Poor basic amenities at flats
01/05/2004 NST-CITY
KUALA Lumpur City Hall has been urged to look into the problem of basic
amenities faced by residents of the Wangsa Maju Section 4 flats. Wangsa Maju
MP Yew Teong Look said most of the basic amenities were not in good
condition.
Squatters want low-cost units
01/05/2004 NST-CITY
THE present developer of a low-cost flat project in Jalan Genting Klang,
Kuala Lumpur has been urged to build 470 units for squatter families, who
have been left out of the project, or face legal action. The affected
families are those who live together with the original household in the same
squatter house, usually the family of a married family member
Assessing affordability of housing
01/05/2004 NST-PROP
PEOPLE should be allowed to acquire houses at a cost that does not undermine
their quality of life, say Mohd Peter Davis and Nor Azian Nordin in this
first of a two-part article on what ails home ownership in the country
Quality housing that is affordable is a basic requirement, without which
humans will soon degenerate into a semi-animal existence. A home of your own
is perhaps the most desirable commodity on earth. How then do we assess
housing affordability?
Talam walks the talk
01/05/2004 NST-PROP
TIRED of being perceived as a developer of only low- and medium-cost
housing - and with defects to boot - Talam Corp Bhd has launched its first
52 units of high-end, two-and-a-half-storey terrace houses in Taman Puncak
Jalil, Selangor. Marketed under the "Talam Premium Homes" brand, the units
priced from RM250,000 will be part of phase 10B, named Bayangan Mewah in the
RM2.2 billion, 801-acre Taman Puncak Jalil. Talam has so far delivered 4,000
of the 8,000 units sold in the residential development of 14,000 units,
which is planned for completion by 2007.
Hanya 364 daripada 18,000 unit rumah kos rendah
dijual
02/05/2004 BM
SHAH ALAM: Hanya 364 unit daripada
18,000 rumah kos rendah yang ditawarkan di Selangor, dapat dijual pada
hari pertama Program Pendaftaran dan Penawaran RKR di Dewan Jubli Perak di
sini, semalam. Timbalan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Lembaga Perumahan dan
Hartanah Selangor, Alinah Ahmad, berkata ia berikutan pengunjung agak
cerewet memilih lokasi RKR sebelum membuat pembelian.
Poor response to
Selangor low-cost house offer 02/05/2004
Utusan
Talam shedding low-cost developer image to that
of all-rounder
03/05/2004 The Star
Residents
and businessmen call for stop-work order 03/05/2004 The Star
Tunnel-boring starting as excavation ends
03/05/2004 The Star
Engineer: Excavation and drop in water table caused sink holes
03/05/2004 The Star
Longhouse residents still waiting for a proper house
03/05/2004 NST
FOR 200 Kampung Medan residents, moving into a low-cost house has
been just a dream for years. Some have been staying at the longhouse
built by the State Government awaiting relocation to low-cost houses
for the past 20 years.
Kerajaan kaji perkenal sistem sewa beli rumah
rakyat
04/05/2004 BH
PETALING JAYA: Kementerian
Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan mengkaji kemungkinan menjadikan sewa
bulanan rumah rakyat sebagai wang pendahuluan untuk penghuni memiliki
kediaman terbabit. Menterinya, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, berkata langkah itu
bagi membolehkan golongan berpendapatan rendah memiliki rumah sendiri,
terutama di kawasan strategik dan pesat dengan kegiatan ekonomi.
Bayaran 10 peratus bebankan pembeli rumah kos
rendah
04/05/2004 BH
SHAH ALAM: Orang ramai
berpendapat bayaran 10 peratus sebagai tempahan membeli rumah dalam tempoh
dua minggu yang dikenakan pemaju pada Program Pendaftaran dan Penawaran
Rumah Kos Rendah (RKR) di Dewan Jubli Perak, di sini, semalam, amat
membebankan terutama yang berpendapatan rendah. Mereka berkata, tindakan
itu tidak akan membantu menyelesaikan masalah rumah jenis itu tidak
terjual.
150 get Certificate of Fitness for properties 05/05/2004
NST
Housing: Higher legal fees proposed 05/05/2004
NST
No CF yet for Menara MPAJ
05/05/2004
The Star
Pendahuluan hanya boleh dikutip selepas
tandatangan perjanjian
05/05/2004 BH-EKO
KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat pemaju perumahan hanya boleh mengambil wang pendahuluan sebanyak
10 peratus daripada pembeli selepas surat perjanjian jual beli
ditandatangani kedua-dua pihak. Timbalan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Lembaga
Perumahan dan Hartanah Selangor (LPHS), Alinah Ahmad, berkata perkara
berkenaan memang ada dalam peruntukan undang-undang melalui Akta Pemaju
Perumahan Jadual 8.
