‘Work 
      together to resolve woes’  
      01/10/2004
      The Star  
      
      Raj Kumar 
    added that when completed, Damansara Damai would have 14,000 apartment 
      units. More than 11,000 have been completed so far. 
      
      
      
      Satu kunci 
      boleh buka 200 rumah  
      01/10/2004 HM
      ALOR STAR: 
    Selepas menunggu 15 tahun untuk mendiami rumah baru apabila Projek 
    Penempatan Semula Nelayan Kuala Kedah, dekat sini disiapkan bulan lalu, 
    penduduk kini berdepan masalah kunci rumah yang serupa pula.
      
      
      Builder withdraws application  
      01/10/2004 The Star
      FADASON 
    Holdings Sdn Bhd withdrew its application at the High Court for a judicial 
    review on a housing tribunal's decision last year to award 42 house buyers 
    compensation for late delivery. 
    
    MPSJ wajibkan pemaju sedia laluan khas
    
	01/10/2004 BH-SENTRAL  
    
    SUBANG JAYA: Mulai esok, Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) akan 
    mewajibkan setiap permohonan taman perumahan yang baru di kawasan 
    pentadbirannya menyediakan laluan berasingan antara lorong motosikal dengan 
    siar kaki. Pengerusi Mesyuarat Penuh MPSJ, Datuk Liew Yuen Keong, berkata 
    laluan berasingan itu bertujuan mengatasi jenayah ragut bermotosikal apabila 
    penjenayah tidak dapat menghampiri laluan mangsa yang berjalan kaki.
    
    Pemaju diarah henti korek tanah 
    01/10/2004 BH-SENTRAL
    SEREMBAN: Kerajaan negeri mengarahkan pemaju perumahan yang menjalankan 
    kerja mengorek tanah bersebelahan Taman Sikamat Utama di sini supaya 
    menghentikan seketika kerja itu dan mengambil langkah segera dalam 
    memastikan keselamatan penduduk terjamin. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perumahan 
    dan Kerajaan Tempatan negeri, Datuk Woo Ah Lek, berkata pemaju perlu 
    mengambil tindakan drastik bagi memastikan nyawa penduduk taman perumahan 
    itu tidak terancam berikutan kerja mengorek tanah yang dilakukan.
    
    Bintai to start work on Setapak project
    
    
    01/10/2004 MM  
    
    BINTAI Kinden Corp Bhd, an engineering, construction and property 
    development concern, plans to start work soon on a second parcel of low-cost flats in Taman Sri Rampai, Setapak, people familiar with the matter 
    said yesterday. Mail Money understands that Bintai Kinden had just obtained 
    a RM40 million syndicated loan facility from a group of lenders for the 
    initiative.
    
    
    
      Low-cost tag dropped for HDC homes 04/10/2004 The  Star 
    KUCHING: 
    Homes built for the poor by the state-owned Housing Development Corporation 
    (HDC) will now be called HDC housing. Sarawak Housing Minister Datuk Abang 
    Johari Tun Abang Openg said the ministry decided to drop the term “low-cost” 
    for such housing to remove the social stigma attached to it. 
    
      
      
      12,221 pemilik 
      rumah sepaptutnya insaf  
      05/10/2004
      BH  
      
      BARU-BARU ini 
    akhbar melaporkan kerajaan Pulau Pinang menimbang untuk mengambil tindakan 
    mahkamah terhadap 12,221 pemilik unit rumah kos rendah kerajaan negeri yang 
    gagal menjelaskan tunggakan sewa melebihi RM5.78 juta, selepas mendiaminya 
    sejak 10 tahun lalu.
      
      
      Pulih tujuh 
      projek sakit 05/10/2004 HM   
      
      PUTRAJAYA: 
    Sekurang-kurangnya tujuh projek pembangunan terbengkalai di ibu negara yang 
    gagal disiapkan akibat kegawatan ekonomi sejak 1997 akan dipulihkan semula. 
    Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan, Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, berkata setakat 
    ini sekurang-kurangnya tujuh syarikat pemaju sudah memberikan komitmen untuk 
    meneruskan projek berkenaan
    
      
      
      Projek komersial 
      kepada perumahan 05/10/2004
      Kosmo
      PUTRAJAYA- 
    Sebanyak tujuh projek terbengkalal di Kuala Lumpur yang dikenal pasti 
    berdaya maju untuk dibangunkan semula akan ditukar jenis pembangunannya 
    daripada komersial kepada perumahan. 
      
