Owners told to form pre-management
corporations early
01/07/2004 The Star
Fatal
`safekeeping' move
01/07/2004 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - When residents at Taman Wahyu flats tried to
douse a fire on Monday, they could not find a hose or a nozzle. They
could only watch in despair as a family of three perished as their
low-cost flat was engulfed in flames. Today, they found out why the
hose and nozzle was missing: It had been removed and stored by the
City Hall to prevent vandalism.
Some
professionals cannot be trusted
01/07/2004 NST
CF: Arkitek
bukan penyelesaian
01/07/2004 BH
AKTA Pemaju Perumahan (Pindaan) 2002 yang baru dan pindaan kepada Undang-
Undang Kecil Bangunan Seragam 1984 untuk mempercepatkan pengeluaran Sijil Layak
Menduduki (CF). Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan juga menubuhkan
pusat sehenti untuk mengurangkan kerenah birokrasi dalam permohonan dan
pengeluaran CF.
Build safely on a moral foundation
01/07/2004
The Sun
Mas
flat residents face erosion woes
01/07/2004 NST-CITY
RESIDENTS of Cheras Mas flats, Km16, Cheras are worried about their safety as
construction work beside the flats has caused serious erosion to the flats'
retaining walls. The low-cost flats, which have been occupied since 1991,
consists of two blocks, with each block having 100 units.
Doing away with CF can spell other woes
01/07/2004The Sun
Don't let project engineers issue CFs 01/07/2004 The Star
The AGM conundrum
02/07/2005 The Star
New developer for
abandoned project
02/07/2004The Star By K. ANURADHA
THE abandoned Serdang Perdana Section 5 mixed development project
will no longer be an eyesore to the public as another developer is
taking over.
Tunggu
rumah murah bagai buah tak gugur
02/07/2004 BH-TGH
SHAH ALAM: Pembeli rumah kos rendah di Bukit Rimau, Seksyen 32 di sini, bosan
dengan sikap dolak-dalih pemaju yang memberikan pelbagai alasan kelewatan
penyiapan rumah itu yang kini menjangkau lebih setahun. Mereka menganggap
syarikat pemaju yang berpejabat di Bandar Tun Razak itu sebagai tidak
bertanggungjawab, menyebabkan rumah yang ditunggu bagai `buah tak gugur'
sehinggakan pembeli seolah-olah terpaksa mengemis untuk mendapat rumah sendiri.
Fire
Department: Taman Wahyu flats issued CF
01/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department yesterday ascertained
that the Taman Wahyu 1 flat in Jinjang Utara, in which three people burnt to
death on Monday, had been given a certificate of fitness for occupation (CF).
Its director Mahadi Mat Ali said the flat, under the Government public housing
scheme, was given the CF last year before the residents moved in and the units
were already supplied with electricity.
Missing
hose kept away to stop theft!
01/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: The mystery of the missing fire hose at the City Hall Block C
flats in Taman Wahyu has been solved. The hose was kept in the cleaners'
quarters and this came to light yesterday when Housing and Local Government
Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said that the hose was put away by City Hall to
prevent theft or damage by vandals.
Isa:
Install hose reels at low cost flats
01/07/2004 MM
PUTRAJAYA: The Government will direct that all public low-cost housing flats be
installed with hose reels to prevent a recurrence of last Sunday's fire at Taman
Wahyu I in Jinjang, killing a couple and their son. Federal Territories Minister
Tan Sri Mohamed Isa Abdul Samad said previously the flats only had a water pipe
system from a tank known as "down comer."
Ensure
fire-fighting equipment are in working order: Ong
01/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: All local authorities have been instructed to ensure that
fire-fighting equipment at highrise buildings are in good working order and be
made easily accessible to the public, with immediate effect. The directive came
from the Housing and Local Government Ministry yesterday, after reports that the
hose and nozzle of the wet riser at Block C of the City Hall low-cost flats in
Taman Wahyu, Jinjang, where R. Ramachandran and his family were killed in a
fire, were `locked away for safekeeping' to deter vandals.
