happy ending 04/10/2003 Daily Express
Kota Kinabalu: Housebuyers of the abandoned Taman Inanam Laut Phase 2 housing
project may see the end of woes if everything goes well as agreed upon at
a meeting here Thursday.
Pembeli kecewa rumah tak
siap 06/10/2003 BH
PEMBELI rumah Taman 22, fasa dua, Mukim Chuping Beseri, Perlis sepatutnya
mendiami rumah itu pada 2000/2001 seperti dijanjikan pemaju. Kami membeli
rumah itu pada 1998 dan hingga hari ini belum ada tanda dapat mendiaminya
The certificate of fitness saga
07/10/2003
The Ministry of Housing and Local Government controls and legislates some
800 developers in the country through the Housing Development Control and
Licensing Act 1966 and its subsequent amendments.
400 rumah
di Bukit Sentosa retak 07/10/2003 BH By
Irfasila
SAYA berpindah ke taman perumahan di Bukit Sentosa, Rawang sekitar dua tahun
lalu. Kami membelinya dengan harga yang agak murah berbanding di kawasan
perumahan lain di sekitar bandar raya.
Build houses on stilts, says
DPM 07/10/2003 NST
SUNGAI PETANI, Mon. - Housing developers wishing to undertake projects in
low-lying and flood-prone areas were today told to build their units on
tall pillars or stilts. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi said this was to protect buyers who would otherwise be burdened with
the perennial flooding in these areas.
Tiada CF jika gagal patuh
syarat tangki tandas 07/10/2003 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Semua projek bangunan dan perumahan baru diwajib memasang
tangki pam tandas berkapasiti enam liter air berkuat kuasa Jun lalu, kata
Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting. Beliau
berkata, pemaju yang gagal mematuhi peraturan itu tidak akan diberi sijil
kelayakan menduduki (CF).
Houses, buildings to be fitted
with new flushing system 07/10/2003 The Sun
KUALA LUMPUR: All new houses and buildings must be installed with toilet-flushing
systems with a water capacity of not more than six litres in a measure to
reduce water wastage.
TPM arah lulus projek rumah
teres bertiang tinggi 07/10/2003 BH
SUNGAI PETANI: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mengarahkan semua kerajaan
negeri dan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) hanya meluluskan projek pembinaan
rumah teres yang bertiang tinggi bagi kawasan rendah. Sebelum ini, rumah
teres yang dibina sama paras dengan tanah di kawasan rendah menyebabkannya
mudah ditenggelami air apabila berlaku banjir.
Setapak housebuyers run out of patience 07/10/2003 The
Sun
KUALA LUMPUR: After months of waiting, housebuyers are running-out of patience
with the developers of a half-finished apartment project in Taman Setapak
Jaya Baru. The house buyers signed sale and purchase agreements with the
developer Pancaran Nilai it and its parent company JBT, who promised to
deliver the houses in January this year.
125 keluarga pindah hujung
tahun depan 08/10/2003 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Seramai 125 keluarga setinggan di Rumah Panjang PKNS, Kampung
Kerinchi, Pantai Dalam, di sini akan mendapat tempat tinggal apabila Projek
Pangsapuri Taman Bukit Angkasa (P20) di sini siap penghujung tahun depan.
Projek pangsapuri P20 yang sebelum ini terbengkalai sejak 1994, kembali
beroperasi selepas pemajunya, MD Nakkon Sdn Bhd berjaya menyelesaikan beberapa
masalah.
Pemaju buang sampah
08/10/2003 BH
SAYA mewakili jiran dan rakan di Pangsapuri Lili, Persiaran Prima Utama,
Taman Puchong Prima, Puchong, amat kesal dan kecewa dengan sikap pemaju
perumahan kami kerana membuang sampah di sebelah flat kami. Ini menyebabkan
hidup kami kurang selesa akibat bau busuk daripada timbunan sampah sarap
itu.