    
    
    Move to revive 
      stalled KL projects  
    05/10/2004 The Star
    PUTRAJAYA: 
    Stalled commercial projects in Kuala Lumpur that were affected by the 1997 
    financial crisis will be revived once City Hall and financial institutions 
    approve the move. ”We are interested to help these developers identify key 
    problems and ensure the projects will not be abandoned and become an 
    eyesore,” said Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad. 
    
      
      
      Turn abandoned projects into homes, developers urged 
      
      05/10/2004 MM
      PUTRAJAYA: 
    Developers of abandoned commercial projects have been advised to build 
    residential properties instead. This call was made by Federal Territories 
    Minister Tan Sri Isa Samad to 26 developers who met him at his office in 
    Putrajaya yesterday.
      
      
      Gangs muscle in on renovation trade  
      05/10/2004 The Sun
      Secret 
    society members have adopted a tactic common in Hong Kong where triads prey 
    on home owners who want to renovate their houses. In several states, gangs 
    are said to be gaining control of home renovation business, collecting 
    "protection fees" from owners or forcing them to use certain contractors.
      
      
      Tujuh 
      pemaju setuju ubah status projek  
      05/10/2004 Berita Harian
      PUTRAJAYA: 
    Tujuh pemaju projek `sakit' di ibu negara bersetuju meneruskan projek 
    terbengkalai dengan mengubah status pembangunan komersial kepada kediaman 
    bagi memulihkan projek usang di Kuala Lumpur.
      
      
      Fire safety gadgets compulsory in homes?  
      06/10/2004 MM
      KUALA LUMPUR: 
    The installation of smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in houses may be 
    made compulsory in the future, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk 
    Seri Ong Ka Ting said yesterday.
    Bangunan kediaman diwajib sedia alat cegah kebakaran 06/10/2004 BH-EKO
    KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan Perkhidmatan Bomba dan Penyelamat diarah menjalankan 
    kajian untuk memperkenalkan peraturan yang mewajibkan pemilik bangunan 
    kediaman memasang peralatan mencegah kebakaran. Menteri Perumahan dan 
    Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, bagaimanapun berkata pada masa 
    ini orang ramai cuma digalak memiliki peralatan itu bagi mencegah kebakaran 
    di rumah.
    
      
      
      Rampas rumah 
      PPRT jika disewakan  
      06/10/2004 UTUSAN
      KUALA LUMPUR 
    5 Okt. - Kerajaan memberi amaran akan merampas rumah yang diduduki oleh 
    penduduk di projek perumahan Program Pembangunan Rakyat Termiskin ,(PPRT) 
    dan kos rendah sekiranya mereka menyewakan rumah tersebut kepada orang luar 
    termasuk pendatang asing.
      
      
      Home fire safety mooted  
      06/10/2004 The Star
      KUALA LUMPUR: The 
    Government is looking into a proposal to require homeowners to install smoke 
    detectors and keep fire extinguishers in their homes as a fire safety 
    measure. 
    
      
      
      Wanted: Tighter 
      Law Enforcement To Protect Housebuyers 06/10/2004 Bernama.com
      By Santha Oorjitham
    KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 (Bernama) -- "Revisit simple pleasures at Bandar Sungai 
    Buaya," the sales brochure for the housing project in Selangor promised 
      in 1997.
      
      
      
      Bangunan kediaman diwajib sedia alat cegah kebakaran  
      06/10/2004
      BH 
       
      KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan 
    Perkhidmatan Bomba dan Penyelamat diarah menjalankan kajian untuk 
    memperkenalkan peraturan yang mewajibkan pemilik bangunan kediaman memasang 
    peralatan mencegah kebakaran.  
      
      
      
      Perlu Penguatkuasaan Lebih Tegas Bagi Lindungi Pembeli Rumah 06/10/2004 Bernama
      Santha Oorjitham
    KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Okt (Bernama) -- Revisit simple pleasures at Bandar Sungai 
    Buaya, begitulah yang dijanjikan dalam brosur jualan bagi satu projek 
    perumahan di Selangor pada 1997.
      