City Hall
to investigate fire that killed family
02/07/2004 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - Kuala Lumpur City Hall is conducting its own
investigation into the fire that killed a family of three at Taman Wahyu 1
People's Housing Project. Kuala Lumpur Datuk Bandar Datuk Mohammad Shaid Mohd
Taufek said his investigation team was gathering the information to be submitted
to the Housing and Local Government Ministry tomorrow.
More education on fire-fighting needed: Fomca
02/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: We see them along corridors and escape routes. We know what they
are for but how many of us know how to use them? We are talking about fire
extinguishers. Professor Datuk Hamdan Adnan of the Federation of Malaysian
Consumers Association (Fomca) said the authorities should address this problem
in their bid to prevent a recurrence of the Taman Wahyu low-cost flats fire that
claimed the lives of a family of three last Monday.
Call for
re-design of flats
02/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: Since the fire on Monday, more have spoken out on the issue.
Federal Territory MIC squatter committee chairman V. M Panjamorthy said it was
about time the Government start re-designing low-cost flats as well as apartment
and condominium buildings
Down
comer/hose reels
02/07/2004 MM
DOWN Comers are normally installed at highrise residential buildings. The water
tank is normally on the roof and gravity is used for water flow.
Syor
ubah kaedah CF percepat serah rumah
03/07/2004 BH-TGH
KLANG: Cadangan kerajaan memindahkan tanggungjawab mengeluarkan Sijil Layak
Menduduki (CF) daripada pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) kepada jurutera atau
arkitek profesional akan mempercepatkan tempoh menduduki sesebuah rumah atau
premis kediaman oleh penghuni. Yang Dipertua Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK)
Datuk Mohd Sharif Yusof, berkata langkah itu juga dapat mengelakkan PBT daripada
terus menjadi bahan kecaman jika CF lewat dikeluarkan.
Residents
still waiting for promised funeral hall
02/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: The Bandar Tun Razak Sri Kota flats residents have yet to
see the funeral hall promised them by the authorities. The residents need space
to hold wake for their dead at the flats and this was made more poignant when
three of its residents were killed in a van crash in Ayer Keroh on June 29.
MP
brings up Taman Fadason incidents to City Hall 03/07/2004 The Star
Kepong MP Dr Tan Seng Giaw met City Hall officials on June 29 to
discuss the collapse of a wall in one of the units of Taman
Fadason flats in Jinjang Utara, and the appearance of cracks in
several other units.
Chilling reminder
03/07/2004 NST
IN a macabre twist of fate, a family perished in a fire that could
have been fought with equipment put away for safe-keeping from
vandals. Now the authorities are investigating what caused the fire
at Taman Wahyu 1 People's Housing Project, and why the fire-fighting
equipment was not where it was supposed to be. Call it bad judgment
on someone's part but, without meaning to vindicate whoever it was,
he was not wholly to blame. For if Malaysians did not have such a
horrendous history of vandalism and poor maintenance of public
property, the authorities, in this case Kuala Lumpur City Hall,
would not have had to resort to that. Malaysians do not know how to
appreciate what we have been given. We break and destroy public
property simply because it is not ours. Just look around. We have
rubbish bins but we don't use them properly, if at all. Instead we
break or steal them. We have public phones but we render them
useless. We have nice scenic parks but we spoil them with our own
stamp of abuse. We just cannot be trusted with public property. It's
as if we are driven to destruction.
City Hall to
fix rubber fire hoses in public flats
03/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur City Hall has been directed to
immediately install rubber fire hoses in each of the 60 blocks of
flats built under the Public Housing Project scheme. Federal
Territory Minister Tan Sri Isa Abdul Samad said the measure was
taken to prevent the reccurence of the recent fire at Taman Wahyu 1
in Jinjang Utara, Kepong, which claimed three lives.
Displaced residents seek completion of "guaranteed" flats
05/07/2004 NST
IDAMAN Putra Condominium Residents' Association chairman Albert Lee
led a group of residents in an amicable meeting with Medan Idaman
Sdn Bhd general manager K.S. Chai, recently to discuss a "Letter of
Guarantee" dated April 28, 1994 from the developer.
Assessment fee too high, say residents
05/07/2004 The Star
Residents at the newly occupied low medium-cost apartment at Gat Lebuh Macallum
are crying foul over the high assessment fee fixed by the Penang Municipal
Council.
