Are the professionals up to it? 01/08/2004 NST
       
      
      
      Penduduk tunggu 34 tahun belum dapat CF  
      02/08/2004 HM  
      
      City Hall 
      to repair, upgrade fire fighting equipment 
      02/08/2004 NST
      KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. - City Hall will be spending RM8 million 
      to repair and upgrade reel hoses and other fire fighting equipment in all 
      of the 105 Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) flats here. Federal Territories Minister 
      Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad said the repair works would be carried out in 
      stages from next year.
      
      
      Cave-in gives residents sleepless nights 02/08/2004 NST
       
      
      RM8m for 
      additional fire-fighting equipment for flats 
      02/08/2004 MM
      KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has allocated RM8 million to 
      install new hose reels and protection grilles in flats in the Federal Territory 
      to upgrade the existing equipment in those premises. Federal Territory Minister 
      Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad said the new equipment will help flat dwellers 
      fight fires efficiently.
      
      
      Serviced apartment boom in Klang Valley 02/08/2004 The Star
      
      
      Condo residents in the dark over unsettled electricity bill 03/08/2004 NST
      
      Squatters 
      to buy units at reduced price 
      03/08/2004 NST-CITY
      THREE-hundred-odd squatter residents at Danau Kota, Setapak 
      have finally been assured of a low price for the low-cost units which are 
      expected to be ready by middle of next year by the new developer, Furqan Business 
      Organisation Bhd. Instead of the normal price of RM42,000, the purchasers 
      will be able to buy the units at RM33,000.
      
      
      Residents protest over authorities' refusal to issue land titles 04/08/2004 NST
      
      Belum terima 
      geran selepas 16 tahun 
      05/08/2004 BH
      BAPA angkat saya menandatangani perjanjian jual-beli flet 
      PKNS di Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur pada 12 Ogos 1988. Kini selepas 16 tahun 
      beliau belum lagi menerima geran. Saya sudah berhubung dengan pejabat tanah 
      wilayah. Mereka memberitahu nombor lot dan pelbagai urusan mengenainya sudah 
      dibuat tetapi pejabat tanah masih belum menerima permohonan mengeluarkan geran 
      daripada pemaju iaitu PKNS sendiri.
      
      Tak ikut 
      pelan 
      05/08/2004 HM
      BALAKONG: Pemilik sebuah rumah teres dua tingkat di Jalan 
      Daisy, Taman Bukit Belimbing, di sini, didapati mengubah suai rumahnya tanpa 
      mengikut pelan yang diluluskan Majlis Perbandaran Kajang (MPKj). Rumah terbabit 
      di lot tepi didapati menganjak longkang asal dan memindahkan saliran itu di 
      jalan awam.
      
      
      Pay up or no sale of house, owners warned 06/08/2004 The Star
       
      
      Buyers want 
      action from authorities 
      09/08/2004 MM
      JOHOR BARU: The Indra Wangsa flats in Larkin were to be 
      the perfect home for more than 600 families. Instead, they have been turned 
      into the perfect `home' for dadah addicts after the developer, Kumpulan Prasarana 
      Rakyat Johor, stopped the project in October last year.
      
      
      Carry out repair work at Batu Caves flats, developer told 10/8/2004 The Star
       
      
      Flet retak 
      ancam 200 pemilik 
      10/08/2004 BH-TGH 
      GOMBAK: Kira-kira 200 pemilik unit rumah pangsa di Blok 
      D, E dan F di Taman Pinggiran Batu Caves dekat sini, menyuarakan rasa bimbang 
      dengan keretakan di kediaman mereka dan meminta pihak pemaju bertindak segera 
      membaiki kerosakan itu. Berikutan itu, mereka meminta pemaju yang menguruskan 
      penyeliaan lapan blok pangsa perumahan itu membaiki keretakan itu sebelum 
      kejadian tidak diingini berlaku.
      
      
      Residents worry about cracks 11/08/2004 The Sun
      
      
      All it takes is RM1 to own a low cost house in Melaka 12/08/2004 Utusan
      
      
      K'jaan 
      Perkenalkan Sistem Pastikan Kepentingan Pembeli Rumah Terjaga 12/8/2004 Bernama
       
      
      Work starts 
      on Johor's biggest low-cost housing project 
      12/08/2004 BT
      WORK has begun on Johor's single-biggest low-cost housing 
      project, where 8,000 units will be built over the next five years on a 255ha 
      site in Gelang Patah, about 25km from Johor Baru. Called Taman Nusantara, 
      the housing project will eventually become a self-contained township with 
      a full range of public amenities and services.
      