Pemaju diminta siapkan rumah sebelum 30 Julai ini 05/05/2004
BH-TGH
When
well-meaning policies don’t take off the ground 09/05/2004
Khir: Penalise developers who collect deposits
06/05/2004 NST
SHAH ALAM, Wed. - The Selangor Government
wants housing developers who collect deposits from house buyers before the
sales and purchase agreement is signed to be penalised. It has suggested
that the Housing and Local Government Ministry should not renew the
licences of such developers.
Pusat sehenti atasi masalah rumah terbengkalai:
MB
06/05/2004 BH-TGH
SEREMBAN: Kerajaan negeri
akan menubuhkan Pusat Sehenti bagi mengatasi masalah bangunan dan rumah
terbengkalai yang banyak terdapat di bandar Seremban dan Nilai. Menteri
Besar, Datuk Mohamad Hasan, berkata kerajaan mengakui bangunan dan rumah
terbengkalai itu jelas mencacatkan pemandangan dan menjejaskan imej negeri,
terutama kepada pelancong luar yang datang berkunjung.
KL’s early low-cost flats now high-rise slums
06/05/2004
The Star
Nayagam: Crammed single-room flats not good for families 06/05/2004 The Star
Villagers allowed to stay until low-cost flats ready
06/05/2004 NST-CITY
TWO hundred and forty-one squatter families in Kampung Brunei in Kuala
Lumpur are relieved that they have been allowed to stay in their homes until
further notice from Kuala Lumpur City Hall. The families have all been
allocated a unit of the Hardcore Poor Housing Project low-cost flat in Jalan
Peel.
TPPT siapkan 74 projek perumahan terbengkalai
07/05/2004 BH-EKO
TPPT Sdn Bhd (TPPT), syarikat
di bawah Bank Negara Malaysia yang ditubuhkan untuk mengendalikan Tabung
Pemulihan Perumahan Terbengkalai, sudah menyiapkan 74 projek membabitkan
18,585 unit rumah di seluruh negara. Pengerusinya, Md Yusof Hussin,
berkata selepas memulihkan rumah terbengkalai, pihaknya kini melangkah
lebih jauh dengan melaksanakan Perumahan Mampu Milik di bawah skim Tabung
Pusingan Perumahan Kos Rendah (TPPKR).
Pemaju lesap, pembeli rumah tertipu
07/05/2004 Utusan
Seeking meeting with condo management over problems
07/05/2004 NST-CITY By V. Josephine
PROPERTY owners of Jasmine Towers in Jalan SS2/72, Petaling Jaya want an
amicable discussion with the management, Muda Bahagia Sdn Bhd, on problems
at the condominium. Jasmine Towers Condominium Owners and Residents
Association president S.K. Wong said the management had never held any
meeting with them since they moved in 1995.
Terrace houses still most popular 08/05/2004
NST
THE ubiquitous terrace house is still the most popular housing type in the
country, according to the Residential Property Stock Report 2003 (RPSR)
published by the National Property Information Centre (Napic).
Datuk awarded RM487,000 over break-in at gated
community 08/05/2004 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: A
businessman whose bungalow in a gated community here was broken into has
been awarded RM486,988 after the High Court held that the terms laid down
in its brochures and sale-and-purchase (S&P) agreement had been breached.
Rumah siap tidak boleh masuk
09/05/2004 MA
MERSING: Pembeli rumah kos rendah di
Taman Mahkota 1 di sini, kesal kerana tidak dapat mendiami rumah yang
dibeli, walaupun ia siap kira-kira dua tahun lalu. Pembeli yang sebahagian
besarnya kakitangan kerajaan kecewa kerana walaupun perumahan itu sudah
dikeluarkan sijil layak menduduki (CF), mereka masih tidak dapat memasuki
rumah yang kebanyakannya kini mengalami rosak apabila pintu dan tingkap
kaca dipecahkan
Building on confidence
08/05/2004 NST-PROP
FOR some developers, the build-then-sell method is
too risky. But for a company such as the Bandar Tasik Semenyih Group
(BTSG) which is undertaking a 16-acre project comprising bungalows,
semi-detached units and superlink houses in an enclave called Seri
Damai in the burgeoning Kajang township in Selangor, the approach
makes perfect sense. In the words of the company's managing director
Lim Yan Pok: "The concept has been proven effective by creating a
win-win situation for both developer and buyer."
