Pemaju lembap punca hak milik strata terperap
01/06/2004 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Ahli
Parlimen Pandan, Datuk Ong Tee Keat akan memantau tiga pemaju perumahan di
kawasan diwakilinya untuk memastikan masalah hak milik strata yang
membabitkan penduduk di kawasan itu diatasi sepenuhnya. Ong yang juga
Timbalan Menteri Belia dan Sukan berkata, pemantauan dibuat terhadap
pemaju perumahan di Pandan Indah, Pandan Jaya dan Pandan Perdana; Taman
Cahaya (bersebelahan Ampang); Taman Lembah Jaya dan Taman Muda.
Pembeli rumah teraniaya patut tubuh jawatankuasa bertindak 01/06/2004
Utusan
Demand means there are buyers 01/06/2004
NST
Pay for infrastructure, or no CF 01/06/2004 The Star
Matter of time before concept
becomes reality 01/06/2004 The Star
Tighter rules for housing industry 01/06/2004 The Sun
Belukar tinggi rumah dikhuatiri
bawa padah 01/06/2004
BH-TGH
Pembeli rugi pemaju, kontraktor terus berbalah
02/06/2004 BH
SAYA antara pembeli rumah Taman Koperasi Guru, Tanah
Liat, Bukit Mertajam dan ahli Koperasi Kesatuan Guru-Guru Melayu Malaysia
Barat Berhad, amat kecewa dan terkilan melihat projek itu yang
terbengkalai. Atap rumah bocor dan keseluruhan pembinaannya pada hemat
saya tidak menampakkan ia projek perumahan kos sederhana yang bernilai
lebih RM100,000
Jumaat dikhususkan kemuka aduan umum
02/06/2004 BH-TGH
KLANG: Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) memperuntukkan Jumaat
pertama setiap bulan sebagai Hari Bertemu Pelanggan dengan ketua jabatan,
mulai minggu ini. Yang Dipertuanya, Mohd Datuk Sharif Yusof, berkata
program itu akan diadakan di ruang legar MPK dan orang ramai boleh
mengemukakan aduan, masalah serta mendapatkan penjelasan atau penyelesaian
berkaitan peraturan, tindakan serta meningkatkan kefahaman sesuatu isu,
pengurusan dan perkhidmatan dibangkitkan.
Housing
developers, too, can gain from build-and-sell concept 02/06/2004 The Star
No
excuse for housing developers not to sell completed houses 02/06/2004
Utusan
Pembeli rugi pemaju, kontraktor terus berbalah 02/06/2004
Berita Harian
Sarawak Says No To Build First, Sell Later Concept 02/06/2004
Bernama
Kelantan exempts taxes to house buyers from outside Kelantan 02/06/2004
Utusan
Displaced residents seek restitution
02/06/2004 NST-CITY
BESRAYA (M) Sdn Bhd has been urged to carry out the low-cost housing
project for 239 households of Kampung Tai Yew, Sungai Besi. The
residents moved out of the village in 1998 due to a highway project
and had waited for their replacement houses to be built for six
years but to date, nothing had been done on the land designated for
the purpose.
Wakil rakyat janji selesaikan aduan
03/06/2004 BH-TGH
ALOR GAJAH: Belukar setinggi dua meter yang
menyelubungi kawasan pembinaan perumahan Taman Intekma di depan kampus
Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Lendu di sini akan dibersihkan dalam
tempoh terdekat ini untuk mengelak sebarang kejadian tidak diingini.
Kerajaan negeri juga bercadang untuk meneruskan projek pembinaan Taman
Intekma yang terbengkalai sejak lima tahun lalu dengan melantik pemaju
perumahan yang baru.
30 projek tergendala dilaksana semula
03/06/2004 BH
PUTRAJAYA: Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan
mengambil alih Jawatankuasa Projek Terbengkalai yang sebelum ini
diletakkan di bawah pengawasan Jabatan Perdana Menteri (JPM) bagi
membangunkan semula projek terbengkalai di ibu negara. Sebagai permulaan,
kira-kira 30 projek komersial di Kuala Lumpur yang terbengkalai sejak
kegawatan ekonomi 1997 dikenal pasti untuk dilaksanakan semula.