      
      Lindungi 
      pembeli rumah dengan kekuatan penguatkuasaan  
      07/10/2004 Kosmo   
      
    KUALA LUMPUR - Revisit simple pleasures at Bandar Sungai Buaya, begitulah 
    yang dijanjikan dalam brosur jualan bagi satu projek perumahan di Selangor 
    pada 1997.
    
    
      
      
      
      Projek 
      rumah terbengkalai 8 tahun  
      07/10/2004 HM By PEMBELI RUMAH MANGSA 
    KOPERASI,
    Perai, Pulau Pinang  SELAKU Pengerusi Persatuan Pembeli Rumah Taman 
    Pekatra Indah di Simpang Empat, Seberang Perai, kami kepada kepada pihak 
    berwajib agar memberi perhatian serius kepada projek perumahan yang 
    dimajukan Koperasi Pekatra Tasek Berhad.
      
      
      Finally, payout for house buyers  
      07/10/2004 The Star   
      
      PROPERTY owners of Fadason 
    apartments in Jinjang Utara are a relieved lot. Their two-year-old problem 
    of compensation payout has come to an end. 
      
      
      Tribunal 
      tak bimbang buat tuntutan 08/10/2004
      BH   
      KUALA LUMPUR: Bagaikan 
    orang buta teraba-raba. Begitulah yang dirasai sebahagian pembeli rumah yang 
    terpaksa berdepan dengan masalah teknikal ketika prosiding Tribunal Tuntutan 
    Pembeli Rumah (TTPR).
    
      
      
      Abdullah urges co-op to work with builders  
       08/10/2004 The Star
      KUALA LUMPUR: Prime 
    Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has urged the Cuepacs Co-operative 
      to work with developers in meeting the demand for housing from civil 
      servants. 
    
    
    
    CF sudah dapat, 
        elektrik belum sambung 09/10/2004 HM By   
    MSO1963, Puchong, Selangor
    
    SAYA masih menunggu untuk masuk ke rumah baru di Taman Tasik Prima di 
    Puchong, Selangor yang sehingga kini belum ada sambungan elektrik walaupun 
    Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF) bernombor C286/9/28 sudah lama dikeluarkan Majlis 
    Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) pada 14 Ogos lalu.
    
    Penduduk rayu hidupkan Bukit Beruntung
     
     09/10/2004 BH-SENTRAL
    
    
    RAWANG: Penduduk taman perumahan sekitar Bukit Beruntung meminta 
    pemaju dan pihak berkuasa tempatan menghidupkan suasana di kawasan itu 
    supaya lebih ceria berikutan keadaannya yang seolah-olah semakin terpinggir 
    dan terabai. Tinjauan menunjukkan di antara 60 hingga 70 peratus bangunan 
    kediaman dan perniagaan di situ ditinggalkan pemilik kerana pelbagai masalah. 
    Bukit Beruntung antara penempatan bandar baru yang mempunyai ribuan unit 
    kediaman dan perniagaan ditinggalkan disebabkan kekurangan kemudahan 
    prasarana asas, termasuk pengangkutan, pejabat kerajaan, bank, pos dan 
    klinik.
      
      
      
      Tribunal challenge withdrawn  
      09/10/2004 NST-Prop
      By G. Umakanthan
    A messy legal nightmare has come to an end for 42 buyers of apartments in 
    Jinjang Utara, Kuala Lumpur, with developer Fadason Holdings SDn Bhd, which 
    took them to court as party in a dispute over late delivery claims awarded 
    by the Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims dropping its case.
    
    
    14 housing projects to be revived 09/10/2004 The Star   
    
    THE Penang government is 
    in the midst of reviving 14 abandoned housing projects, state Housing, 
    Culture, Arts and Heritage Committee chairman Syed Amerrudin Syed Ahmad 
    said. 
    
    
    PKNS jual rumah 
      "rosak"   
    09/10/2004 BH   
    "PENANTIAN 10 tahun saya 
    untuk mendapatkan kediaman selesa dan sesuai bagi membesarkan anak, berkecai 
    pada hari pertama saya ke rumah idaman ini selepas mendapat kunci," kata 
    Rosilah Subari, 32.  
      
      ACA needs 100 forensic 
      construction engineering experts: D-G 09/10/2004 utusan.com.my
      JOHOR BAHRU Oct 8 - The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) needs 100 officers 
      with expertise in forensic construction engineering so that it will have 
      adequate resources to probe such cases, its Director-General, Datuk Seri 
      Zulkipli Mat Noor, said Friday. 
      