When
well-meaning policies don’t take off the ground 09/05/2004 The Star
Although well-meaning, the government's efforts to provide housing for the
poor are sometimes hampered by weak implementation, reports IVY SOON.
Pahang experiences "dearth" of low-cost houses 09/05/2004 Utusan
KUANTAN - While Selangor reports a "glut" in the number of unsold low-cost
houses in the state, the situation is exactly the opposite in neighbouring
Pahang.
Pemaju muflis, pembeli rumah gigit jari 10/05/2004
Harian Metro
KAJANG: Pembeli rumah Taman Serosa terpaksa menanggung kerugian apabila
rumah yang dijanjikan terbengkalai berikutan pemajunya sudah diisytihar
muflis. Pengurus syarikat swasta, Hussin Saimin, 37, berkata dia sudah
membayar 10 peratus daripada harga rumah teres dua tingkat yang dibelinya
sejak 2000 dan dijangka siap 2002, namun sehingga kini rumah itu hanya siap
70 peratus saja.
Penduduk tak dapat CF serah memo
10/05/2004 HM
PUCHONG: Kira-kira 350 penduduk Taman Lestari Perdana 8,
di sini, menyerahkan memorandum kepada wakil Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri,
Seri Serdang, Aziz Singah, semalam. Ini berikutan kegagalan mereka
mendapatkan sijil Layak Menduduki Tetap (CF) daripada pemaju sungguhpun
sudah menduduki taman berkenaan sejak setahun lalu.
Pemilik rumah bertingkat perlu mohon hak milik
strata 10/05/2004 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR:
Pemilik kediaman bertingkat di Ampang diingatkan mendapatkan hak milik
strata masing-masing selepas dikeluarkan Kementerian Perumahan dan
Kerajaan Tempatan bagi mengelakkan timbul masalah, terutama jika mahu
menjualnya. Ahli Parlimen Pandan, Datuk Ong Tee Kiat, berkata walaupun
kebanyakan kes membabitkan penduduk memohon untuk mendapatkan status
strata bagi kediaman bertingkat yang dimiliki, masih ada segelintir
penduduk enggan memohon hak milik berkenaan.
Tangani masalah pembeli rumah Taman Mahkota
10/05/2004 HM
KAWAN simpati dengan nasib pembeli rumah
kos rendah di Taman Mahkota (I), Mersing yang tetap setia menunggu
memasuki rumah baru mereka walaupun projek perumahan itu sudah siap
sepenuhnya dua tahun lalu. Dalam tempoh dua tahun itu, kawan difahamkan
proses permohonan siapa layak mendiami perumahan kos rendah bernilai
RM30,000 itu juga dijalankan.
Pembeli rumah terbengkalai serik dibebani pinjaman
bank
10/05/2004
BH-TGH
Johor readies 50,290 low cost houses 10/05/2004
Utusan
Pembeli kecewa rumah belum dapat CF
11/05/2004 BH
Tujuh bulan baru dapat jumpa pemaju
12/05/2004 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Selepas tujuh bulan menanti, pembeli rumah
kos rendah Taman Danau Kota, Setapak berjaya bersemuka dan berbincang
dengan pemaju, FBO Land (Setapak) Sdn Bhd berkaitan dokumen perjanjian
jual dan beli (S&P) serta status projek perumahan itu. Pertemuan dengan
Pengurus Besar FBO Land, Hwang Hang Kok dan Pengurus Kewangan dan
Perundangan, Mohd Azim Daud bersama Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Bertindak
Pembeli, Lim Chuan Huat dan Margerat Fan selama 45 itu minit kelmarin
mencapai kata sepakat bahawa satu sesi dialog perlu diadakan segera untuk
membincangkan masalah itu dengan lebih terperinci.
300 pembeli rumah masih tunggu CF
12/05/2004 BH-TGH
PUCHONG: Kira-kira 300 penduduk Lestari Perdana 8 (LP8)
meminta Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) menyelesaikan pelbagai
masalah, terutama sijil layak menduduki (CF) yang belum diperoleh.
Pengerusi Persatuan Penduduk LP8, Mohamad Ikbal Md Hanapiah, berkata
masalah CF paling merunsingkan walaupun kebanyakannya sudah menetap di
taman perumahan itu sejak lebih setahun lalu.