Developer says it has no control over utility supply
03/06/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: Taman Saujana
Puchong residents, who have been complaining about the lack of basic
amenities, were told yesterday that the developer has no control
over utility supply. Talam Corporation's vice-president of customer
service centre, Michael Khor, said Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) meters
had been installed and power supply to the five blocks, comprising 455
units, was delivered after the temporary certificate of fitness was issued
on Jan 14, and March 26.
Pulihkan sekali projek rumah
04/06/2004
BH
`Build more police stations'
04/06/2004
NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - Housing developers should stop complaining about
rising crime and instead include building police stations in their
projects, says Federal CID director Datuk Musa Hassan. He predicts that
sales of houses will improve if there is a police presence in the area.
The serviced alternative
05/06/2004
NST-PROP
IS there a difference between the serviced apartments visitors to
the country stay in as an alternative to conventional hotel accommodation
and those that developers build in commercial sites and market as homes?
The National Property Information Centre (Napic), a unit of the Ministry
of Finance's Valuation and Property Services Department, believes there is
and it rests on the fact that, unlike the hotel alternative, those in the
latter category are issued with individual strata titles and offered for
sale to the market at large.
Supporting the ideal approach 05/06/2004
NST-PROP
THE National House Buyers Association (HBA) lauds Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's suggestion that developers
should build-then- sell and "have funds in hand before embarking on
projects". We are touched by his concern "that people who had paid for
houses later found the project abandoned".
Builder’s name change delays strata titles 07/06/2004 The Star
Don't pass burden of fees to residents 07/06/2004 The Star
The merits and demerits of build-and-sell concept 07/06/2004 The Star
Laws
on service apartments
07/06/2004 The Star
Rumah murah terbengkalai dijangka siap akhir
Disember
08/06/2004 BH-TGH
22 property developers blacklisted
08/06/2004 NST
THE Housing and Local Government Ministry has blacklisted 22
property developers and deferred approval of licences for 29 others for
failing to adhere to provisions in the relevant by-laws. Minister Datuk
Seri Ong Ka Ting said those blacklisted were companies with abandoned
projects.
22 developers lose licences, 29 blacklisted by
Ministry
08/06/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR:
Twenty-nine housing developers in the country have been blacklisted by the
Housing and Local Government Ministry for various offences, including
repeated complaints from buyers. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said that another 22 developers have had their licences suspended by the Ministry.
22 pemaju perumahan gagal siap projek disenaraihitam 08/06/2004
Utusan
SPNB completes with CF 23 abandoned housing
projects 08/06/2004
Utusan
SPNB pulih 23 projek perumahan terbengkalai 08/06/2004 Berita Harian
38 projek terbengkalai RM2
bilion di KL dipulihkan
08/06/2004 BH
PUTRAJAYA: Kementerian Wilayah
Persekutuan akan melonggarkan syarat pembangunan bagi memulihkan 38
projek terbengkalai di ibu negara bernilai kira-kira RM2 bilion,
termasuk membenarkan pertukaran status asal projek berkenaan. Selain
itu, kementerian berkenaan melalui Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur
(DBKL) membenarkan pemaju lain mengambil alih projek terbabit atau
melakukan secara usaha sama.
Work to
resume on five stalled projects in KL
08/06/2004
1,000 mengadu belum ada hak milik strata
08/06/2004 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Kira-kira 1,000 pemilik unit rumah pangsa Taman Indah
Kepong mengadu masih belum mempunyai hak milik strata walaupun sudah menghuni
perumahan itu sejak 10 tahun lalu. Sehingga kini dua blok rumah pangsa 10
tingkat membabitkan 333 unit, satu blok rumah pangsa 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.
Concern over unchecked river project
08/06/2004 NST-CITY
OWNERS of flats and houses in the Linear City One housing project along Old
Klang Road are worried that the current widening and deepening of the Klang
River beside their properties is compounding the flood problems in the area.
They claim that the contractor hired by the Drainage and Irrigation Department
(DID) to undertake the work is partly to blame for the problem.
Pemaju ingkar arahan TTPR
09/06/2004 Harian Metro
KUALA LUMPUR: Pelaksanaan undang-undang Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli
Rumah (TTPR) yang didakwa tidak telus, dipercayai menyebabkan
kira-kira 48 pembeli rumah Taman Fadason Jinjang Utara, di Jalan
Kepong, dekat sini, tidak mendapat pampasan daripada pemaju.