Houses cracking despite protest
08/10/2003 MM
EVEN before the construction of the Millennium Place and Square took place
a year ago, residents of Jalan 14/1, off Jalan Datuk Jamil Rais in Section
14, Petaling Jaya, have been protesting against it. They had put up a petition
against the high-rise condominium project, not only to the local authority
but also to the State Government. However, their efforts proved futile since
the developer was given the green light to proceed with the project.
Rumah belum siap, gaji kena
potong 09/10/2003 BH ZUKI MOHD, Kuantan, Pahang.
SAYA membeli sebuah rumah di Taman Perumahan Datuk Abdul Rashid, Mukim Beserah,
Daerah Kuantan, Pahang sepatutnya memperoleh kunci pada 2 Oktober lalu sebagaimana
dijanjikan pemaju Totalhill Sdn Bhd pada 2001.
Strata
Title Board for two states operational soon
10/10/2003
Utusan Online
KUALA LUMPUR Oct 9 - The Dewan Rakyat was told that the Strata Title Boards
for Selangor and Penang will be operational and gazetted by the respective
state governments very soon.
Board
to help high-rise lot owners in Selangor and Penang
10/10/2003 The Star
A STRATA title board to hear grievances of lot owners of high-rise buildings
is expected to be operational in Selangor and Penang soon, said Deputy Land
and Co-operative Minister Dr Tan Kee Kwong. The other states are still
preparing amendments to their procedures on strata titles, he said.
DCM: Inspect
all lifts regularly 10/10/2003 The Star
Lifts in all high-rise buildings, including government premises, apartments
and hotels must be inspected and serviced regularly to prevent any untoward
incidents, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Dr Hilmi Yahaya said.
Developers
should deliver on promises 11/10/2003 Fairness,
Kuala Lumpur
The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association's view that the "property
market has yet to mature and demand for housing was still strong" (Sept
18) shoes it is not prepared to accept that the market environment is changing.
Banyak rumah tidak tepati
cita rasa pembeli: Peter Chin 13/10/2003 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Pemaju perumahan perlu memberi lebih tumpuan kepada reka bentuk
dan hiasan dalaman selain mutu binaan kerana kebanyakan projek mereka didapati
tidak menepati cita rasa pembeli. Timbalan Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan
Tempatan, Datuk Peter Chin, berkata andaian itu dibuat berdasarkan kebanyakan
pemilik kediaman didapati terpaksa menjalankan pembaikan semula rumah masing-masing
walaupun rumah baru, yang mana membabitkan 30 hingga 50 peratus daripada
kos unit berkenaan.
Wind up developers buyers tell govt 14/10/2003 The Sun
PETALING JAYA: A group of house buyers want the Housing and Local Government
Ministry to wind up Lembah Beringin Sdn Bhd (LBSB) for abandoning the Lembah
Beringin housing project. Most of the house buyers signed sales and purchase
agreements (S&Ps) with LBSB, a subsidiary of Land & General Bhd (L&G), in
1996.
Tidak guna harga rumah murah
tetapi jauh tersorok 14/10/2003 BH
MERUJUK surat Irfasila dari Bukit Sentosa, Rawang pada 7 Oktober lalu, saya
ingin meluahkan rasa simpati saya kepada beliau. Sebenarnya masalah rumah
retak yang beliau hadapi adalah masalah ramai lagi pembeli di Bukit Sentosa.
Saya juga membeli sebuah pangsapuri sederhana murah berharga RM71,000 pada
1998. Pada masa itu saya tertarik membeli rumah di sana sebab harganya lebih
rendah berbanding rumah di sekitar Pandan, Cheras, Ampang, Setapak dan yang
berdekatan dengan ibu negara.
Five
projects to be revived 14/10/2003 The Star
FIVE of the 14 abandoned housing projects in Penang will be revived by Syarikat
Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB), the national housing company.
Aduan caj IWK tinggi dikumpul
15/10/2003 BH-EKO
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Perumahan Dan Kerajaan Tempatan mengumpul semua
aduan serta cadangan mengenai caj bayaran Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) yang
dikatakan terlalu tinggi. Menterinya, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, berkata maklumat
itu bersama kertas kerja akan dibentangkan kepada Kabinet secepat mungkin
untuk tindakan sewajarnya.