Residents want illegal structures
removed 13/05/2004 The Star
Ong:
Plug abuse in registration
14/05/2004 The Star
Negeri diberi tempoh 3 bulan kemas kini pemohon
rumah
14/05/2004 BH-EKO
KUALA LUMPUR: Semua
kerajaan negeri diberi tempoh tiga bulan mulai semalam bagi mengemas kini
senarai nama dalam Sistem Pendaftaran Terbuka (SPT) berkomputer, bertujuan
memastikan hanya pemohon yang memenuhi syarat dipertimbangkan untuk
memiliki rumah kos rendah. Selain itu, semua negeri turut diarah
menggunakan SPT berkomputer seragam serta boleh dihubungkan dengan
Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan bagi membolehkan capaian data
dilakukan dengan mudah.
Pembinaan pangsapuri Seksyen 5 disambung semula 14/05/2004
BH-TGH
400 pembeli kecewa rumah terbengkalai
14/05/2004
BH-TGH
RM1,500 income remains as condition for low-cost homes 14/05/2004
Utusan
Local councils in Johor to manage low-cost flats
15/05/2004 NST-PROP
THE Johor Government wants local authorities in the State to take over the
management of all low-cost flats in their areas. They will have to ensure
that the projects are clean and well-maintained, and repair those in
deplorable condition.
Solving the
low-cost housing woe
15/05/2004 NST-PROP By Salleh Buang
Units may be priced too high while buyers still face the threat of
abandoned projects. Two distressing news items caught my eyes over the past few weeks. One
was something we are all too familiar with, although that doesn't make
it any less upsetting, while the other was totally unexpected, if not
altogether baffling.
Revival
of abandoned project
15/05/2004 The Star
Buyers Of Serviced Apartments Beware, Says Ong 15/05/2004
Bogus agents cheat house buyers of more than RM30m
15/05/2004 NST
Number of abandoned schemes reduced
16/05/2004 The Star
Ministry Denies
New Housing Projects To Blacklisted Developer 16/05/2004
Bernama
Drop in number of abandoned projects 16/05/2004 The Star
No new licence
for bad developers 17/05/2004 The Star
Bad records to
haunt developers 17/05/2004 NST
Blacklisted builders denied new housing
projects 17/05/2004 MM
HBA syor hotline didik pembeli rumah
17/05/2004 BH-EKO
KUALA LUMPUR: Persatuan Pembeli Rumah (HBA)
mencadangkan kerajaan mewujudkan talian hotline dan unit kaunseling bagi
mendidik pembeli rumah mengenai pengurusan kewangan mereka. Setiausaha
Agungnya, Chang Kim Loong, berkata mereka yang berhasrat membeli hartanah
khasnya Rumah Kos Rendah perlu mengenal pasti latar belakang kewangan
sendiri dan beban yang bakal ditanggung.
Illegal to bar others from housing areas
17/05/2004 The Star By Egalite,
Kuala Lumpur
The good people at Desa Seri Hartamas have many things going for them.
Their houses are well built with spacious gardens and a central
playground. This is enhanced by the housing estate sitting on a choice
location.
Pemaju tak mampu siap projek sebelum dijual
17/05/2004 BH-EKO
PETALING JAYA: Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan
Tempatan, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting mengakui majoriti pemaju perumahan tidak
mampu menyiapkan projek sebelum menjualnya kepada pembeli. Beliau yang
juga Presiden MCA berkata, hanya pemaju yang kaya mampu menyiapkan projek
perumahan sebelum menjual kepada pembeli.
Serdang Perdana housing plan
revived
17/05/2004 NST-CITY
GOOD news for buyers of houses in a project located in
Section 5 of Serdang Perdana in Selangor. The project, which has
been abandoned for the past three years, is set to be revived,
thanks to the initiative of the wakil rakyat and the relevant
authorities.
200 pembeli kesal pemaju ingkar
janji
18/05/2004 BH-TGH
Annual fire
certs a must for high-risk building soon 18/05/2004
Penthouses destroyed in fire at condo
19/05/2004 NST
Probe on penthouse fire 19/05/2004 The Star
Have panel 'to review issuance of OC for flats'
20/05/2004 The Star
THE state government has been urged to set up a special committee to
review the issuance of Occupational Certificates (OC) for flats
which did not comply with building plans. Opposition leader Phee
Boon Poh (DAP - Sungai Puyu) said the committee should also be
empowered to have a say before OC was issued to avoid unnecessary
problems later.
