Buyers
get CF after six years 01/01/2004
The Star
PENANG: After a six-year wait, the 1,557
buyers of the Majestic Heights (Taman Terubong Indah) Phase One have finally
obtained the Certificate of Fitness (CF) for the project.
Understanding common building defects
THE DILAPIDATION
SURVEY REPORT
Source: http://www.hbp.usm.my/conservation/DilapidationSurvey.htm
Article published in "Majalah Akitek",
Volume 16, Issue 1, First Quarter 2004,
pg. 19-21 By Associate Professor Dr. A
Ghafar Ahmad School of Housing, Building
and Planning Universiti Sains Malaysia,
Penang The practice of securing
information on heritage buildings has
been considered fundamental towards
understanding the existing building
conditions and defects.
No hope for eight housing projects
01/01/2004
NST
BUTTERWORTH, Wed. - Eight of the housing projects abandoned this year because the developers encountered cash flow problems following the 1997 regional financial crisis have been found to have no "viability value" and cannot be revived. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, who said this today, added that many of the purchasers had also lost interest and were not keen in pursuing the project.
Majestic Heights buyers' 10-year wait finally over
01/01/2004 NST
PENANG, Wed. - The 10-year wait by 1,557 buyers of Phase One of Majestic Heights in Paya Terubong here, once the country's single largest abandoned housing project, is over. The Penang Island Municipal Council issued certificates of occupation yesterday.
A home, after 10 years
01/01/2004 MM
GEORGETOWN: More than 1,500 purchasers of homes under Phase One of Majestic Heights in Paya Terubong will have much to cheer about this Chinese New Year. Their long-awaited new homes are now ready and have been issued with Certificates of Fitness (CFs) yesterday.
62 projek terbengkalai pulih
01/01/2004 BH-EKO
BUTTERWORTH: Sebanyak 62 daripada 199 projek perumahan
yang terbengkalai di seluruh negara akibat kegawatan ekonomi 1997, berjaya dipulihkan dan menerima Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF),
tahun lalu. Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, berkata 15 lagi projek perumahan yang terbengkalai
turut berjaya disiapkan sepenuhnya tahun ini tetapi dalam proses mendapat CF manakala 15 lagi diambil alih pemaju lain untuk
disiapkan.
Pembeli kesal rumah belum siap
02/01/2004 BH
MELALUI ruangan ini saya ingin bertanya bila projek perumahan di Changkat Lada, Bandar Seberang Perak, Kampung Gajah, akan dapat disiapkan. Saya telah membayar cengkeram sebanyak RM500 kepada pemaju Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak (PKNP) dan wang guaman RM365 dengan salah syarikat peguam yang ditetapkan pada penghujung
1999.
Tribunal: House buyers’ claim ceiling
fair
02/01/2004 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The maximum
claim of RM25,000 provided for by the House Buyers’ Claims Tribunal is
reasonable because the amount is not meant to cover the price of the house,
said Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting.
RM25,000 ceiling reasonable, says Ong
02/01/2004 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - The RM25,000 ceiling that the
Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims could
decide on claims made by house-buyers
against developers is reasonable,
Housing and Local Government Minister
Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said today. He
said the amount was sufficient to cover
problems faced by house- buyers,
including house defects and late delivery.
Mayor: Architects to be made accountable
for certifying building safety
02/01/2004 The Star
By CHOW HOW BAN at the Shah
Alam City Council Full Board Meeting
SHAH Alam Datuk Bandar Datuk Salamon Selamat said the certificate of fitness
(CF) would be replaced by a document called Borang F from Jan 15.
Tribunal back on track
03/01/2004
NST-PROP by National House Buyers
Association
The landmark ruling of the Court of Appeal has to a degree levelled the
playing field. Since the establishment of the Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims
(the Tribunal) on Dec 1, 2002, many aggrieved buyers brought their cases
before it and had been successful in being awarded compensation from their
developers.