Improve productivity for competitiveness, local developers told 15/10/2003 Sabah Times
KOTA KINABALU: In view of the Sabah facing a number of challenges, developers
here should improve productivity to remain competitive in the industry.
It has been noted that the delivery system from the planning stage to
final deliver of the completed units to the purchasers has remained stagnant
for several years now.
Still waiting for ownership
titles 17/10/2003 MM
RESIDENTS of Block L1, Pandan Jaya, Cheras, wants to know why after almost
nine years of residing there, they still have not got their geran rumah
from the developers Talam Corporation even though they are the legal owners
of these units.
Insurance plan for house buyers proposed
17/10/2003 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has proposed an insurance scheme to protect
house buyers in case of abandoned projects or late delivery of their houses.
Lembah Beringin housebuyers speak up
18/10/2003
The Sun
I am one of the unfortunate buyers who is stuck with this Lembah Beringin
project. The past five years have been a nightmare, not to mention the strain
on our finances.
Strata title boards for two
states 18/10/2003 NST-PROP
THE establishment of the Strata Title Boards to "hear and resolve serious
cases" involving strata titles for Penang and Selangor will soon be gazetted
by the two State Governments.
Only six litres a flush
18/10/2003 NST-PROP
THE capacity of lavatory cisterns in new houses and buildings in the country
must not be more than six litres of water, the Housing and Local Government
Ministry has decided. The ruling, said its minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting,
is yet another initiative to conserve water.
Ministry:
Section 11 only as last resort 18/10/2003 The
Sun
Petaling Jaya: The Housing and Local Government Ministry wants to revive
the Lembah Beringin abandoned housing project and will only use its powers
to wind up the developer as a last resort.
Mangsa tragedi terus tuntut
pampasan 18/10/2003 BH
PERJUANGAN menuntut pampasan daripada tragedi runtuhan pangsapuri Highland
Towers yang meragut 48 nyawa masih berterusan walaupun ia berlaku 10 tahun
lalu. Perbincangan antara plaintif dan defendan mengenai pampasan masih
berlangsung walaupun mereka sudah menang di Mahkamah Tinggi dan Rayuan Kuala
Lumpur tahun lalu.
Lambat dapat kunci, CF
18/10/2003 BH
SAYA pembeli sebuah rumah di Bandar Seri Ehsan, Kuala Langat, Selangor,
menandatangani Surat Perjanjian Jual Beli (S&P) pada 31 Julai 2000 dan kami
sepatutnya memperoleh kunci dan CF pada Ogos atau September 2002 lalu. Malangnya
sehingga hari ini, kami belum pun diberi sebarang notis atau tanda kami
boleh mendiami rumah berkenaan
Selangor to help revive projects
20/10/2003 NST
KLANG, Sun. - The State Government will help Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd
(SPNB) revive 86 abandoned housing projects in Selangor
Pemaju tidak boleh ubah harga
rumah 20/10/2003 HM
PETALING JAYA: Pemaju tidak boleh mengubah harga sesebuah unit rumah yang
dijual selepas ditetapkan kerajaan ketika melakukan permohonan permit dan
lesen iklan. Tindakan keras boleh diambil jika mereka bertindak menukar
jumlah harga sesebuah unit kediaman sewenang-wenangnya.
Factory lot buyers seek to
lessen debt with MPSJ help 20/10/2003 MM
BUYERS of factory lots at the abandoned Serangkai Emas Sdn Bhd industrial
project in Seri Kembangan will be able to reduce their financial burden
soon, with a little help from the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ).
The buyers' pro-tem committee vice-chairman, Lim Kim Hean, said Score Options
Sdn Bhd, the company which is reviving the project, has submitted layout
plans to MPSJ for the development of a housing estate to replace the proposed
industrial estate.