Nesca sedia terima aduan pengguna
21/05/2004 BH-TGH
SEREMBAN: Pembeli rumah di negeri ini yang berhadapan dengan
masalah diminta membuat aduan segera kepada Persatuan Pengguna Negeri
Sembilan (Nesca), supaya persatuan dapat membantu demi kepentingan bersama.
Presiden Nesca, Khairuddin Yunus, berkata pihaknya mengenal pasti masalah
perumahan adalah yang paling tinggi berbanding masalah lain membabitkan
pengguna.
Latihan selenggara bangunan tinggi Julai
21/05/2004 BH-TGH
SUBANG JAYA: Program latihan
pertama untuk Jawatankuasa Penyelenggaraan Sementara yang ditubuhkan di
kediaman bangunan tinggi dan hartanah yang mempunyai status strata di
Selangor akan diadakan Julai ini. Latihan dua hari itu akan membimbing
jawatankuasa yang dipilih di kalangan pemilik dan penghuni rumah pangsa,
apartmen dan hartanah yang mempunyai status strata untuk mengurangkan
masalah akibat kelemahan penyelenggaraan kediaman penduduk di bangunan
tinggi.
Govt Studying "Build First, Sell Later" Concept
For Housing Developers
21/05/2004 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Bernama) -- The government is studying the
possibility of making housing developers build houses first before selling
them, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Friday. Saying
that he was in agreement with the approach taken by housing developers in
Taiwan who sold houses only after they had built them, he said housing
developers must have adequate funds before they embarked on housing
projects so that they would not have to depend on upfront money from
housebuyers.
Housing tribunal for Penang
21/05/2004 The Sun
PENANG: The Housing and Local Government Ministry is considering setting
up a House Buyers Claims Tribunal (HBCT) in Penang to handle house buyers'
problems in the northern region.
Developers may be told to
adopt the ‘build and sell’ concept 22/05/2004
Lower maintenance fees likely soon
22/05/2004 The Sun
First World buildings, Third World toilets
22/05/2004 NST
Kerajaan kaji benar rumah 90 peratus siap baru
dijual 22/05/2004 BH
Developers concerned about ‘build first sell later’ proposal 22/05/2004 BT
REHDA sifatkan konsep
bina dan jual sebabkan harga rumah meningkat 22/05/2004
Syarat baru rumah dikaji -
Abdullah: Projek perlu disiapkan dahulu sebelum dijual 22/05/2004 Utusan.com.my
Selangor
issues directive on maintenance low-cost flats
22/05/2004 NST-CITY
ALL squatters moving into low-cost apartments must form a
pre-management corporation from the day they move in to ensure that
the overall maintenance of the flats is taken care of until they
receive the strata titles. After the strata titles are issued, this
corporation (Pre-MC) will be recognised as a full management
corporation.
Identifying the black
sheep
22/05/2004
Ninety pct developers
cannot afford build and sell concept - Ong 23/05/2004 Utusan
90 peratus tidak bersedia 23/05/2004 Metro Ahad
Ong: Builders still need to overcome
build-and-sell hurdles
23/05/2004 Sunday Star
Sapp feels build first
sell later can avoid problems for housebuyers 23/05/2004 Utusan
Persatuan sambut baik syarat baru jual rumah 24/05/2004 Utusan Online
Formula elak pemaju rumah lari perlu dicari
24/05/2004 BH
RINTIHAN pembeli rumah baik pekerja swasta atau kakitangan
awam yang menanggung beban membayar hutang bank setelah rumah dibeli
terbengkalai, memang sudah lama didengar. Masalahnya sehingga kini tidak
semua projek perumahan gagal disiapkan sudah dipulihkan. Beberapa projek
mampu disiapkan akhirnya dengan campur tangan Syarikat Perumahan Negara
memang melegakan, tetapi nasib pembeli yang harus terus menyewa, sedang
rumah dibeli siap separuh jalan, amat menyedihkan. Sehubungan itu, Perdana
Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, mengesyorkan pemaju menyiapkan
dulu rumah sebelum dijual mengikut konsep bina dan jual.
Harga siling rumah kos rendah tidak berubah
24/05/2004 BH
KUALA TERENGGANU:
Kerajaan tidak bercadang menaikkan harga siling rumah kos rendah walaupun
bahan binaan naik lima peratus terutama harga besi keluli, kata Menteri
Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting. Beliau berkata,
harga siling rumah kos rendah yang dijual kepada pembeli mengikut kawasan
sudah ditetapkan dan kerajaan memberi subsidi kepada pemaju projek
berkenaan.