Residents: Building is tilting
10/06/2004 The Star
Residents worry
over water seeping through wall cracks
10/06/2004 The Star
House buyers lose out as tribunal has no bite 10/06/2004 The Star
The inability of the Housing Tribunal to enforce compensation has caused some
house buyers of Taman Fadason in Jinjang Utara, Kuala Lumpur, to lose their
confidence in the body.
'Give
housing tribunal full court powers'
10/06/2004 The Sun
KUALA LUMPUR: The Tribunal for Home Buyers Claims should be given full court
powers, including the right to seize property, issue stop-work orders and stop
development licences.
Property sector looks promising
11/06/2004 The Star
THE overall outlook for the local property sector this year is promising, except
for concerns on potential surplus in residential units.
RM2bil
worth of projects in KL stalled 11/06/2004 The Star
A TOTAL of 38 development projects in Kuala Lumpur costing RM2bil are
currently at a standstill. Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Mohd Isa
Abdul Samad revealed the figures during a press conference on abandoned
projects in the city at his office in Putrajaya.
Integrity a key factor
11/06/2004 NST
FOR the past 25 years I have been indirectly involved in
property development (though not as a developer) and from my observation
the success or failure of any development hinges on the integrity of the
board of directors, the chief executive officer and senior managers of the
development company. Not all developers are irresponsible but some are
mere promoters who are neither the landowner nor the financier of housing
projects.
Buy now, see later
12/06/2004 NST-PROP
IT may not occur to many house buyers in Malaysia that it takes a lot of
trust to buy property that they have never seen before. But this is what happens
every day in this country - the majority of homebuyers are so used to the idea
of buying a property that is no more than a show unit that they don't stop to
think this can be unnerving to others. In many parts of the world, and in the Asean region, houses are built before they are offered for sale. This is not the
case in Malaysia, where the reverse occurs because demand for residential
property is high.
Apartmen ditampal masih retak
12/06/2004 BH-TGH
PETALING JAYA: Mangsa ribut di apartmen Desa Mentari Februari
lalu tidak puas hati dengan mutu kerja pembaikan rumah mereka yang masih retak,
menyebabkan ada di antaranya trauma setiap kali hujan lebat sehingga berlari
turun ke tingkat bawah. Mereka berkata, walaupun sudah ditampal simen, masih ada
bahagian apartmen itu yang retak manakala atap zink yang digunakan bagi
menggantikan bumbung rosak, diragui keselamatannya.
Syor kerajaan ambil alih projek DBKL
12/06/2004 BH
SAYA adalah pembeli rumah pangsa kos sederhana projek perumahan rakyat Dewan
Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) Taman Setapak Jaya Baru berdekatan Wangsa Maju
pada 1999. Sebanyak 700 unit kos rendah dan sederhana rumah pangsa ini
sepatutnya siap pada 2002. Difahamkan, jualan projek ini amat laris dengan
80 peratus unit habis dijual.
Well-protected, or not?
12/06/2004 The Sun By Jacqueline Ann
Surin
AT FIRST GLANCE, it would seem that consumer rights in Malaysia are already
adequately protected by legislation.
Number of low-cost homes falls short
14/06/2004 The Star
Kuala Lumpur: The number of low-and medium-cost houses which were completed
in Johor was far below the state's five-year target under the Seventh
Malaysia Plan.
Step in the right
direction
14/06/2004 NST
I SUPPORT the House Buyers Association's view point (NST
June 5). Indeed, the urgent need to address the perennial problem of
abandoned housing projects is long overdue.
Developers should take heed of PM’s ‘build, then sell’ proposal
14/06/2004 NST By AMIRUDIN MAT PIAH, Subang
Jaya
MALAYSIAN housing developers should take heed of the Prime Minister’s
proposal to "build first, sell later".
Residential projects need
looking into
15/06/2004 NST
WHILE the Federal Territories Ministry's recent efforts to revive abandoned
commercial projects within Kuala Lumpur is commendable, the ministry should
also look at abandoned residential projects within Kuala Lumpur. We are
purchasers of low-cost and medium-cost apartments in Taman Setapak Jaya Baru
located near Wangsa Maju in 1999, a privatised residential project by DBKL.