      
      Yong: Two policies to protect condo owners 12/08/2004  Daily Express News
       
      
      
      The lowdown on assessment rates 12/08/2004 The Star
      
      Similar grouses 
      at Taman Desaria 
      12/08/2004 MM
      SHAH ALAM: The Taman Cempaka residents' grouses are similar 
      to the issue raised by residents in Taman Desaria, Jalan Klang Lama. Last 
      August, The Malay Mail reported on Taman Desaria residents' objection to the 
      low-cost flats project on a former Tenaga Nasional reserved land in Jalan 
      PJS 5/12A. They had claimed that it was too narrow for a high-density housing 
      project.
      
      Buyers of 
      Rawang factory lots in a quandary over abandoned project 
      12/08/2004 NST-CITY 
      THE Consumer Association of Subang and Shah Alam, Selangor 
      (Cassa) is calling on the Selangor Goverment, Housing and Local Government 
      Ministry and Bank Negara to form a task force to look into the plight of more 
      than 40 buyers of abandoned factory lots at the Rawang Industrial Park. The 
      buyers had bought the one-and-a-half-storey terrace factory lots at RM298,000 
      and RM388,000 in 1997 and 1998.
      
      
      New system being devised to replace CF 13/08/2004 NST
       
      
      
      Pemaju mesti laksana perjanjian jual beli: Ong  
      13/08/2004 BH
      
      
      Rehda: 'Build and sell' needs closer look13/08/2004  theedgedaily.com   
      
      
      Move to better protect buyers  
      13/08/2004 The Star  
      
      
      Interim injunction dismissed 13/08/2004 The Star  
      
      
      Ka Ting: Ministry will not compromise 13/08/2004 The Sun
       
      
      
      Condo owners worried over cracks on walls The Star 13/8/2004
       
      
      
      Build & sell concept the only solution? 14/08/2004 The Star
       
      
      
      SPNB diberi 2 tahun pertingkat prestasi 15/08/2004 Berita Harian
       
      
      Housing agency 
      and ministry come under fire 
      15/08/2004 NSUNT
      KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. - The National Housing Corporation (NHC) 
      has been taken to task by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for failing 
      to meet the low-cost housing target. It also reprimanded the Housing and Local 
      Government Ministry for poor maintenance of low-cost flats in the country.
      
      
      Parliament panel gives SPNB two years to meet target 15/08/2004 Sunday Star
       
      
      
      Taman terbengkalai 14 tahun dibaik pulih 17/08/2004  Berita Harian 
    SEREMBAN: Taman Pelangi Fasa 1 dan 2 di Sikamat, dekat sini yang terbengkalai 
    sejak 14 tahun lalu dibaik pulih semula berikutan terdapat kontraktor yang 
      berminat 
    memulihkan projek berkenaan.
      
      Below target 
      17/08/2004 NST 
      IT is always a shame when targets are not met and responsibilities 
      not kept. When it concerns the poor, the shame is doubled. Rightly so, the 
      National Housing Corporation (NHC) and the Housing and Local Government Ministry 
      have been asked by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain their shortcomings 
      - the NHC for failing to meet its target of building 36,000 low-cost houses 
      under the Eighth Malaysia Plan, and the ministry for the abysmal maintenance 
      of low-cost flats nationwide. Already the PAC has conceded that the acquisition 
      of land for building low-cost houses and the shortage of funds would be setbacks 
      for the NHC. However, setbacks should not be convenient excuses, and the NHC 
      has been given two years to get back on track before another review of its 
      performance is undertaken.
      
      
      19 cases at first tribunal hearing in Penang 18/8/2004 The Star
       
      
      
      KWSP tolak surat pengesahan 18/08/2004 Harian Metro
      
      
      Ministry Tightens Rules On Permits For Housing Developers 19/8/2004 Bernama
       
      
      Kilang terbengkalai, 
      bank kejar pembeli 
      19/08/2004 HM
      RAWANG: Tiga pasangan pembeli Taman Perindustrian Rawang, 
      di sini, mengambil keputusan bercerai kerana mengalami masalah kewangan berikutan 
      kilang yang dibeli di kawasan itu terbengkalai sejak enam tahun lalu walaupun 
      bayaran pembelian sudah dibuat sepenuhnya. Mereka dikatakan bertindak demikian 
      kerana sering berselisih faham mengenai kilang yang dibeli pada harga RM298,000 
      hingga RM388,000 masih belum siap sedangkan pembiayaan yang dibuat melalui 
      pinjaman bank sudah dibayar kepada pemaju.
      