      
      
      Flats, Condos 
      Only In Certain Areas, Says Johari 10/10/2004 bernama   
      
      KUCHING, Oct 10 (Bernama) 
    -- The Sarawak Government will allow private developers to build flats and 
    condominiums only in certain areas in Kuching City and towns, Housing 
    Minister Datuk Seri Abang Johari Tun Openg said Sunday.
      
      
      Pulangkan 
      RM788,000 kepada 171 pembeli   11/10/2004 Kosmo
      SELAYANG - Sebuah syarikat 
    pemaju perumahan projek terbengkalai di sini didesak mengembalikan semula 
    wang pendahuluan dan pembayaran awal lebih RM788,000 kepada 171 pembeli 
    terlibat.
      
      
      Developer 
    told to suspend fee collection   
      12/10/2004 The Star  
      
      THE developer of the Telok 
    Gadong Indah flats has been asked to temporarily suspend collection of 
      maintenance fees from the 350 former long-house residents who have moved 
      into their new low-cost homes. 
    
      
      
      Council lays down steps for Safe 
    City concept 
      
      12/10/2004 NST
      PUTRAJAYA, Mon. - Steel 
    fences separating walkways from roads, lights along back lanes and 
    closed-circuit television cameras in crime-prone areas - these are among the 
    security measures to be adopted by local authorities in the Safe City 
    concept.
    
    Cheras folk 
			question homes project 
    12/10/2004 MM  
    
    
    KUALA LUMPUR: The sight of tractors 
			clearing a jungle in Taman Mudun, Cheras, for a housing project has 
			left residents in a quandary. While they had been informed through 
			the mail that developers were going to start the project, there was 
			no signboard from the builders or Majilis Perbandaran Kajang (MPKj) 
    to indicate this 
      
      
      
      Pemaju 
      sedia pulangkan wang 171 pembeli  
      12/10/2004 KOSMO   
      
      KUALA LUMPUR - Pemaju 
    perumahan yang memungut lebih RM788,000 daripada seramai 171 pembeli tanpa 
    memiliki lesen pembinaan projek bersedia mengembalikan wang jika 
    pembeli-pembeli terbabit ingin membatalkan perjanjian jual beli.  
    
    
    
    Najib: 
    Local authorities to implement 'safe city' concept to fight crime  
    12/10/2004 MM  
    PUTRAJAYA: All local 
    authorities in the country will implement the "safe city" concept as a means 
    of fighting crime, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said 
    yesterday. 
      
    
    
      53 projects to eradicate squatter problem  
    13/10/2004 The Star 
    KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 
    53 projects involving 54,679 units of homes, under the Integrated People's 
    Housing Project (PPR) has been initiated to overcome the squatter problem 
    nationwide.   
    
      
      
      Pemaju 
      wajib patuh 23 langkah cegah jenayah  
      13/10/2004 Berita Harian   
      
      SHAH ALAM: Semua pemaju 
    perumahan diwajibkan mematuhi 23 langkah pencegahan jenayah yang digariskan 
    Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan bagi projek perumahan baru dalam 
    usaha mewujudkan `bandar selamat' di seluruh negara.
      
      
      Perjanjian 
      baru masih tidak sah (Sambung projek terbengkalai di Taman Jasa Murni) 14/10/2004 Kosmo
      
       
      KUALA LUMPUR - Tetap tidak 
    sah sehingga kini. Perjanjian baru bagi jual beli rumah yang telah 
    ditandatangani bagi projek yang dimajukan tanpa lesen oleh Intelligent 
    Mission Sdn. Bhd. di Selayang tetap tidak sah.
      
      
      RM40-Million 
      School Abandoned Because Of Irresponsibility, Says Hisham  
      14/10/2004 
    Bernama  
      
      KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Bernama) 
    -- Education Minister, Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Thursday chided those 
    who caused a secondary and a primary school in Langkawi to be left idle for 
    the last two years.  
      
    
    
    Masalah lif 
      rosak berterusan di Apartment Putra Ria  
    15/10/2004 Berita Harian By 
    PENDUDUK KECEWA, Jalan 
    Bangsar.
    SAYA, penduduk Apartment Putra Ria, Jalan Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur sudah 
    sembilan tahun menetap di sini, tetapi selama itulah masalah lif berterusan. 
     