Selangor mahu siapkan projek
terbengkalai 21/10/2003 BH-TGH
KLANG: Kerajaan Selangor dan Syarikat Perumahan Negara (SPN) sedang berusaha
bagi menyelesaikan 86 projek perumahan terbengkalai di seluruh negeri menjelang
tahun 2005. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tetap Kerajaan Tempatan, Perumahan dan
Setinggan, Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Ahmad Dahlan (gambar), berkata bagi tujuan
itu, kerajaan negeri membantu SPN membuat kajian satu persatu setiap perumahan
yang terbengkalai.
Masalah
penduduk Bukit Beruntung 7 tiada kesudahan
21/10/2003
BH-TGH
RUMAH siap pahat berbunyi sesuai bagi menggambarkan kesulitan sekumpulan
penduduk di Seksyen Bukit Beruntung 7 (BB7), Hulu Selangor, yang tidak puas
hati terhadap pemaju, pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) dan agensi berkaitan
yang gagal menunaikan tanggungjawab sosial memberikan perkhidmatan terbaik.
Hope for abandoned projects
21/10/2003 City & Country By Hazatul Syima Haron
After 17 long years of waiting, 62 buyers of the 1-storey terraced homes
in Taman Bidor Intan in Bidor, Perak, finally moved into their "new" homes
in May last year. While most of the abandoned projects revived or being
revived by Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) range from 10 to 15 years
old, Taman Bidor Intan takes the cake. Not surprisingly, it was among the
earliest projects to be revived by the company.
State govt to revive abandoned
projects 22/10/2003 The Sun
Klang: The Selangor government will help Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd to
speed up the revival of 86 abandoned housing projects in the state. The
projects, most of which are in Klang, Kajang and Petaling Jaya, were abandoned
by their contractors 15 to 20 years ago. "We no longer want to see the buyers
suffer," said state executive councillor for housing Datuk Mohd Mokhtar
Ahmad Dahlan after handing over keys to the buyers of the Pangsapuri Permai
apartments here recently. The State has set a target of 2005 for the completion
of the projects.
MB mahu pemaju pastikan projek
siap 23/10/2003 BH-TGH
SEREMBAN: Pemaju hartanah di negeri ini perlu komited terhadap projek perumahan
yang dibina supaya tidak menimbulkan banyak masalah kepada pembeli sekaligus
menghilangkan keyakinan mereka terhadap projek yang dilaksanakan. Menteri
Besar, Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, berkata pemaju perlu melaksanakan tanggungjawab
mereka dengan memastikan pembinaan rumah yang dibina itu memenuhi spefisikasi
serta mengikut tempoh yang sudah ditetapkan
Caj pengurusan untungkan
pemaju 23/10/2003 BH
SAYA, penduduk Pangsapuri Cemara, Bandar Sri Permaisuri, tidak puas hati
terhadap kadar bayaran pengurusan yang tinggi iaitu RM97.50 sebulan. Untuk
maklumat semua, Pangsapuri Cemara mempunyai tiga blok iaitu Blok A 10 tingkat,
Blok B dan C tujuh belas tingkat tiap sebuah. Setiap tingkat ada 24 rumah
dan jumlah seluruh adalah 1,056 penghuni. Jika dikira 1,056 x RM97.50, pemaju
akan mendapat sebanyak RM102,960.00 sebulan.
Many improper charges against
the developers 23/10/2003 Daily Express
DATUK Dr Clarence Bongkos Malakun (Upko-Moyog) said many improper charges
had been imposed against private developers.
Kerajaan bantu selesai kes
`jutawan segera' 23/10/2003 BH
SEREMBAN: Kerajaan negeri memberi jaminan akan membantu penduduk Kampung
Lyndon B Jonhson (LBJ), Labu, yang mendakwa menjadi mangsa penipuan pemaju
perumahan Taman Jaya Lukut dan Taman Crystal, di Port Dickson. Menteri Besar,
Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, berkata beliau akan meminta Unit Perumahan
dan Kerajaan Tempatan, mendapatkan maklumat mengenai butiran perjanjian
pembelian rumah berkenaan.