Duduk 10 tahun belum dapat hak milik strata
24/05/2004 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Kira-kira 1,000 unit rumah pangsa, kos
sederhana dan pangsapuri di Taman Kepong Baru, Jinjang Selatan dekat sini
masih belum mempunyai hak milik strata walaupun sudah dihuni sejak 10
tahun lalu. Sehingga kini dua blok pangsapuri 10 tingkat membabitkan 333
unit, satu blok pangsapuri sembilan tingkat (96 unit) dan 12 blok rumah
pangsa lima tingkat (629 unit) yang menempatkan kira-kira 5,000 keluarga
bekas setinggan kampung itu masih belum memperoleh hak milik strata.
Nas Pavilion
project gets good response 24/05/2004 BT
Second Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen:
"Speaking to reporters later, Dr Ng said the
Government’s recent suggestion that developers may be asked to
“build then sell” is meant to protect house buyers without
over-regulating the building industry.
Build and sell
concept beneficial to all 24/05/2004 RAVEEN RYAN SUNDRAM, Ampang. (via e-mail)
I STRONGLY support Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s
proposal to makedevelopers build houses first before selling them,
“Build and sell”, (The Star, May 22). This proposal will be a move
to forming a consumer-based society, where the consumers can
exercise their rights. The benefits of the “build and sell” concept
are:
Lot owners want Meru Industrial Park completed
soonest possible 24/05/2004 BT
MORE than150 owners of 242
industrial lots at the abandoned Meru Industrial
Park (MIP) in Selangor want developer Fabina
Properties Sdn Bhd to complete the project as soon
as possible and at reasonable terms. The owners are even willing to
complete the now nine-year project themselves so that they can
expand their businesses.
Build and
sell better housing 24/05/2004 NST
NO one in his right mind would commit a large chunk of his present
and future savings to a major purchase on the strength of a glossy
brochure.
100 families unable to move into low-cost units
24/05/2004 MM
PUCHONG: A group of Kampung Michael Chen villagers, who had to make away for
a housing project in 2000, have not been able to move into their new
low-cost units despite having been given the keys last August. Some 100
families are stuck as the Taman Saujana Puchong's units do not have
electricity and water supplies.
Isu di
sebalik dua konsep bina rumah
24/05/2004 Utusan Online Oleh
Mohammad Yusof Abdullah
Pemilik rumah akan berasa amat bertuah jika peraturan baru konsep `bina
dulu, jual kemudian' (bina-jual) menjadi kenyataan, kerana hartanah dalam
bentuk bangunan mereka akan melambung harganya. T
Adopt Build First And
Sell Later Concept, Housing Developers Told 25/05/2004 Bernama
KOTA KINABALU, May 25 (Bernama) -- Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk
Yahya Hussin has called on housing developers in the state to adopt
the "Build First and Sell Later" concept to ensure a win-win
situation for both developers and buyers or consumers.
Developers: Study
implications of build and sell concept 25/05/2004 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association
Malaysia (Rehda) has urged the Government to study the implications
of the build and sell concept.
Ubah konsep jual rumah 25/05/2004 Utusan
Cadangan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi untuk mengkaji
semula syarat pembelian rumah dengan kemungkinan mensyaratkan pemaju
perumahan menyiapkan rumah mereka dahulu sebelum menjual kepada orang ramai
sebaik-baiknya jangan ditinggalkan berlalu begitu sahaja.
Waive
parking fees for residents 25/05/2004
The Star By S.A Lee, Klang.
I have been a resident in one of the shop apartments in Bandar Bukit
Tinggi for the past one year. Recently, the Klang Municipal Council (MPK)
had put up banners stating that parking fees would be collected effective
May 1 at the rate of 50sen per hour.
House buyers continue to be at the
receiving end 25/05/2004 The Sun By Koh Bak See, Penang
THE housing and local government minister has said that no
certificates of fitness (CFs) will be issued until houses are
completed.I would like to laud Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting for his
concern for house buyers who are constantly cheated by unscrupulous
housing developers and his determination to take the necessary steps
to resolve the buyers' problems.
Downsize housing projects to reduce risk of having too many
25/05/2004 The Star By RON PICKERING,Kuala Lumpur.(via
e-mail)
ALONG with many other Malaysians, I applaud Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's call for developers to adopt the build-and-sell
model.