    
    
    Relief for Bandar Baru Sentul folk
    
    
    15/10/2004 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: Residents of Bandar Baru Sentul flats, who have been irked by 
    noise pollution from a construction site over the past three months, can now 
    heave a sigh of relief. On Tuesday night, City Hall told representatives of 
    the developer they should adhere to regulations and cease work by 6pm daily.
    
      
      
      Fallen objects give residents the jitters   
      16/10/2004
      The Star   
      RESIDENTS staying in 
    Cangkat Tembaga in Green Lane, Penang, are having many sleepless nights 
    since construction work on the 26-storey Greenlane Park project began about 
      two years ago. 
    
    168 former squatters sue Besraya
    
     16/10/2004 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 168 former squatters in Kampung Tai Yue, Salak 
    South, near here are suing Besraya (M) Sdn Bhd for allegedly breaching an 
    agreement on aid for vacating the land. They filed the suit at the Civil 
    High Court registry here yesterday 
    
			
			Selangor's new housing rules to stay
            
            16/10/2004 NST-PROP  
			
            
    COME Jan 1, 2005, all housing developers in Selangor must 
			adhere to new regulations set by the State's authorities. This is 
			despite builders complaining that the new laws will hinder 
			development and cause property prices to rise. Executive director of 
			the Lembaga Perumahan dan Hartanah Selangor (LPHS), Alinah Ahmad, 
			said in a written statement to PropertyTimes that the rules 
			involving registration of developers and the predetermination of 
			Bumiputera lots in a project's building and layout plans were 
			approved by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government's Licensing 
			and Advisory Division on Aug 13 this year, and will be enforced on 
			Jan 1, 2005.
    
          
          Low down on the sky-highs
           
          16/10/2004 NST-PROP  
          
          
          I'M going to tell you something that might not be 
			easy to swallow: That highrise apartment or condo you bought, it 
			won't last forever. Doesn't matter whether it's freehold or 
			leasehold, well managed or not, buildings - like everything 
			man-made, will deteriorate over time; faster if they are in careless 
			hands. Pipes will burst, wiring will get frazzled and concrete will 
			be subject to stress - more so when a project accommodates so many 
			people under one roof, all not necessarily sharing the view that "I 
			have to look after my home so it can look after me".
      
      
      
      Property owners file reports  
      17/10/2004 The Star   
      BY SIOW YUEN CHING 
    More than 170 property owners from three condominiums and a commercial 
    complex have lodged police reports against a developer for failing to show 
    them the accounts for their sinking funds. 
    
      
      
      Sri Perak 
    Flats is the winner again  
      18/10/2004 The Star   
      
      THE Sri Perak City Hall 
    flats in Bandar Baru Sentul came out tops in this year's beauty and 
    cleanliness contest organised by Kuala Lumpur City Hall. 
      
      
      
      Be 
      transparent, builders urged   
      18/10/2004 The Star
      Developers and property 
    management companies should be transparent and accountable when using funds 
    entrusted to them by housebuyers. 
    
      
      
      Double blow for 
      housebuyer  
      18/10/2004
      The Star  
      
      Lorry driver Vishnu 
    Ramasamy is one frustrated man. His wife walked out on him because he failed 
    to deliver the Taj Mahal he promised a decade ago. 
      
      
      
      Rumah 
      bertingkat (Perangkap maut kepada kanak-kanak)   
      18/10/2004 Utusan Malaysia 
       
      SERING disebut orang 
    malang tidak berbau. Namun, sesuatu yang buruk mungkin dapat dielak jika 
    seseorang mengambil langkah berjaga-jaga dan berhati-hati.  
      
      
      Tribunal rule unfair to house buyers: CAP 
      18/10/2004 MM By Dennis Chua 
      KUALA LUMPUR: The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) has called on the 
      Housing and Local Government Ministry to clarify why developers do not 
      have to hand over the keys to buyers in order to deliver vacant 
      possession. Its president, S. M. Mohd Idris, said yesterday that CAP was 
      unhappy that the House Buyer Claims Tribunal ruled on Sept 27 that it was 
      not necessary for developers to hand over the keys in order to effect, 
      vacant possession.
    