Pembeli
rumah Taman Seri Bertam pindah November 23/10/2003 BH
MELAKA: Seramai 207 pembeli fasa pertama perumahan
Taman Seri Bertam, Sungai Udang, dekat sini akan menerima kunci rumah masing-masing
pada 7 November depan. Projek perumahan itu yang terbengkalai sejak 2000
siap sepenuhnya dan dijadual menerima Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF) pada akhir
bulan ini.
Pemaju untung, kampung banjir
24/10/2003 HM
SUDAH empat bulan bermula Julai 2003, kami penduduk Jelutong, Pulau Pinang,
menjadi mangsa banjir besar dan bah pada 12 Oktober 2003 adalah kali keempat
kami harungi. Banjir di kampung ini berpunca daripada pemaju perumahan yang
tidak mengambil berat mengenai perparitan sebelum memulakan pembinaan projek.
Leaders must stand up for housebuyers
27/10/2003
By Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Leng, Ampang
Publicity on the plight of Lembah Beringin houseowners is pointedly significant
when the aggrieved express the following sentiments: the problem has been
ongoing for the last five years; the project has apparently been abandoned;
and buyers have adopted the right approach with the authorities but there
is a perceived lack of obligatory will by the Housing Ministry to act in
the public interest.
Vacant units pose a problem
27/10/2003 The Star
By S.C.Cheah
MOST of us have seen it: blocks of vacant shop offices, rows of dilapidated
factories, and only a house or two being occupied out of a row of 10 to
20 empty houses.
PKNP tidak jelas bayaran
projek' 27/10/2003 BH
SAYA membeli rumah kos rendah di Kamunting, Perak iaitu di Taman Kamunting
Bakti pada 2000. Apa yang menyedihkan ialah projek itu kini masih terbengkalai.
30 peratus projek rumah terbengkalai
di NS dipulih 28/10/2003 BH-TGH
SEREMBAN: Sebanyak 20 hingga 30 peratus projek perumahan terbengkalai di
negeri ini, sudah dapat dijalankan semula hasil campur tangan kerajaan untuk
membantu rakyat. Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, berkata kebanyakan
projek yang dibangunkan semula terletak sekitar bandar ini, selepas pelbagai
masalah dihadapi dapat diselesaikan
RM3,400 for each KL house in lieu
of low/medium-cost houses 28/10/2003 The Edge By
Ng Kar Yean
Property developers are required to contribute RM3,400 for every house they
build in Kuala Lumpur to Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) if they do
not want to build low- and medium-cost houses, a property developer says.
Do the
math, housebuyer tells ministry 28/10/2003
The Sun
I am a victim of the Lembah Beringin project. I read your report "Ministry:
Section 11 only as last resort." (theSun Oct 18)Can some learned people
please explain the meaning of "last resort"? It has been said that the housebuyers
are no longer interested in Lembah Beringin.
Buyers kept guessing on second time flop
28/10/2003
The Sun
Petaling Jaya: It should have been a case of once bitten twice shy, but
the Housing and Local Government hasn't heard the saying. Now, it has to
justify its decision to renew the licence of a housing developer which had
abandoned a project, then having the development stall again.
Developers to contribute to SPNB for affordable homes
29/10/2003 The Sun
KUALA LUMPUR: Property
developers required to contribute RM3,400 for every house they build in
Kuala Lumpur to Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) if they do not want
to build low- and medium-cost houses, a property developer says.
Insurance scheme just a paper
tiger 29/10/2003 NST
MANY buyers in a housing scheme in Bukit Mertajam are facing problems in
claiming compensation from the developer for late delivery of vacant possession.
No response from developer
about refund 29/10/2003 MM
THE housing project at Bandar Pinggiran Subang 2, Phase 8 Section 4, by
Juta Permai (M) Sdn Bhd should have been completed in May 2003 but until
today the apartment which AIN bought in 2000 has not even been built yet.