5,000 Jinjang residents seek strata titles
25/05/2004 NST-CITY
SOME 5,000 flats and apartment dwellers in Taman Jinjang Baru of
Jinjang Selatan, Kuala Lumpur have yet to receive their strata
titles after 10 years. There are about 1,000 units of low and
medium-cost flats as well as apartments in the area.
Shorten delivery
time 25/05/2004 NST
I, ALONG with many other Malaysians, applaud the
Prime Minister’s call for developers to adopt the build-and-sell
model.
Shocked by condition of new house 25/05/2004 The Star
I HEAVED a sigh of relief when reading your report, “Build and sell”
(The Star, May 22). Perhaps it really is premature to rejoice at our
Prime Minister's statement but all the same it is reassuring that he
is looking into the matter.
Build before you sell makes sense 25/05/2004 NST
"BUILD-before-you-sell" for the builder is
"see-before-you-buy" for the buyer. How many of us would buy a new
car without test driving or at least seeing one? How many of us
would marry without meeting or at least seeing our future life
partner? Yes, I know some do, but that is the exception. One could
buy a house before it is built if he chooses to, but that will
always be an option.
It's a question of risk for housing developers
25/05/2004 NST
I REFER to "Developers concerned about `build
first, sell later' proposal as opposed to `sell first, build
later'," (NST, May 22). The whole idea and reason for choosing a
particular method is risk positioning. In other words, it's a
question of who's taking more risk: consumer or developer. The "sell
first, build later" is the preferred method for developers because
it is less risky; they do not need deep pockets and as long as they
can pre sell 60-70 per cent of the stock, it's a home run.
`Not ready for build-and-sell concept'
25/05/2004 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - The country's economy is not ready to allow for
the immediate implementation of the "build-and-sell" concept in the
housing sector. Real Estate and Housing Developers Association
Malaysia president Datuk Jeffrey Ng Tiong Lip said today such a move
would significantly curtail new housing.
Garis panduan caj selenggara pangsapuri dikemuka
25/05/2004
Utusan
SHAH ALAM 24 Mei - Kerajaan negeri akan mengemukakan satu garis panduan
mengenai caj penyelenggaraan bulanan pangsapuri dan rumah pangsa di negeri
itu supaya kadarnya berpatutan dan tidak boleh dinaikkan dengan sesuka
hati oleh pemaju.
5,000 Jinjang residents seek strata titles
25/05/2004 NST-CITY
SOME 5,000 flats and apartment
dwellers in Taman Jinjang Baru of Jinjang Selatan, Kuala Lumpur have yet
to receive their strata titles after 10 years. There are about 1,000 units
of low and medium-cost flats as well as apartments in the area.
Reprieve for Imbi dwellers
25/05/2004 NST
RESIDENTS of the Jalan Barat flats in Medan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur, can now rest
easy with the assurance that they can continue living in their current
premises until plans to relocate them are finalised. T
Guideline on fees for developers
25/05/2004 The Star
SHAH ALAM: A standard guideline on maintenance fees will be introduced to
developers in the state in a bid to prevent apartment and condominium
dwellers from being charged arbitrarily.
Sabah
housing developers against build first concept
25/05/2004 Daily Express
Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Shareda)
is against the build first, sell later proposal by the Federal Government
for fear developers in Sabah will come into hardship.
Oppose
application, City Hall urged 26/05/2004 The Star
‘Build and
sell’ a great idea 26/05/2004
NST By YIN EE KIONG,
Ipoh
Make it the norm 26/05/2004 NST
A.R.O.Kuala Lumpur
Low-cost apartment woes 26/5/2004 NST
MORE than 100 buyers of low-cost apartments in Taman Saujana Puchong are
in a quandary.
MPSJ to
help flat owners
26/05/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: The Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) will look
into the plight of flat owners who are unable to move into their
low-cost units in Taman Saujana Puchong as there is no electricity
and water supply yet.
Taman Nyalas Permai boleh
diduduki Julai
27/05/2004 BH-TGH
JASIN: Projek rumah kos rendah Taman Nyalas
Permai yang terbengkalai sejak empat tahun lalu, akan siap
sepenuhnya akhir tahun ini. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perumahan dan
Kerajaan Tempatan dan Pengangkutan negeri, Datuk Wira Poh Ah Tiam,
ketika memberikan jaminan itu, berkata 200 pembeli projek itu boleh
mendiami rumah mereka pertengahan tahun depan sebaik saja Sijil
Layak Menduduki (CF) dikeluarkan.