It was supposed to be completed by 2002.
Strong old flats
to be retained, Dewan Negara told
15/6/2004 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR June 15 - Flats built more than 20 years ago will be retained
if their structures remained solid, the Dewan Negara was told Tuesday.
Court rules for
housebuyers
15/06/2004 The Sun
PUTRAJAYA: More than 6,000 house buyers who have ruled cases against
developers with the Housing Tribunal can sigh with relief. The Federal
Court ruled yesterday that the tribunal can hear and determine cases
involving sale and purchase agreements signed before Dec I, 2002.
Federal Court rules in favour of house buyers 15/06/2004 NST
The Federal Court today affirmed the Court of Appeal decision that
the Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims has jurisdiction to hear and
adjudicate cases where the sale and purchase agreements were signed
before Dec 1, 2002.
Housebuyers' rights endorsed 15/06/2004 The Star
Putrajaya: The Federal Curt handed down yesterday a landmark
judgment endorsing the rights of owners of housing units bought
before December 2002 to file claims with the Homebuyers Claims
Tribunal.
Board to help ease
woes of condo owners 15/6/2004 The Star
Ong:
Court’s decision a victory for housebuyers 15/06/2004 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Court’s decision is a victory for all
housebuyers in the country, said Housing and Local Government
Minister Datuk Ong Ka Ting.
Tribunal ada
kuasa dengar tuntutan pembeli rumah 15/06/2004
Utusan
PUTRAJAYA 14 Jun - Mahkamah Persekutuan hari ini memutuskan bahawa Tribunal
Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah mempunyai bidang kuasa mengikut peruntukan Akta
Pemaju Perumahan (Kawalan dan Pelesenan) bagi mendengar tuntutan pembeli
rumah melibatkan perjanjian jual beli sebelum 1 Disember 2002.
Minister welcomes
Federal Court decision on homebuyer claims tribunal 15/06/2004
Utusan
Penghuni masih
was-was
15/06/2004 HM
PETALING JAYA: Meskipun, tragedi bumbung runtuh di
apartmen Desa Mentari sudah empat bulan berlalu, penghuninya masih
tidak selamat. Ini berikutan, penghuni terbabit masih tidak
diberitahu punca sebenar kejadian itu berlaku serta sejauh mana
tahap keselamatan dan jaminan kawasan perumahan itu masih selamat
diduduki.
Developer: 15 buyers received late delivery charges 16/06/2004 The Star
FADASON Holdings Sdn Bhd has paid the compensation awarded by the
Housing Tribunal to 15 Taman Fadason housebuyers for late delivery
of their units. The developer is waiting for a judicial review in
another 41 cases.
66 pemaju gagal
bayar pampasan akan didakwa
16/06/2004 Utusan Laporan HABIBAH OMAR
KUALA LUMPUR 15 Jun - Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan akan
mendakwa 66 pemaju perumahan di negara ini kerana gagal membayar pampasan
seperti yang diputuskan Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah (TTPR) dalam jangka
masa yang ditetapkan. Menterinya, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting berkata, ia
melibatkan jumlah pampasan sebanyak RM2.72 juta bagi 249 kes.
Arah percepat dakwa 66 pemaju langgar keputusan TTPR
16/06/2004 HM
KEPUTUSAN Mahkamah Persekutuan memutuskan Tribunal Tuntutan
Pembeli Rumah (TTPR) mempunyai bidang kuasa mendengar dan membuat keputusan kes
perjanjian jual beli yang ditandatangani sebelum 1 Disember 2002 ternyata
melegakan pembeli rumah. Bagi Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan pula,
keputusan itu akan dijadikan `lesen' untuk menyegerakan tindakan tegas termasuk
mendakwa pemaju perumahan yang didapati melanggar keputusan TTPR.
Ruling paves way for action against errant
developers
16/06/2004 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Yesterday's Federal Court ruling favouring the Tribunal for Homebuyers Claims has paved the way for action to be
taken against developers who continue to ignore the tribunal's rulings. Housing
and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said the decision had put
an end to the dispute over the rights of house buyers.