      Buyers seek 
      compensation for delay  
      19/08/2004 NST-LTIMES
      IT seems that the problems faced by more than 100 buyers 
      of low-cost apartments in Taman Saujana Puchong, Selangor are never-ending. 
      The residents' plight was highlighted in several local dailies not too long 
      ago when they were forced to move to their new premises without being supplied 
      with water and electricity. The matter was resolved soon after. However, the 
      buyers who are formerly from Kampung Michael Chen in Puchong, are in a quandary 
      yet again.
      
      
      Ministry tightening Housing Act 20/08/2004 The Sun
       
      
      
      Erosion control plan for developers 20/08/2004 NST
       
      
      
      Concern over gated housing projects 20/8/2004 The Star 
      KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will look into the social impact of gated 
      housing projects, said Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri 
      Ong Ka Ting.  
      
      
      Neighbours on guard 20/8/2004 The Sun 
      BACK IN 1996, the residents of SD9 in Sri Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, were 
      shocked by the brutal gang-rape of a woman in her own home while on 
      maternity leave. 
      
      Kuarters 
      20,000 anggota polis terbengkalai 
      20/08/2004 BH
      KUALA LUMPUR: Lebih 20,000 pegawai dan anggota polis gagal 
      ditempatkan di kuarters berikutan kegagalan pemaju menyiapkan projek berkenaan, 
      yang mengakibatkan kerajaan terpaksa menanggung kerugian berjuta-juta ringgit 
      membayar sewa rumah. Timbalan Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri, Datuk Noh 
      Omar, berkata setakat ini, empat projek perumahan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) 
      yang dibina mengikut konsep penswastaan gagal disiapkan dan terbengkalai sejak 
      tiga atau empat tahun lalu.
      
      Pengeluaran 
      permit pemaju diperketat 
      20/08/2004 BH
      KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan 
      akan memperketatkan proses pengeluaran permit kepada pemaju bagi memastikan 
      setiap rumah disiap dan diserahkan kepada pembeli mengikut tempoh yang ditetapkan 
      dalam perjanjian jual dan beli. Menterinya, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, berkata 
      antara aduan sering diterima oleh kementerian daripada pengguna adalah kelewatan 
      penghantaran rumah.
      
      Blacklisted 
      developers must prove financial strength 
      20/08/2004  BT
      PROPERTY developers that have been associated with abandoned 
      projects will be required to place deposit and prove their capital strength 
      before they be allowed to undertake new projects. Housing and Local Government 
      Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said firms that have been blacklisted will 
      be required to have sufficient capital before the licence to carry out new 
      development be given.
      
      
      Submit complaints on cracks, folks told 20/8/2004 The Star
      
      Errant developers 
      costing taxpayers RM50,000 a month 
      20/08/2004 NST
      KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - About RM50,000 a month - that is 
      how much the Government is losing on just one abandoned housing project for 
      police personnel in Teluk Intan. Multiply that by three (other abandoned projects 
      in Kuantan, Kuala Kangsar and Setiu) and the losses amount to millions of 
      ringgit each year. That amount comes from rent allowances of RM450 per month 
      for each policeman to make up for the failure to provide them living quarters. 
      Each abandoned housing project is for about 100 personnel. 
      
      
      Oct 1 hearing 
      for proposal on `rescue' scheme for Bayan Bay project 
      20/08/2004 NST
      
      PENANG, Thurs. - The High Court today fixed Oct 1 to hear an alternative proposal 
      on a "rescue" scheme for the stalled Bayan Bay development project for the 
      court's consideration. Judge Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah also granted a 42-day 
      period to enable the petitioners, Bayan Bay Development Sdn Bhd and Bayan 
      Bay Marina Yacht Club, to increase compensation offers.
      
      
      Finance firm sued over loans 21/8/2004 NST
      KUCHING, Fri. - Twelve house buyers of Taman Jihar, a stalled 
      housing project in Semariang, Petra Jaya, are suing their financier Mayban 
      Finance Berhad for negligently disbursing their housing loans to the developer.
      