Implement 'build then sell'
concept, says association 28/05/2004 The Sun
Kuala Lumpur: The National House Buyers
Association (HBA) voiced support yesterday for Prime Minister Datuk
Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's suggestion to implement the 'build then
sell' concept.HBA adviser and former Perak CPO Datuk Seri Yuen Suet
Ling said the economy and country's development are mature enough to
implement the concept.
Why `build-and-sell' a better housing plan
28/05/2004
NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - Cases of buyers being left
stranded due to housing projects being abandoned by developers will be a
thing of the past if the "build-and-sell" scheme is adopted by the
Government.
Solid reasons for
‘build-and-sell’ concept
28/05/2004 The Star By Andrew Wan
THE comments by Yin Ee Kiong of Ipoh and A.R.O. of Kuala Lumpur
(NST, May 26) reflect the views of thousands of unhappy housebuyers
who have been cheated by dishonest and errant developers.
Pay 10% of housing
cost as deposit, proposes group 28/05/2004 The Star
Kuala Lumpur: The National House Buyers
Association (HBA) has proposed a variant to the 'build-and-sell'
concept, where buyers will pay 10% of the housing cost as a deposit
for development of the project.
Developers urged to ensure land is pest-free
29/05/2004 NST-PROP
THE Government should amend existing laws to
make it compulsory for developers to ensure that development parcels are
pest-free before constructing properties on them. National House Buyers
Association (HBA) secretary-general Chang Kim Loong said there are
currently no laws that require developers to do so.
A great
idea - but not now 29/05/2004 NST-PROP
Developers believe that building and then selling housing units
will one day become a norm in Malaysia - but not until several key
factors that can affect sustainable economic growth and the national
objective of home ownership are ironed out.
Pembeli kecewa PKNP beri alasan
tidak munasabah
29/05/2004 BH
SAYA, pembeli rumah kos rendah di Taman
Kamunting Bakti kesal kerana projek dikendalikan Perbadanan Kemajuan
Negeri Perak (PKNP) ini terbengkalai. Apa yang menyedihkan adalah
sikap PKNP yang selalu bermain tarik tali dengan pembeli. Segala
alasan yang diberikan tidak munasabah. Lebih menyedihkan lagi
apabila dihubungi pegawainya akan memberikan alasan bahawa rumah
akan siap, masalah dalaman, kontraktor lari dan pelbagai alasan lagi.
A dose of jitters for gated community builders
29/05/2004 NST-PROP
ALWAYS eager to talk about
their "gated and guarded" residential developments previously, developers
contacted about their security arrangements following a recent court
decision related to a break-in at one such community now shy away from
giving comments. Attempts to reach senior managers at housing development
companies that have built or are building gated communities, which have
become a sought- after living environment for the better off and upgraders,
drew more silence than anything else because of the "sensitivity" of the
subject.
Free
your homes of pests
29/05/2004 NST-PROP Eileen Ng
If only we could all be like Joe, the title character of the movie Joe's
Apartment. In the comedy released in 1996, Joe, who's from Iowa, arrives in
New York City with hardly any money.
Build and
sell or sell and build? 30/05/2004
NST-Focus
Concerned about the plight of house buyers in abandoned housing
schemes Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has
indicated that developers may no longer be allowed to sell houses
before they are built.
Advantage to developers, for now 30/05/2004 NST
Housing
and Local Government Minister Datuk Sri Ong Ka Ting recently
declared that errant developers would not be given new licences. Ong
said this was to prevent abandoned projects as well as numerous
other problems faced by house buyers.
Pangsa puri MPSJ diarah sedia mesin pengering 31/05/2004 BH-TGH
SUBANG JAYA: Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) mengarahkan semua pemaju projek pangsapuri dan rumah pangsa menyediakan
mesin pengering pakaian di setiap unit kediaman berkuat kuasa 6 Jun ini.
Yang Dipertua MPSJ, Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan, berkata pemaju perlu
mengemukakan pelan bangunan menunjukkan keseluruhan lakaran dan susun atur
mesin itu sebelum mendapat kelulusan meneruskan pembinaan.
Unhappy flat-owners seek Ministry's help
31/05/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: Disgruntled owners of Taman Saujana Puchong low-cost flats
have taken their case to the Housing and Local Government Ministry. The
former Kampung Michael Chen residents are unhappy that electricity and water
supply have not been connected to their new flats despite already obtaining
the certificate of fitness (CF) three months ago.