Flat owners seek legal aid from govt
05/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: Forty two flat owners at Fadason Park in Jinjang Utara, Kepong,
are seeking help from the Housing and Local Government Ministry to provide a
lawyer to represent them in a High Court case here on Sept 29.
House buyers in a quandary over developer's suit
05/07/2004 THE SUN
KUALA LUMPUR: Taman Fadason house buyers want representatives from
the government to
speak for them in a court case brought against them by developer
Fadason Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd.
Pemaju
bina semula flet Pekeliling mungkin ditukar
05/07/2004 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan akan menawarkan projek pembangunan
semula rumah pangsa Pekeliling Jalan Tun Razak kepada pemaju lain jika pemaju
sebelum ini tidak berminat. Menterinya, Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, berkata
kerajaan merancang pembangunan semula rumah pangsa berkenaan yang mempunyai satu
bilik kerana tidak lagi sesuai untuk didiami keluarga yang ramai.
Selesaikan segera masalah rumah retak Taman Puchong Intan
05/07/2004
Utusan Malaysia
Saudara Pengarang, SEBENARNYA dari peringkat awal, saya tidak
berniat untuk membawa masalah kami kepada perhatian media.
Hold back final payment to developers 05/07/2004 The Star
Don't relinquish CF control
05/07/2004 NST
By J.N. I READ with grave
concern that the Housing and Local Government Ministry intends to cut red
tape in the application and issuance of CFs. I have just moved into a new
house in Sungai Buloh. It has been issued with a CF, but the workmanship
is poor.
Tribunal to hear grouses outside Klang Valley
06/07/2004 The Star
Developer says it paid in full
for late delivery, not 20% less 06/07/2004 The Sun
PETALING JAYA: Developer Fadason Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd yesterday refuted
allegations that it paid buyers of low-medium- cost houses in its Permata
Fadason project in Kepong 20% less than what it should have given them for
late deliver.
`Blame
the grilles, not City Hall'
06/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: The absence of the nozzle and fire hose from the third floor
of the Taman Wahyu low-cost housing scheme in Jinjang was NOT the reason
that led to the fiery death of a family of three on June 28. Kuala Lumpur
Datuk Bandar Datuk Mohmad Shaid Mohd Taufek said: "Even if the nozzle and
fire hose were there, the residents would not have been able to use it as it
is a powerful gadget which only firemen are trained to handle. Even if they
had the gadget, they would not have been able to use it if the firemen were
not there."
PM: Public interest
comes first 06/07/2004 The Star
PUTRAJAYA: The proposed abolition of the certificate of fitness (CF)
requirement for new buildings will in no way compromise the people’s
interest and the safety of buildings, Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.
Assign fair share of accountability to all parties 06/07/2004 The Star
I READ with interest the
proposal by our Prime Minister to do away with CFs, and to have the
completion of houses certified by professionals instead. It is a
very good proposal, deserving consideration by all. It takes care of
the following issues which have been dogging the housing industry:
Left in a lurch after compensation award 07/07/2004
NST
By Suryani Dalip
FORTY-TWO buyers of medium-cost condominiums at Taman Fadason, Jinjang Utara
want Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting to personally
handle their problems. He has been given until Saturday to resolve the matter.
3,248 Abandoned Service Apartment
Projects Revived 07/07/2004 Bernama.com
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 (Bernama) -- A total of 3,248 service apartment
projects which had remained abandoned for 13 years since 1990 have
been revived, Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk
Azizah Mohd Dun said Wednesday.
Fadason
clarifies article on flat owners
07/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: Fadason Holding Sdn Bhd's financial manager D.
Ramalingam has clarified some facts in the article `Flat owners seek
legal aid from Government' published by The Malay Mail on June 5. "Fadason
has 1,100 units of low-cost flats and 728 units of low medium- cost
flats," he said concerning the unhappy 42 flat owners at Fadason
Park in Jinjang Utara, Kepong.
House buyers’ 25 years of agony 08/07/2004 The Star
THERE has been quite a bit of publicity in the media on abandoned
housing projects in Penang. I am one of the victims of these
abandoned projects which dates back to 1979 when the sales and
purchase agreement was signed.