Wong charged with
holding top posts while a bankrupt
16/06/2004 NST
Ministry's support for renovation of old low-cost flats
16/06/2004 NST
THE Housing and Local Government Ministry is prepared to extend
technical and advisory support to State Governments or local
authorities to carry out renovations on low-cost flats built between
10 and 20 years ago. Its Minister, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, said
maintenance of the flats was the responsibility of the two parties
Provide termite treatment ,builders told
16/06/2004 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Housing developers should provide termite control
systems to buyers to ensure that the properties are pest-free, said the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
Just
pay up, Ong tells errant developers
18/06/2004 The Sun By Ng Kee Seng
Kuala Lumpur: Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong
Ka Ting says he does not want to be bothered by errant developers
who have been taken up to the Housing Tribunal by house buyers.
Strata problems persist
19/06/2004 NST-PROP
Unsold stock
still of concern
19/06/2004 NST-PROP
50 setinggan `tertipu'
19/06/2004 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Lebih 50 penduduk setinggan Medan Idaman di Jalan Gombak Batu
5, dekat sini, mendakwa kerugian RM60,000 seorang kerana terpaksa membayar sewa
rumah dalam tempoh 10 tahun kerana Rumah Kos Rendah (RKR) yang dijanjikan pemaju
ketika berpindah dari tanah masing-masing masih belum ditunaikan. Penduduk
berkenaan ditawarkan RKR bagi membolehkan pemaju membangunkan tanah berkenaan.
Developers exhaust appeal process
19/06/2004 NST
Building and living responsibly in the
city 19/06/2005 Sunday Times
P.Pinang Bina Lebih Banyak Rumah Mampu Milik
21/06/2004 Bernama
Buyers want govt to revive project
21/06/2004 MM
NIBONG TEBAL: A group of 290 housebuyers of Taman
Putri Gunung and Taman Kasawari in Simpang Ampat, near here is appealing to the
State Government to help revive its abandoned housing projects. Housebuyers
pro-tem committee chairman Michael Tan said they had sent a letter to Syed
Amerrudin Syed Ahmad, the Penang Housing, Culture, Arts and Heritage chairman,
to look into their plight.
Pemaju diingat tidak guna batu bata
bercampur toksik
bharian.com.my 21/6/2004
Bina rumah pasang siap dikaji
21/06/2004 BH
KEPALA BATAS: Kerajaan akan meminta sebuah syarikat pemaju
hartanah untuk membuat kajian terperinci mengenai konsep pembinaan rumah pasang
siap yang mampu mengurangkan penggunaan tenaga buruh, di samping menjimatkan kos.
Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, berkata jika terbukti konsep
itu mampu mengurangkan penggunaan tenaga buruh dan menjimatkan kos, kerajaan
mempraktikkan penggunaannya dalam pembinaan rumah di negara ini.
Mastika
II residents want cement plant to be shifted
22/06/2004 The Star
5 tahun tunggu projek Green View
belum siap 22/06/2004
Berita Harian
Court Grants Leave To Highland Towers Residents To
Cross-appeal
22/06/2004 Bernama.com
PUTRAJAYA, June 22 (Bernama) -- The Federal Court here Tuesday
granted leave to 73 residents of the Highland Towers condominium to
cross-appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision on the
apportionment of liability to the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council
(MPAJ) in their negligence suit.
Negligent
developers may face blacklisting
22/06/2004 The Star
Bangunan tidak siap sarang jenayah
22/06/2004 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Kewujudan banyak bangunan terbengkalai sekitar ibu kota bukan
saja menjejaskan pemandangan di kalangan pelancong, malah merencatkan
matlamat Kuala Lumpur mencapai status bandar raya bertaraf dunia seperti
London, New York dan Tokyo. Lebih membimbangkan, ada sesetengah bangunan itu
menjadi `sarang' penagih dadah, yang menyemarakkan kegiatan jenayah seperti
curi, ragut dan pecah rumah
Taman Amir Makmur masih tunggu CF
22/06/2004
Berita
Leave to appeal allowed in Highland Towers case
23/6/22004 The Star
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court granted the 73 residents and owners of
Blocks Two and Three of Highland Towers leave to appeal against the
Court of Appeal's decision on the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council's
(MPAJ) post-collapse liability.