      
      Pemaju wajib 
      guna pelan kawal hakisan 
      21/08/2004 BH-TGH 
      PUTRAJAYA: Mulai sekarang pemaju projek pembangunan di Kuala 
      Lumpur dan tiga daerah sempadan dalam negeri Selangor wajib menggunakan Pelan 
      Pengawalan Hakisan Tanah (PPHT) secara keseluruhan bagi mengelak kemungkinan 
      hakisan teruk akibat kerja pembangunan. Syarat baru bagi kawasan Dewan Bandaraya 
      Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), Majlis Perbandaran Selayang (MPS), Majlis Perbandaran 
      Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) dan Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya (MPPJ) itu diputuskan 
      mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Bersama Penyelarasan Pembangunan Lembah Klang kelmarin.
      
      Only as far 
      as the contract goes ... 
      21/08/2004 NST-PROP
      IT all depends on the terms of the contract. This is what 
      the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) said when asked whether 
      a contractor can be held liable for the safety and quality of a building, 
      as are engineers and architects. The level of involvement of the contractor, 
      said CIDB general manager for corporate affairs Abdul Latif Hitam, depends 
      on the type of contract and the quality that is expected, as specified in 
      a contract document.
      
      
      An exclusive lifestyle is not without several costs 22/08/2004 Sunday Star
      FOR some, the “gated community” is a symbol of pride and prestige, unless 
      it refers to a prison compound. But market trends seem to see more demand 
      for this segment aspiring uncritically to what is considered a posh 
      lifestyle. 
      
      
      150 folks to drag builder to court 23/08/2004 The Star
       
      
      Pemaju bertukar 
      lagi 
      23/08/2004 BH-SENTRAL
      SERI KEMBANGAN: Projek perumahan Serdang Perdana Seksyen 
      Lima di Seri Kembangan, di sini, akan diambil alih pemaju baru bagi meneruskan 
      pembinaannya yang terbengkalai sejak empat tahun lalu. Ahli Dewan Undangan 
      Negeri Seri Kembangan, Datuk Liew Yuen Keong, berkata kawasan itu yang dibangunkan 
      dengan pembangunan bercampur membabitkan 1,769 unit termasuk rumah kedai, 
      kondominium, rumah pangsa dan rumah kos rendah.
      
      Pemaju, pembeli, 
      PBT perlu serasi 
      23/08/2004 HM
      ORANG ramai berpendapat rundingan serta persefahaman antara 
      pemaju, pembeli dan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) langkah penting untuk mencari 
      jalan penyelesaian berhubung isu projek perumahan terbengkalai. Kakitangan 
      awam, Mohd Anuar Idris, 45, berkata isu berkaitan perumahan paling kerap timbul 
      berikutan permintaan orang ramai yang semakin meningkat. 
      
      
      
      172 projek nazak 23/08/2004 HM 
      SYARIKAT Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) yang diberi tanggungjawab oleh 
			kerajaan membina rumah kos rendah, kos sederhana rendah dan 
			mengambil alih projek perumahan terbengkalai, berjaya memulih dan 
			menyiapkan 23 projek perumahan terbengkalai yang lengkap dengan 
			Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF) di seluruh negara sehingga 31 Mac lalu.
      
      Silap pilih 
      kontraktor, sistem pengurusan lemah punca utama 
      23/08/2004 HM
      KESILAPAN pemaju memilih kontraktor dan kelemahan sistem 
      pengurusan adalah antara faktor utama yang menyumbang kepada peningkatan projek 
      perumahan terbengkalai. Sebagai langkah memastikan setiap projek itu dilaksanakan 
      mengikut jadual, syarikat pemaju perlu menyelidik latar belakang kontraktor 
      yang dipilih serta penyediaan Prosedur Operasi Seragam (SOP) yang baik.
      
      
      Study needed to understand gated trend 23/08/2004 The Star 
      LET me comment on Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting's statement on gated communities, 
      Concern over gated housing projects "The Star, Aug 20).  
      
      
      Kementerian pantau pemaju 23/08/2004 HM 
      KEMENTERIAN Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan menjalankan pemantauan 
			lebih
			teliti bagi memastikan tiada lagi projek perumahan baru 
			terbengkalai.
      
      TTPR bantu 
      pembeli teraniaya 
      23/08/2004 HM
      
      PEMBELI rumah yang menjadi mangsa kepada kegagalan pemaju 
      perumahan menyiapkan projek mereka hingga menyebabkan terbengkalai mempunyai 
      beberapa saluran yang boleh digunakan untuk membantu menyelesaikan masalah 
      yang dihadapi. Antara saluran itu ialah dengan membuat aduan kepada Tribunal 
      Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah (TTPR), sebuah badan bebas yang ditubuhkan selepas 
      Akta Pemaju Perumahan (Kawalan dan Pelesenan) 1966 dipinda mengikut Seksyen 
      16B, Bahagian VI Akta Pemaju Perumahan (Kawalan dan Pelesenan) (Pindaan) 2002 
      (Akta A1142), berkuatkuasa mulai 1 Disember 2002.
      