Who Is There To Protect Our Rights? 08/07/2004 Sin Chew Daily Sinchew-i
3,248 pangsapuri perkhidmatan terbengkalai
dipulih
08/07/2004 BH
SEBANYAK 3,248 unit pangsapuri perkhidmatan yang terbengkalai
membabitkan 23,840 pembeli, dipulihkan dalam tempoh 1998 hingga 2003, kata
Timbalan Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun.
Service apartments may have same rights
08/07/2004 NST
SERVICE apartment purchasers may soon enjoy the same
rights as house buyers. The Government is considering
incorporating service apartments under the Housing Developers Act
(Licensing and Controlling) 1966.
Rumah
dijamin selamat untuk didiami
08/07/2004 BH
NAIB Presiden Persatuan Pemborong Binaan Malaysia, Patrick Wong, berkata
teknologi rumah pasang siap mula diperkenalkan di negara ini sekitar 1980- an
yang membabitkan pembinaan perumahan di Seksyen 22, 23 dan 24 di Shah Alam
menggunakan teknologi dari Jepun, manakala rumah kos rendah di Jalan Pekeliling,
Kuala Lumpur pula menggunakan teknologi dari Korea. Bagaimanapun cara berkenaan
pada awalnya tidak digunakan dengan meluas di negara ini kerana membabitkan kos
yang tinggi, khususnya untuk digunakan bagi kawasan perumahan yang agak kecil.
Teknologi
pasang siap untungkan pemaju, pembeli
08/07/2004 BH
BAGI mengurangkan tempoh menunggu bagi memasuki rumah baru, pemaju perumahan
tempatan berpendapat pembinaan secara pasang siap jawapan yang terbaik. Jika
sebelum ini, proses pembinaan rumah mengambil masa lebih dua tahun sebelum sijil
layak menduduki (CF) dapat dikeluarkan kepada pemilik rumah baru, tetapi dengan
teknologi rumah pasang siap ini ia dapat dikeluarkan lebih awal iaitu dua atau
tiga kali ganda lebih cepat daripada prosedur pembinaan yang lazim dilakukan.
Building safely
09/07/2004 NST
Fomca:
Compulsory fire extinguishers plan impractical
09/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: The call to make it compulsory for each home to have at least a
fire extinguisher is not practical, says the Federation of Malaysian Consumers
Associations (Fomca). Fomca president N. Marimuthu said fire extinguishers
should be compulsory at highrises like office blocks or school buildings while
developers were responsible to provide the equipment at residential units like
apartments and flats.
`Use compensation to revive
housing project'
09/07/2004 MM
THE BN Kelana Jaya member Loh Seng Kok has
called on the authorities to use the compensation for land
acquisition to revive Taman Desaria, and abandoned housing project
under TD Management Sdn Bhd. However, TD Management is under
receivership and the project has since been taken over by Syarikat
Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB).
Making safety a priority 10/07/2004
NST-PROP
LASHED by monsoon rains, sun-baked over years of neglect and
ravaged by time, some 38 abandoned projects in Kuala Lumpur alone, costing RM2
billion, still stand a chance to be revived - if the situation improves for
their owners or if they are taken over by white knights.
Building
safe neighbourhoods 10/07/2004 NST-PROP
WITH rising crime rates, such as handbag snatching that is prevalent in
residential areas, it is no surprise that residents in many suburbs have banded
together to keep their neighbourhoods safe.
Councillors defend CF approval by local councils
10/07/2004 The Star
Path to regulation
10/07/2004 NST-PROP
THE serviced apartment is a unique animal in the property development
landscape. Being constructed on land zoned for commercial use has put them
beyond the ambit of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966
(the HDA), but their sale to the public at large as housing accommodation begs
the question as to whether they should be regulated. In selling such properties,
developers have blurred the distinction that once existed between serviced
apartments managed by operators as an alternative to hotel accommodation and
apartments/condominiums that are obviously residential in nature.
Support for serviced apartments laws
10/07/2004 NST-PROP
DEVELOPERS are supportive of the move by the
Federal Government to regulate the sale of serviced apartments. This, they said,
would eliminate unscrupulous companies from undertaking such projects that would
tarnish the image of the industry. S
House of another
colour
10/07/2004
NST-PROP
Sarawak adopts ‘sell first, build later’ policy 11/07/2004 Sunday Star
Board of Engineers ready to scrap the CF
11/07/2004 Sunday Times
Many problems at apartments, say
residents 12/07/2004 The Star
Kecewa gaji dipotong rumah belum
siap
12/07/2004
Utusan
Saudara Pengarang,
SAYA adalah salah seorang pembeli rumah teres kos sederhana setingkat di
Taman Dato Bahaman, Lanchang, Pahang.