Clarify your allegations, developer
tells DAP
03/01/2004 MM
JOHOR BARU: "You have tarnished our
company's reputation. It is only right
for you to clarify certain allegations
made." This call was made by housing
developer Crescendo Corporation Bhd to
Johor DAP vice-chairman Ong Kow Meng on
his statements on Orkid flats in Taman
Desa Cemerlang, Ulu Tiram. The report
was highlighted in two Chinese dailies -
Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Daily on
Dec 1. In the report, Ong, who also
acted as the legal adviser to the
housing residential committee, had made
allegations, saying that the company is
irresponsible, insensitive with no moral
and social obligations to its purchasers
Flats buyers angry over project's
delay
05/01/2004 MM
MASAI: Although Mustapa Salleh is mute and cannot voice his grievance over the abandoned low-cost housing project, his message was still loud and clear. Using limited sign language and hand gestures, Mustapa was among the buyers of the 1,030 units of low-cost flats in Taman Desa Raya Perdana who conveyed their frustration at having to wait almost six years for the completion of their units.
Buyers seeking meeting with Poh
05/01/2004 NST
MALACCA, Sun. - Buyers of commercial lots in the RM1 billion Pulau Melaka sea reclamation project want a meeting with State Housing, Local Government and Environment committee chairman Datuk Poh Ah Tiam to discuss the status of their property. Last year, Poh assured the buyers that the project would be completed last month.
Bintai to compensate Sentul residents
06/01/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: Kejuruteraan Bintai Kindenko Sdn Bhd will resume its work on the Sentul Perdana medium cost apartment project despite the stop work order by City Hall. The decision to continue work was announced by its vice president Syed Azman Al-Bukhary
yesterday
62 abandoned housing projects revived 10/01/2004 NST-PROP
A total of 62 our of the 199
housing projects abandoned since the 1997 economic crises have been revived
and completed last year. The Certificate of Fitness for these units, located
in various parts of the country have also been issued.
77 pusat
sehenti PBT percepat CF
10/01/2004
BH
KUALA
LUMPUR: Sebanyak 77 pihak berkuasa
tempatan (PBT) di seluruh negara sudah
menubuhkan pusat sehenti bagi memastikan
segala urusan penerimaan dan pemprosesan
pelan pembangunan serta sijil layak
menduduki (CF) diluluskan segera.
Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan,
Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting berkata,
penubuhan pusat sehenti itu berjaya
menyelesaikan banyak masalah birokrasi
dan mempercepatkan pengeluaran CF.
Nightmarish wait for dream homes
10/01/2004 The Star
By Bavani M.
IT’S called the Sri Impian Condominium, but to the owners their impian or
dream has yet to come true.
Buyers of the posh condominium project in Brickfields have been waiting for
five years now, but from the way things are going, the possibility of their
moving into the condo in the near future is slim.
The legal choice
10/01/2004 NST-PROP
By Nicholas Mun
Buyers have the right to use their own
lawyers when buying residential
properties from developers. Contrary to
what many purchasers may have been led
to believe, they cannot be compelled to
use the services of panel lawyers
assembled by developers for their
projects.
Judging the scope of security
15/01/2004 The Star
Burglaries and violent crimes are taking
place in apartment and office buildings
despite 24-hour security surveillance.
Is a security guard a law enforcer, and
what is the duty of care of those
managing a building or its car park?
Don't sub-divide land for recreation,
developers told
16/01/2004 NST
PENANG, Thurs.
- Beginning this year, all housing developers in the State must ensure that the land designated for recreational purposes in new
housing projects be located in one particular area and not "scattered." Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Dr Hilmi Yahaya today said
this was to ensure that residents would have a bigger area for recreational activities.
Komtar operating
without strata title
17/01/2004 NST
PENANG, Fri.
- Penang's most famous landmark, the Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak or Komtar, has
not had a strata title despite being
operational for over 25 years. Deputy
Land and Co-operative Development
Minister Dr Tan Kee Kwong today said
there were several "complex issues" in
the delay to issue the strata title.
Special squad to handle land backlog
17/01/2004 NST
PENANG, Fri. - The Land and
Co-operative Development Ministry will
deploy a special squad to the Selangor
and Johor Baru Land and Mines
Departments to oversee the problems of
backlog and fraud. Deputy Minister, Dr
Tan Kee Kwong, said that each team,
comprising a senior government officer,
a surveyor, technical officers and
clerks, would start work in April.