      3 tahun hidu 
      debu simen 
      23/08/2004 HM
      SAYA mewakili penduduk Taman Datuk Harun, Petaling Jaya, 
      Selangor tidak puas hati dengan sebuah projek perumahan yang dibangunkan berhampiran 
      Jalan 15. Sudah hampir tiga tahun, kami terpaksa berdepan dengan debu simen, 
      kereta terkena simen serta plastik dan pembungkus simen jatuh di bumbung kediaman.
      
      
      Dilema rumah terbengkalai 23/08/2004 HM 
      PEMBELI rumah yang menjadi mangsa kepada kegagalan pemaju 
    perumahan menyiapkan projek mereka hingga menyebabkan terbengkalai mempunyai 
    beberapa saluran yang boleh digunakan untuk membantu menyelesaikan masalah yang 
    dihadapi.
      
      
      Condo prices still inexpensive despite many launches  
      23/08/2004 The Star  
      
      
      Pembeli putus harapan, mahu kembali wang pendahuluan
      24/08/2004 Utusan 
      HULU SELANGOR 23 Ogos - `Kembalikan wang kami,'' itulah yang diharapkan 
    oleh Norhiza Jaffar, 38, pemilik rumah terbengkalai di Lembah Beringin di 
    sini.
      
      
      Pembeli tidak boleh fail tuntutan kepada tribunal 24/08/2004 Utusan Malaysia
      KUALA LUMPUR 23 Ogos - Pembeli-pembeli rumah yang mengalami masalah rumah 
      terbengkalai tidak boleh memfailkan tuntutan mereka kepada Tribunal 
      Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah (TTPR). Jurucakap TTPR memberitahu, kes rumah 
      terbengkalai bukan bidang kuasa tribunal tersebut, sebaliknya dirujuk 
      kepada Bahagian Pengawasan dan Penguatkuasa, Kementerian Perumahan dan 
      Kerajaan Tempatan.
      
      
      Tribunal has no say over stalled housing projects  
      24/08/2004 MM 
      KUALA LUMPUR: The Housebuyers' Claims Tribunal has no jurisdiction over 
    stalled housing projects, its spokesman said.
      
      
      SPNB ambil alih empat fasa rumah terbengkalai di Lembah Beringin 24/08/2004 Utusan 
      KUALA LUMPUR 23 Ogos - Syarikat Perumahan Negara 
			Berhad (SPNB) akan mengambil alih empat fasa projek perumahan 
			terbengkalai di Lembah Beringin, kira-kira 70 kilometer dari sini 
			yang gagal disiapkan oleh pemaju, Lembah Beringin Sdn. Bhd. (LBSB).
      
      
      How to protect the house buyer 
       
      24/08/2004 theedgedaily.com
      With all the talk about the build-and-sell concept as a means of 
      protecting house buyers, over 50,000 of whom have bought units in 
      abandoned projects since 1997, it's time to revive a proposal we made in 
      these columns some one and a half years ago.
      
      `Bank has 
      no authority to meet housebuyers'   
      24/08/2004 MM
      KUALA LUMPUR : As a financier, Affin Bank Berhad has no 
      authority to meet property purchasers on the fate of Villaria Apartment in 
      Taman Desaria, Jalan Klang Lama. Its recovery department manager, Tan Keng 
      Tiong, said since the project is under receivership and manager (R&M), the 
      bank cannot meet buyers of the apartment units because it is not the developer. 
      
      
      
      FOMCA terima 31,700 aduan 24/08/2004 Utusan  
      KUALA LUMPUR 23 Ogos - Gabungan Persatuan Pengguna Malaysia (FOMCA) menerima 
    31,700 aduan sepanjang tahun lalu melibatkan masalah perumahan terutama rumah 
    terbengkalai, pemaju lewat menyerahkan rumah dan kualiti rumah yang rendah.
      