Adopt
standard practice
23/06/2004 NST
IT'S all right to sell
and build. The only issue is the protection of a house buyer's
money. This can be done by holding all payments in escrow and only
releasing the money to developers when the house and title are
transferred to the buyer. This standard practice adopted in many
countries has not stifled competition nor has it caused prices to go
up. Sad to say, the Malaysian housing industry has been a case of
"never have so few been allowed to cheat so many innocent house
buyers so much for so long".
Residents
call for improved security
23/06/2004 The Star
Projek tidak siap cemar imej negeri: MB
23/06/2004 Berita Harian
SEREMBAN: Syarikat swasta yang melaksanakan projek hartanah di
negeri ini diberi amaran segera menyelesaikan apa juga masalah yang
menyebabkan projek mereka terbengkalai kerana keadaan itu memberi
kesan tidak baik kepada negeri.Menteri Besar, Datuk Mohamad Hasan,
berkata projek terbengkalai terutama di kawasan bandar bukan saja
memberi kesan buruk kepada persekitaran tetapi boleh menjejaskan
potensi pelaburan negeri di kaca mata pelabur.
Penang the only State with Strata
Title Board
24/06/2004 NST
Pemaju kaut untung berganda
sebelum projek terbengkalai 24/06/2004 BH
SETIAP kali pembeli mengeluh
projek rumah terbengkalai disebabkan pemaju menghilangkan diri, saya
amat tersentuh. Daripada hasil tinjauan, saya ingin mendedahkan
sebenarnya pemaju yang mendakwa gulung tikar akibat menanggung
kerugian, mengaut keuntungan berlipat ganda sebelum menghilangkan
diri.
Speed up white paper on CF:
Abdullah
25/06/2004 The Sun
Govt Proposal To Abolish CF Will
Eliminate Bureaucracy
26/06/2004
Bernama
Govt Wants To Abolish CF, Says
Abdullah
26/06/2004
Bernama
Trust to replace CFs,
says Abdullah
26/06/2004 The Star
Kerajaan cadang mansuh CF
26/06/2004
Utusan
Belum ada pemaju perumahan
dihukum
26/06/2004 BH
BERITA projek rumah terbengkalai di Negeri Sembilan
khususnya di Pasir Panjang merugikan 320 pembeli, tetapi reaksi
kerajaan amat membingungkan. Saya kira ulasan kerajaan negeri ia
sekadar menjejaskan potensi pelaburan di kaca mata pelabur dan
memberi imej buruk kepada pelancong agak kurang tepat kerana yang
penting apakah tindakan kerajaan mengatasi masalah itu.
House
buyers group fear abuse
27/06/2004 Sunday Star By Lam Li
PETALING JAYA: A group of condominium buyers paid hefty sums for
resort-concept dream homes in Johor but ended up moving into a place where
roads, drainage, plumbing and wiring were incomplete. Another 100 house
buyers in Rawang had neither water nor electricity supply in their new
homes. A house owner in Klang had to face floods whenever it rained heavily
and blamed the shoddy drainage works for the problem.
Groups welcome move to do away with CFs
27/06/2004
NSUNT
KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. - Plans to remove the need to apply for Certificate
of Fitness (CF) and cut the red tape for foreign investors wanting to buy
properties have been welcomed by engineers and real estate agents. Institute of
Engineers Malaysia president Prof Abang Abdullah Abang Ali said the move would
help expedite the process of certifying a building as safe for occupation.
Plugging CF loopholes to protect house buyers
28/06/2004 The Star
Not in buyers' best interest ,says
HBA
28/06/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: The House Buyers Association (HBA) is concerned over
potential abuses arising from architects being empowered to issue building
certificates. Its secretary general, Chang Kim Loong, said yesterday that
doing away with the Certificate of Fitness requirements by the' local
authorlties may not be in the best interest of the public
'No-CF plan may put buyers at risk'
28/06/2004 The Sun
Architects all for it
28/06/2004 Malay Mail
No rush to abolish CFs, says Ka Ting
28/06/2005
NST
Strata titles: Developers have the upper hand
28/06/2005
NST
120 years of surveying
and mapping the nation 28/06/2005
NST
Check fire prevention equipment, owners told
29/06/2004 The Star
Condo
residents worry about eroding slope
29/06/2004 The Star
Housing tribunal can hear claims
above RM25,000
29/06/2004 The Sun
"Engineers architects will not sell
out"
29/06/2004 The Sun
Proceed with caution
29/06/2004 NST By B.J. Fernandez
WHILE the Government's
efforts to remove the Certificate of Fitness process is laudable, it is
necessary to proceed with caution in placing the trust wholly in the private
sector. The question is not whether the Government can trust the private
sector but whether the public, or housebuyer to be precise, can trust these
firms and their people.