BPR mula siasat
pejabat tanah Selangor
17/01/2004 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR) memulakan
siasatannya terhadap Pejabat Tanah dan
Galian (PTG) di beberapa daerah di
Selangor berhubung penipuan dalam proses
pindah milik serta penjualan tanah
bernilai RM117 juta. Timbalan Ketua
Pengarah I BPR, Datuk Mohd Zawawi Mohd
Nordin, berkata siasatan kes itu bermula
sebaik laporan mengenai penipuan
menggunakan sistem perkomputeran di
pejabat itu dilaporkan media beberapa
hari lalu.
BN
service centres to help high-rise
residents
17/01/2004 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The maximum
claim of RM25,000 provided for by the House Buyers’ Claims Tribunal is
reasonable because the amount is not meant to cover the price of the house,
said Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting.
Flying squads to look into backlog of
strata title applications in Johor and
Selangor 17/01/2004 Utusan
PENANG Jan 16 - The Land and
Cooperative Development Ministry will send five flying squads, four to Johor
and one to Selangor, to help the Land and Mines offices in the two states to
expedite applications for strata titles and also to investigate land fraud
cases.
Serviced apartments in bustling Bukit Bintang
17/01/2004 NST-PROP
THE site of the abandoned CN
Gallery commercial project at the junction of Jalan Imbi and Jalan Sultan Ismail in Kuala Lumpur's premier Bukit Bintang shopping
belt will be reborn after six years as NAS Pavilion. Launched last week, the 1.35-acre freehold venture has been re-
conceptualised to feature three tower blocks - a 29-storey North Tower comprising 172 serviced apartments; a 31-storey South Tower
with 266 serviced apartments and a 22-storey office block.
Johor to consider
changes in development proposals
17/01/2004 NST-PROP
PROPOSALS from developers wishing to
change their earlier submissions for
commercial buildings to residential
properties in view of a better market
demand for the latter will be considered
by the Johor Government. The State is
open to changes in building proposals
from developers because it is aware of
the current overhang in office space and
commercial properties in Johor Baru,
said Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani
Othman.
Hampir 100 Pembeli Rumah Mahu K'jaan Selesaikan Projek Terbengkalai
18/01/2004
Bernama
BUTTERWORTH, 18 Jan (Bernama)
-- Hampir 100 pembeli rumah pelbagai unit Taman Sejahtera di Teluk Air Tawar
dekat sini meminta Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan menggunakan
Akta Perumahan bagi menyiapkan rumah mereka yang terbengkalai sejak 1998.
Strata titles soon for Komtar shoplots
and offices
19/01/2004 The Star
More than 1,000 shoplots and offices in
Penang's 65-storey Kompleks Tun Abdul
Razak (Komtar), opened more than 25
years ago, may get their strata titles
soon
Pembeli terdedah risiko beli rumah belum siap 20/01/2004
BH
By Hasliza Hassan
ALIRAN industri perumahan di Malaysia dengan konsep ‘beli rumah belum siap’
menimbulkan pelbagai kesulitan kepada pembeli, terutama apabila projek
perumahan itu terbengkalai.
'Pemaju diminta komited tebus geran
20/01/2004 BH-TGH
SEREMBAN: Kerajaan negeri menuntut pemaju Taman Perumahan Jaya Lukut, Port Dickson, Astana Strategi (M) Sdn Bhd supaya lebih komited dan jujur dalam menebus semula geran hak milik rumah kumpulan 28 penghuni taman berkenaan yang dicagarkan kepada Am-Finance. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan negeri, Datuk Dr Yeow Chia Thiam, berkata beliau sudah bertemu pengarah syarikat berkenaan, Datuk Wong Ah Kow, baru-baru ini.
Six months for panel to clear backlog
of land cases 21/01/2004 NST
PETALING JAYA, Tues. - The task
force formed by the Land and
Co-operative Development Ministry to
clear the massive backlog of land
related cases has been given six months
to solve the problem. Minister Tan Sri
Kasitah Gaddam today said the task force
was placed under the Land and Mines
Department and would be assisted by
state governments.
Housing the expatriates
22/01/2004 NST-PROP By Khairil Anhar
Since the launch of the Malaysia: My
Second Home programme, the country has
witnessed an influx of foreign residents
with the funds to live a good life,
whether as retirees or as businessmen.