      
      Vibrant and safe gated community 24/08/2004 The Star 
      I REFER to the various opinions raised in the discussion relating to the 
      development of gated communities. I
      
      
      Residents form action group 24/08/2004 The Star
      
      Allegation 
      by MP puzzles buyers 
      24/08/2004 MM
      PETALING JAYA: What political motive? - Buyers of the abandoned 
      Villaria Apartments in Jalan Klang Lama are puzzled over Taman Medan State 
      Assemblywoman Datin Paduka Seripah Noli's allegation that they were politically 
      motivated in seeking her help. "We just want our apartments to be completed. 
      It has been abandoned for more than three years and we don't see any effort 
      being taken by the authority to revive the project. What's so political about 
      that?" asked Amir Harjit Abdullah, the chairman of Villaria Housebuyers Committee.
      
      
      Developers 
      want more incentives 
      24/08/2004 BT
      PROPERTY developers want the Government to give more priority 
      to the sector by providing greater incentives under the coming Budget 2005. 
      MK Land Holdings Bhd executive chairman Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal Abu Bakar said 
      the Government must take good care of the sector because its health has a 
      direct impact on the country's overall economic performance.
      
      
      Pemaju tidak 'gentar' kewujudan tribunal punca pembeli teraniaya 25/08/2004 Utusan
       
      
      DBKL tak 
      untung pindahkan setinggan Kampung Delima 
      25/08/2004 BH
      
      KAMI merujuk kepada surat bertajuk `Penduduk Kampung 
      Delima hadapi dilema berpindah' pada 17 Ogos 2004. Kampung Delima adalah perkampungan 
      setinggan di atas tanah kerajaan yang diduduki 322 keluarga mengikut bancian 
      Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) pada Mei 2004 yang lalu. Sesi dialog di 
      antara penduduk dengan DBKL berhubung soal pemindahan diadakan pada 11 Ogos 
      2004 pada jam 4.30 petang yang turut dihadiri Ketua Cawangan Umno kampung 
      berkenaan. 
      
      
      Kembalikan wang atau hadapi tindakan undang-undang 25/08/2004 Utusan 
      KUALA LUMPUR 24 Ogos - Pembeli rumah terbengkalai 
			di Lembah Beringin, Norhiza Jaffar, 38, memberi kata dua kepada 
			Lembah Beringin Sdn. Bhd., (LBSB) iaitu mengembalikan wangnya atau 
			beliau akan mengembalikan wangnya atau beliau akan mengambil 
			tindakan undang-undang terhadap anak syarikat Land & General itu.
      
      Minta 
      FOMCA, Suhakam bela rumah 14 tahun terbengkalai 25/08/2004 Utusan 
      Saudara Pengarang, Apabila terbaca kes Norhiza Jaafar yang menyaksikan rumah impiannya di 
      Lembah Beringin terbengkalai lebih tujuh tahun ,ia lantas mengingatkan 
      saya kepada projek perumahan saya.
      
      
      Housebuyers seek solution to abandoned project  
      25/08/2004 NST 
      UTUSAN Malaysia yesterday front-paged the plight of those who bought houses 
    in Lembah Beringin, Hulu Selangor.The housing project, involving the building of houses called "Jasmine", valued 
    at RM111,888, was supposed to have been completed in 1999. The project, however, 
    has been abandoned.
      
      Noh: Probe 
      abandoned police housing projects 
      25/08/2004  NST
      SETIU, Tues. - The Anti-Corruption Agency has been urged 
      to investigate all cases of abandoned police housing projects nationwide which 
      has caused the Government to suffer major losses, said Deputy Internal Security 
      Minister Datuk Noh Omar. He cited as an example the abandoned RM12.6 million 
      Setiu Police District Headquarters project which was supposed to have been 
      completed in December 2000.
      
      
      Penduduk bimbang rumah dilelong  
      26/08/2004 BH-SENTRAL
      
      
      52 projek rumah terbengkalai di NS 26/8/2004
      Utusan 
      SEREMBAN 25 Ogos – Sebanyak 52 projek perumahan membabitkan lebih 
			3,000 unit rumah terbengkalai di seluruh negeri ini dan ada yang 
			lebih 20 tahun.
      
      
      Rumah terbengkalai tidak boleh diatasi segera 26/8/2004
      Utusan 
			KUALA LUMPUR 26 Ogos-Kementerian Perumahan Dan Kerajaan Tempatan 
			hari ini menjejaskan bahawa penyelesaian
			kepada masalah projek rumah terbengkalai bukan sesuatu yang boleh 
			dilakukan dalam jangka masa pendek.
      
      
      Rumah terbengkalai jejas imej negara 26/8/2004
      Utusan 
      KUALA LUMPUR 26 Ogos -Projek perumahan terbengkalai yang banyak 
			berlaku di ibu negara boleh memberikan kesan negatif kepada sektor 
			perumahan dan hartanah tempatan.
      