Penduduk kecewa flat diduduki tak berkualiti
12/07/2004 Utusan Malaysia
SPNB chief should produce results or resign, says MP 13/07/2004 The Star
Stress on quality, PM tells developers
13/07/2004 The Star
New committee for Brickfields condo
13/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: The owners of Crescent Court in Brickfields have been given the
mandate by the Federal Territory Land Office to hold an extraordinary general
meeting (EGM). This was confirmed by a spokesman for the Land Office's strata
title department yesterday.
Bina rumah
berkualiti mampu dibeli rakyat: Perdana Menteri
13/07/2004 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi mahu pemaju perumahan mengkaji
semula falsafah perumahan dengan matlamat membina rumah berkualiti untuk
kehidupan berkualiti pada harga yang mampu dimiliki rakyat. Perdana Menteri
berkata, pemaju juga perlu meningkatkan pemikiran dalam merancang, mereka bentuk
dan membangunkan kawasan perumahan serta bandar.
Yee to arrange meeting with Minister
13/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: MCA Kepong public service and Government affairs bureau chairman
Yee Poh Ping will approach the Housing and Local Government Ministry to arrange
for a meeting between 42 flat owners from Fadason Park in Jinjang Utara, Kepong,
and its Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting. On July 4, the flat owners made a
public request for the Ministry to provide them a lawyer to represent them
against their developer in a High Court case here on Sept 29.
Crying foul over shoddy workmanship
14/07/2004 NST-CITY
RESIDENTS of several low and medium-cost units at the new Taman Fadason
flats in Jinjang Utara are crying foul over alleged shoddy workmanship at their
homes. They claim that the walls in the 18-storey apartment have cracks and so
does the staircase.
Decision of tribunal not final 14/07/2004 The Star
Rumah dirampas jika gagal bayar
tunggakan
14/07/2004
Utusan Malaysia
7 tahun tunggu rumah siap
15/07/2004 BH
SAYA kakitangan kerajaan telah memeterai perjanjian jual beli rumah
dengan pemaju projek di Taman Seri Abadi Fasa ii, Jalan Kuala Kedah, Alor Setar,
Kedah dengan mendapat pembiayaan Bahagian Pinjaman Perumahan. Perjanjian
ditandatangani pada 1997. Mengikut perjanjian rumah kos sederhana rendah itu
dijangka boleh didiami dalam masa dua tahun.
Siapkan segera pangsapuri Gombak Perdana Villa 15/07/2004
Utusan Malaysia
GOMBAK 14 Julai - Para pembeli pangsapuri Gombak Perdana Villa di sini
mendesak Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan memastikan pemaju
menyiapkan segera projek berkenaan.
10 abandoned housing projects to be revived
15/07/2004 MM
PENANG: Good news for thousands of low-cost housebuyers who are in a
dilemma after the housing projects were abandoned by the developers. The State
Exco in charge of Housing, Culture, Arts and Heritage, Syed Amerrudin Syed
Ahmad, said 10 of such projects would be revived.
Housebuyers are sceptical
15/07/2004 MM
PENANG: The Sri Bayu Project Action Committee is sceptical of the
State
Government's promise that the residents would be able to move into
their
new Sri Bayu apartments homes in Bayan Lepas before Hari Raya.
Pembeli kecewa
rumah dibeli terbengkalai
15/07/2004
Utusan
Saudara Pengarang,
PEMBELI sering mengeluh dengan projek perumahan yang selalu terbengkalai dan
menyusahkan mereka.
Saya adalah salah seorang daripada kakitangan kerajaan yang telah memeterai
perjanjian jual beli rumah dengan pemaju projek di Taman Seri Abadi Fasa II,
Jalan Kuala Kedah, Alor Star, Kedah dengan mendapat pembiayaan Bahagian
Pinjaman Perumahan.