New law to address community living
22/1/2004 NST-PROP By Chris Prasad
A new law to regulate the rights and
duties of developers and homeowners
within projects with communal facilities
is to be brought before Parliament, in
order to fill the existing void in
legislation governing this type of
housing scheme.
Kes tipu tanah bukan
kelemahan sistem komputer
24/01/2004 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Kejadian penipuan dalam proses pindah
milik tanah bernilai kira-kira RM130
juta di Selangor berlaku kerana
kelemahan kakitangan awam, bukannya
sistem komputer di Pejabat Daerah dan
Pejabat Tanah dan Galian (PTG).
Sehubungan itu, Timbalan Menteri Tanah
dan Pembangunan Koperasi, Dr Tan Kee
Kwong, berkata Sistem Pendaftaran Tanah
Berkomputer (SPTB) itu tidak perlu
dikaji semula.
`Shoplots
unfit for occupation'
26/01/2004 MM
SHAH ALAM: Some 400 owners of commercial units at Pusat Perdagangan Centrepoint
are in a bind after spending more than
RM200,000 to buy the units and find them
unfit for occupation. They bought the
units in Jalan 26/35 in the late 1990s
but found that they are unable to sell
or rent them out.
Lift woes of Larkin flat-dwellers
26/01/2004 MM
JOHOR BARU: Breakdown of lifts are so
common in Block C of the Larkin Flats
that residents have given up calling
the maintenance company. There are two
lifts servicing the 16-storey flats,
and residents say the lifts break down
almost every other day, forcing them
to wait for the only working lift or
take the stairs.
Gangsters holding up housing project
26/01/2004 NST
BAGAN DATOH, Sun. - A housing project launched in Penang in 1992 and abandoned for the last eight years cannot be completed because gangsters have threatened the
Government-appointed contractors from proceeding. National Housing Corporation chairman Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said attempts to
ease the burden of more than 1,000 housebuyers had stalled because of the threats.
Hope for Pantai
Dalam low-cost project 27/01/2004 NST-CITY
KUALA Lumpur City Hall low-cost housing
project in Pantai Dalam, which has been
stalled since 2001, will most likely be
resumed. Lembah Pantai MP Datuk Seri
Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said she had
forwarded the proposal to Housing and
Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong
Ka Ting.
Call to resolve 10-year delay in completion of Sri Bayu project
27/01/2004 NST
PENANG, Mon. -
The State Bumiputera Steering Committee was today urged to look into the 10-year delay in completion of the Sri Bayu low-cost
apartment project in Bayan Lepas, to ensure that the project will be ready for occupancy this year. Teluk Kumbar State Assemblyman
Syed Amerruddin Syed Ahmad said he had repeatedly raised the matter at several committee meetings, but to no avail.
Pemaju sentiasa dolak-dalik
27/01/2004 Harian Metro
SAYA tertarik dengan aduan oleh Pembeli
Kecewa mengenai projek perumahan yang
terbengkalai di Taman Bukit Segar,
Cheras. Saya juga pembeli rumah murah
kos rendah RM45,000.00 di Kemajuan Bukit
Segar Cheras di bawah pengurusan G-Two
Assest Sdn Bhd (G- Two Assest) pada
tahun 1998.
Water cut as some won't pay bills
28/01/2004
MM
KUALA LUMPUR: They celebrated Chinese New Year without a drop of water but this time, the Perbadanan Urus Air Selangor (PUAS) was not blamed. Since Jan 13, residents of two blocks of Sri Bandar Besi apartments in Jalan Sungei Besi
were without water. Shop operators on
the ground floor were also hit.
Developers, buyers blamed for strata
title delays
29/01/2004 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - Property
developers and buyers have themselves to blame if the Land and Co-operative Development Ministry refuses to issue strata titles to
them. Minister Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam said many developers did not fulfil requirements when submitting applications.
Check property developers’ false
promises
30/01/2004 The Star
J.D. LOVRENCIEAR, Semenyih.
TIME and time again we read of failed property development in the country
that leave buyers high and dry. And the authorities, in most cases, only
seem to come to the aid of helpless property buyers after the media
exposure.