      
      MCSB sedia siapkan projek tertangguh 26/8/2004
      Utusan 
      KUALA LUMPUR 26 Ogos - Sebuah syarikat pemaju perumahan bumiputera, 
			Matrix CIV Sdn. Bhd. (MCSB) hari ini menyatakan kesediaan untuk 
			mengambilalih sebarang projek perumahan terbengkalai dan menyiapkan 
			kerja-kerja yang ter-tangguh sehingga selesai sepenuhnya.
      
      
      Penguatkuasaan lemah punca banyak aduan rumah gagal diselesaikan 26/8/2004 Utusan
      KUALA LUMPUR 25 Ogos - Kelemahan Bahagian Penguatkuasaan Kementerian 
      Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan dalam menangani masalah perumahan menjadi 
      punca banyak aduan tidak dapat diselesaikan dengan segera. Setiausaha 
      Agung Persatuan Kebangsaan Pembeli Rumah, Chang Kim Loong berkata, 
      bahagian itu tidak berkemampuan dan lambat bertindak untuk menyelesaikan 
      masalah yang berbangkit.
      
      
      Kerajaan digesa amal konsep bina dan jual rumah 26/8/2004
      Utusan 
      
      BY THEAN LEE CHENG
      Yap: Review 
      revised tariffs for apartments and condos 
      27/08/2004 MM
      KUALA LUMPUR: RM1 is all right, but not RM1.20. Serdang 
      MP Datuk Yap Pian Hon yesterday urged that the recently revised water tariffs 
      for apartments and condominiums in Selangor be reviewed by the State Government.
      
      
      Pengalaman pahit PM, MB -- Masalah projek rumah terbengkalai bukan sekadar 
      menghantui rakyat biasa 
      27/08/2004 Utusan  
      
      
      Khir waiting 10 years for construction of apartment 27/08/2004 The Star
      
      
      Khir: I was angry and disappointed 27/08/2004 MM
      
      
      Kisah mangsa beli rumah secara tunai 27/08/2004 Utusan
    
    Rumah terbengkalai jejas imej 
    negara 27/08/2004 UTUSAN
    KUALA LUMPUR 26 Ogos -Projek perumahan terbengkalai yang banyak berlaku di 
    ibu negara boleh memberikan kesan negatif kepada sektor perumahan dan 
    hartanah tempatan.
      
      
      Beri peluang laksana konsep baru perumahan 28/08/2004 Utusan
      
      
      Kerajaan digesa pinda Akta Pemaju Perumahan 2002 28/8/2004 Utusan
       
      
      
      Errant developers to be blacklisted 28/08/2004 The Star
      
      
      Debate continues on gated community 28/08/2004 The Star 
      MUCH has been said about the pros and cons of gated communities recently. 
      Although some people view such neighbourhoods as “elitist” or a form of 
      social apartheid, to some others, particularly those who can afford it, 
      the rising crime rate has made it a necessity of sorts.
      
      
      Buyers can now sue developers: Yong 
      28/08/2004 Daily Express 
      Kota Kinabalu: Measures have been taken by the State Government to protect 
      the interest of housebuyers, Assistant Minister of Local Government and 
      Housing Edward Yong assured Friday. 
      
      
      Lembah Beringin :SPNB tunggu 174 pembeli 29/08/2004 Mingguan Malaysia
       
      
      
      Lim: Water depts must not cut supply 29/8/2004 Sunday Star
       
      
      
      PM Mahu Pemaju Bina Rumah Untuk Semua Golongan Rakyat 29/08/2004
      Bernama  
      
      
      Rumah terbengkalai satu masalah 29/08/2004 Mingguan Malaysia
       
      
      Cracks in 
      beams giving residents the jitters 
      30/08/2004 MM
      SUBANG JAYA: Fear is the word as residents of Lagoon Perdana 
      Apartments claim unsafe conditions at their apartment blocks. They said that 
      most of the main beams at the lower ground level which supported the apartment 
      blocks had big cracks in them. 
      