No retrospective powers for Tribunal for Home
Buyers Claims
16/07/2004 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: The
Housing and Local Government Ministry does not plan to amend the Housing
Development Act to provide the Tribunal for Home Buyers Claims with
retrospective powers to deal with cases before Dec 1, 2002. Its Minister Datuk
Seri Ong Ka Ting said he had full faith in the tribunal's jurisdiction to listen
to and pass judgment on sale and purchase agreements signed before December
2002.
11-year wait for home almost over 16/07/2004 The Star
HEAVING a sigh of relief, taxi driver Mat Pozian
Rashid is glad that his 11-year wait for his new home in Bayan Lepas
in Penang is finally drawing to a close.
Mat Pozian, 36, purchased a medium-cost unit at Sri Bayu in Bayan
Lepas in 1993 but had waited in vain for the project to be completed
as it was abandoned in 1994 following financial and management
problems faced by the developer.
Cutting red
tape
16/07/2004 MB
THERE were two major announcements recently aimed at reducing red tape.
The first involved foreigners purchasing properties, while the second related to
the issuance of certificates of fitness (CF) for property projects. In some
ways, these are breakthroughs in the way we do things. In both instances, the
good news is the Government is cutting down on a major obstacle to economic
progress - red tape. Yes, red tape not only breeds corruption and inefficiency,
it also contributes to a whole lot of other malpractices in the public sector.
Le Jarden nafi tidak urus apartmen
17/07/2004 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat pengurusan Kondominium Le Jarden Deluxe, LT Sdn Bhd
(LTSB), menolak dakwaan pihaknya gagal menunaikan tanggungjawab memberi
perkhidmatan terbaik menyelenggara kawasan kediaman itu. Timbalan Naib Presiden
LTSB, Loke Pang Keong, berkata pro rata kutipan caj penyelenggaraan hanya 50
peratus daripada caj yang dibilkan dan ini menyebabkan syarikat berkenaan
menghadapi kesulitan untuk melaksanakan tugas dengan berkesan
Ng suka bantu pembeli rumah
bermasalah 17/07/2004 BH
Residents upset over poor conditions
17/07/2004 MM
JOHOR BARU: The Bukit Chagar flats will be demolished in two or
three years' time, but its residents have other problems to worry
about. They include faulty lifts and suspicious characters lurking
in dark corridors. Vandals and dadah addicts have turned the old
flats into hell for the residents
MDC Proposes
Regulations To Deter Fraudulent Certification 18/07/2004 Bernama.com
Delayed Or Abandoned?
The Home Buyer's Dilemma 18/07/2004
Bernama.com By Santha Oorjitham
KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Bernama) -- Ranjit Singh, victim of what he
believes to be an abandoned housing project, says all home buyers
should support the "build then sell" concept because it would
prevent developers absconding with their money before completing a
project.
Certification of buildings: Developers propose rules
19/07/2004
dailyexpress.com.my
Quality consultants can stand by
19/07/2004 The Sun
Residents associations vital for
dwellers 19/07/2004 The Star
End to power, water woes at Saujana
Puchong flats
19/07/2004 NST-CITY
OWNERS of low-cost apartments in Taman Saujana
Puchong are grateful that their water and electricity woes have been solved.
They were supposed to move into their new units by last September but could not
do so as the units did not have water and electricity supplies.
Support still strong for 'build and sell' concept 19/07/2004 NST
-
Kuala Lumpur, Sun, - Many who have invested in homes only to find
later their housing projects abandoned fervently support the
proposed 'build and sell' concept.
Still waiting for the smarthome
19/07/2005 The Star By Brigitte Rozario
Certification of buildings: Developers
propose rules
19/07/2004 Daily Express
Kota Kinabalu: The Malaysian Developers
Council (MDC) has proposed that the
Government consider enacting new
regulations, incorporating severe
penalties, to deter would-be offenders
from resorting to fraudulent
certification of completed property in
the country.
Deceitful developers in Sabah face stern
action: Yong
19/07/2004 Daily Express
The State Government will closely
monitor property developers in the State
and take appropriate action against
those found to be deceitful or
dishonest, said Local Government and
Housing Assistant Minister Edward Yong
Oui Fah. He said the Local Government
and Housing Ministry would be going
through the files of dishonest
developers on a case-by-case basis and
mete out stern action where necessary.