Tighten rules
29/06/2004 NST By R.J. Noel
I REFER to the proposed
abolition of CF for occupation of newly-completed buildings and houses (NST,
June 26). The CF is the last protection for house buyers from an industry
riddled with corruption, errant developers, corner-cutting contractors and
bankers.
Proposals to make local authorities
more efficient
29/06/2004 Utusan
New Regulations
For Engineers And Architects, Says Samy Vellu
29/06/2004
Bernama
Penang acts to
revive 17 projects
29/06/2004 The Star
Two
serviced apartment projects in KL resuscitated
29/06/2004 theedgedaily.com
Tribunal empowered to hear RM25,000+ claims
30/06/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: The Tribunal For Homebuyer Claims will be empowered to
handle claims related to the sale and purchase of houses exceeding RM25,000,
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said
Ong: Ceiling to
be raised
30/06/2004 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The RM25,000 ceiling for claims awarded to aggrieved
housebuyers by the Tribunal For Homebuyer Claims will be raised under
proposed amendments to the Housing Development Act. Housing and Local
Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, who disclosed this yesterday,
however, did not reveal the new ceiling.
Taman Fadason folk want developer to act
on complaints
30/06/2004 NST-CITY
RESIDENTS of Taman Fadason in Jinjang Utara, Kepong,
want their numerous complaints regarding their flats resolved by their developer
immediately. Kepong MP Dr Tan Seng Giaw said the residents had complained that a
host of problems arose after taking possession of their units.
Still waiting after
10 years
30/06/2004 The Star By Siow Yuen Ching
RESIDENTS of the 200-unit Taman Tegoh apartment in Mount Erskine,
Penang, are at their wit's end after waiting for more than 10 years
to solve their strata title problem. Taman Tegoh pro-tem
management committee chairman John Ow said the residents moved into
the two-block apartments, situated at Gerbang Erskine, in 1994.
Fire in flat:
Find out what happened, says Ka Ting
30/06/2004 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Find out what happened and who was
responsible, said a shocked Housing and Local Government Minister
Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting. He expressed sadness and concern that the
family of three who had died in a fire in their new three-room flat
had been allowed to move in even before basic facilities were in
place
Residents want
City Hall to replace fire hoses
30/06/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: A day after the death of a family three at the City
Hall Block C low cost flats in Taman Wahyu residents are wondering
if Ramachandran and his family would be around if the fire hoses at
the flats were in place. While residents lament the untimely death
of Ramachandran, they also despair at what could happen if there was
another fire in the low-cost flat.
Family of six
trapped by locked grille in flat fire
30/06/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: On Jan 14, 2001, six members of a family died
after they were trapped in their flat in a pre-dawn fire at the Sri
Kelantan Flat in Sentul here. The six were caught behind a locked
grille while neighbours frantically tried to save them.
`Authorities
must maintain equipment'
30/06/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: Ask the residents of City hall flats about the
fire-fighting equipment there and they may laugh at you. More often
than not, such equipment are missing one or two important
components, like the brass nozzles or the hose itself. At some
flats, the boxes for the fire extinguishers are empty.
Two housebuyers file suit for
refund from developer
30/06/2004 NST
SHAH ALAM, Tues. - Two housebuyers who
failed to get their home despite paying more than half the purchase
price today sued the developer for a refund of their money. M.
Mohanadas, 29, and joint purchaser M. Gaury, 29, sued Brisdale
Holdings Berhad at the High Court for failing to deliver vacant
possession of a RM138,800 double-storey terrace house in West Port
Tech Zone, Pulau Indah, Klang, by July 12, 1999, the agreed date of
delivery.