      Builder to 
      hire independent engineers to study complaints 
      30/08/2004 MM
      KUALA LUMPUR: The developer of Lagoon Perdana apartments 
      in Bandar Sunway is engaging independent engineers to check out the complaints 
      by residents on cracks which have appeared in some of its blocks. Once the 
      report by the engineers is completed, the developer's architects will be notified, 
      and the contractor would be instructed to carry out the remedial works, said 
      Talam Corporation Bhd vice-president (customer service centre) Michael Khor
      
      
      Housing Developer Supports Abdullah's Build-And-Sell Call
       
      30/08/2004 Bernama  
      
      
      600 penduduk tanggung beban lapan tahun 30/08/2004 Utusan
      
      Penduduk 
      bantah taman tema 
      30/08/2004 BH-SENTRAL
      KLANG: Penduduk di sekitar bandar ini akan kehilangan tempat 
      beriadah dan berjoging jika Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) meneruskan cadangannya 
      membina taman tema air di kawasan berkenaan. Projek yang dipertanggungjawab 
      MPK kepada Syarikat Intact Express Sdn Bhd itu bercadang membina taman tema 
      air seluas 3.2 hektar (8 ekar), meliputi sebahagian kompleks renang awam sedia 
      ada dan kawasan tempat letak kereta yang berdekatan padang permainan.
      
      Bantah bina 
      bangunan 
      30/08/2004 HM
      DAMANSARA: Penduduk kawasan Bukit Damansara membantah cadangan 
      pemaju membina bangunan di kawasan itu apabila ia melanggar perjanjian sebelum 
      ini kerana kawasan berkenaan hanya dikhaskan untuk lot banglo. Malah, mereka 
      khuatir pembinaan itu akan mencemarkan alam sekitar yang sudah sekian lama 
      dikekalkan di kawasan berkenaan.
      
      
      286 pembeli setuju SPNB pulihkan projek rumah terbengkalai 30/08/2004 Utusan 
       
      
      
      Jangan tangguh laksana konsep bina dan jual 30/08/2004 Utusan
       
      
      
      Illegal to install filter near meter 30/8/2004 The Star
       
      
      
      Formula Baru Beli Rumah Boleh Ditimbangkan, Kata Abdullah 30/8/2004 Bernama
       
      
      Half of Selangor's 
      squatters relocated 
      30/08/2004 NST
      KAJANG, Sun. - The Selangor Government has relocated almost 
      half of the State's squatter families to low-cost housing. Menteri Besar Datuk 
      Seri Dr Khir Toyo said as of July this year, of the 46,994 squatter families 
      identified, 22,972 or 49 per cent had moved to housing projects developed 
      by the State Government.
      
      
      Rumah terbengkalai: Selangor minta kementerian bertindak 
      30/08/2004 Utusan Malaysia
      SHAH ALAM 29 Ogos - Kerajaan Selangor tidak mahu menyalahkan mana-mana 
      pihak tetapi meminta Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan 'tepuk 
      dada, tanyalah selera' berhubung isu projek perumahan terbengkalai yang 
      hangat diperkatakan kini.
      
      
      SPNB Rehabilitates RM4 Billion Worth Of Houses Since 1990 31/08/2004 Bernama
      
      49 peratus 
      setinggan pindah rumah baru 
      31/08/2004 BH-SENTRAL
      SERI KEMBANGAN: Kerajaan Selangor memindahkan 22,972 keluarga 
      setinggan atau 49 peratus daripada jumlah keseluruhan 46,994 keluarga setinggan 
      ke projek perumahan baru yang disediakan sehingga Julai lalu. Menteri Besar, 
      Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo (gambar), berkata selebihnya 51 peratus keluarga 
      setinggan itu dipindahkan selepas projek perumahan bagi penempatan semula 
      dijangka siap sepenuhnya sebelum 2005.
      
      Akaun syarikat 
      perumahan dipantau 
      31/08/2004 BH-SENTRAL
      SHAH ALAM: Kerajaan Selangor mula memantau akaun syarikat 
      perumahan yang memohon untuk memajukan sesebuah kawasan di negeri itu sejak 
      setahun lalu bagi mengelakkan projek terbengkalai akibat masalah kewangan 
      pemaju. Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo, berkata sehingga kini 
      kerajaan negeri berjaya menyelesaikan masalah projek perumahan terbengkalai 
      yang dihadapi 20 daripada 56 syarikat pemaju perumahan bermasalah di negeri 
      itu.
      
      
      Pemaju lepas tangan (Tindakan tegas perlu diambil) 
      31/08/2004 Harian Metro PEMBELI 
      KECEWA, Rawang 
      SEJAK kebelakangan ini, kita sering dipaparkan pelbagai isu berkaitan 
      masalah rumah terbengkalai sehingga mendapat perhatian Perdana Menteri, 
      Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.