Residents grouse
about paying upgrading fees 20/07/2004 The Star
Hold
developers accountable 22/07/2004 The Sun
Penghuni dakwa syarikat gagal
selenggara kondo
24/07/2004 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Majlis Pengurusan Kondominium Sri Intan II, kesal dengan sikap pengurusan lama
kondominium yang gagal menjelaskan bil elektrik dan bekalan air sehingga
membebankan pengurusan baru yang mengambil alih kondominium berkenaan.
Pengurusan lama, Crystal Property Management (CPM) didapati gagal membayar bil
elektrik yang kini tertunggak RM27,741 dan bekalan air RM7,692 sejak Mei lalu
dan akan dipotong pada bila-bila masa.
All lifts out in 20-storey apartment
24/07/2004 MM
By Sushma Veera
KUALA LUMPUR: When one lives in a 20-storey apartment building, one
faulty lift is bad news but when you have five lifts that don't work
it must be hell. That is what Brickfields Crescent Court apartment
residents have had to deal with over the last month.
Issues beyond the gates
26/07/2004 The Star
THE case in May this year in which a Sierramas resident successfully sued the
management company after his house was broken into put the glare of the
spotlight on gated and guarded communities. Imake them think twice of the inherent risks of legal suits for various
problems residents face?
Laws for serviced apartments timely 26/07/2004 The Star
Bangi
Perdana folk hire security guards
26/07/2004 NST-CITY
RESIDENTS of Bangi Perdana in Section 3, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor have
engaged a security firm to protect their homes and keep intruders out of the new
housing estate.
Serah kunci rumah tanpa CF bebankan
pembeli
27/07/2004 BH
SAYA, antara beribu-ribu pembeli rumah
berpendapatan sederhana yang mengalami masalah dengan pemaju perumahan. Sudahlah
rumah disiapkan lewat setahun, ia juga masih tidak boleh diduduki walaupun
pemaju sudah menyerahkan kunci. Rumah yang saya beli jenis teres dua tingkat di
Seksyen U10, Shah Alam dengan projek dimajukan syarikat yang agak kukuh.
Stop sinking fund collection
27/07/2004 The Sun
Tremors felt by Tanjung Kupang residents
27/07/2004 MM
23 pemaju
projek terbengkalai dipanggil
28/07/2004 HM
PUTRAJAYA: Semua 23 pemaju yang terbabit dengan pembangunan terbengkalai di
Kuala Lumpur akan dipanggil untuk berbincang mengenai masalah projek berkenaan
bersama Jawatankuasa Pemandu Kajian Mengenai Isu Projek Terbengkalai 2004.
Jawatankuasa yang dipengerusikan Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan, Tan Sri Mohd Isa
Samad, itu akan mendengar masalah sebenar semua pemaju berkenaan dalam mesyuarat
bulan depan.
Flat murah penduduk Medan Idaman
dibina akhir tahun
29/07/2004 BH-TGH
KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat pemaju
perumahan Taman Medan Idaman di Jalan Gombak, Medan Idaman Sdn Bhd bersetuju
membina flat kos rendah kepada penduduk asal di situ selepas hampir 10 tahun
mereka menunggu. Ahli Parlimen Wangsa Maju, Yew Teong Look, berkata pemaju
berkenaan akhirnya akur dengan desakan penduduk Medan Idaman untuk membina flat
kos rendah seperti dalam perjanjian 10 tahun.
47
families to get homes after 10 years
29/07/2004 NST-CITY
AFTER waiting 10 long years, 47 families - promised a low-cost unit each
at the Medan Idaman development in Jalan Gombak - will finally have their homes
albeit in three to four years' time. But instead of the usual high-rise
buildings, the low-cost units will be located in three-storey walk-up flats with
shops on the ground floor.
Sinking funds open to abuse
30/07/2004 The Sun
Up close and personal with
gated-&-guarded communities 30/07/2005
NST-PROP By Gurjit Singh
Don’t be penny wise, fire foolish
31/07/2004 NST
Ethics lie buried in builders' accounts 31/07/2004 The Sun
Management problems the root of
Crescent Court residents’ woes
31/07/2004 The
Star
