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House buyers' dilemma
Personal Money October 2003
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. "Upon booking the apartment in 2000 I paid the developer RM500 and a 10 per cent
downpayment," says Ain