    
      172 projek terbengkalai akan dipulih  
    20/10/2004 Berita Harian   
    
    LABUAN: Sebanyak 172 
    projek perumahan terbengkalai mengandungi 47,700 unit rumah dikenal pasti 
    oleh Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan (KPKT) untuk dibaik pulih 
    oleh Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) membabitkan nilai kira-kira 
    RM3.2 bilion.
    
    Land issue resurfaces after a decade
    20/10/2004 The Star
    IT HAS been 10 years since 
    SS14/4B residents were promised that a plot of land in their neighbourhood 
    would be turned into a park, but this wait may soon be over. 
      
      
      
      Need to explain 
      housing law interpretation   
      20/10/2004 NST 
       S.M. MOHAMED IDRIS, Penang
    
      HUNDREDS of thousands of people buy new houses every year. When the houses 
      are ready they must be handed over to the purchasers. 
    
      
      
      Sunway City Ipoh 
      Chalks Up RM123 Mln In Sales To Date   
      21/10/2004 
      Bernama.com  
      
      IPOH, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- 
    The revival of the RM1 billion Sunway City Ipoh, a township project which 
    was temporarily halted in 1998 due to the regional economic crisis, is 
    seeing a steady rise in sales and has so far chalked up RM123 million in 
    turnover.
      
      
      Shop owners 
      cry foul over management’s move 21/10/2004 The Star
      OWNERS of shop lots at the 
    Terminal One shopping complex in Seremban are up in arms over the 
    management’s decision to remove Owner’s Committee Council (OCC) 
    representative David Lai as a signatory of the shopping complex’s sinking 
    fund bank account. 
    
      
      
      Buyers eye 
      back-up developer   
      21/10/2004 The Star
      The Penang state 
    government has appointed a developer to revive the stalled Taman Pekatra 
    Indah project in Simpang Empat, Southern Seberang Prai, but buyers are 
    eyeing a back-up developer just in case. 
      
      
      
      Cops: Directors to be quizzed over accounts  
      21/10/2004 The Star
      PENANG: The directors of a 
    housing development company which failed to show property owners the audited 
    accounts for their common fund totalling RM6.1mil will be called up for 
    questioning soon
      
      
      Vacant possession not an issue  
      22/10/2004 Malay Mail  
      
      KUALA LUMPUR: Vacant 
    possession was not an issue in a ruling made by the House Buyer Claims 
    Tribunal on Sept 29.  
    
    Phasing out 
    `low-cost'  
    23/10/2004 NST-PROP
    THE use of the term "low-cost" to describe housing for the masses may be 
    coming to an end as more and more developers are moving away from this 
    traditional label for cheaper housing. A recent move by the Sarawak State 
    Government to rename low-cost houses within the state as "HDC houses" (or 
    houses built by the State-owned Housing Development Corp) has been generally 
    received as "a positive move" by the industry in the Klang Valley.
      
      
      
      Malacca to set up panel to monitor condo occupants  
      23/10/2004 The Star 
       
      MALACCA: The Malacca 
    government has ordered the state housing board to set up a unit to monitor 
    tenants living in condominiums and apartments, especially where foreigners 
    are staying. 
    
      
      
      Cops pull the plug on robbers disguised as plumbers  
      25/10/2004 The Star 
       
      KUALA LUMPUR: They usually 
    introduced themselves as plumbers to security guards at condominiums and 
    apartments, saying they were there to repair a leaking pipe at a particular 
    unit. 
      
      
      
      Apartment owners want more caring 
    attitude from developers  
      25/10/2004 MM   
      The 1,098 house owners of 
    the Sri Rakyat Apartments, Bukit Jalil, claim they are often left in the 
    dark over maintenance matters. They claim that the developer and maintenance 
    company, Bukit Jalil Development Sdn Bhd, did not inform them of important 
    details on the purchase and upkeep of the low-cost units.
    
    
    Pangsapuri guru terbiar dua tahun  
    26/10/2004 Berita Harian   
    
    PENDANG: Lima blok 
    pangsapuri guru dan kakitangan Kuarters Pendidikan Sekolah Menengah Kubur 
    Panjang dekat sini, terbiar serta ditumbuhi semak-samun kerana tidak 
    digunakan walaupun siap dua tahun lalu.
      
      
      Buyers get keys, but not OC 27/10/2004 The Star
      Over 1,000 purchasers of a 
    housing project, located off the Jelutong Expressway, are upset that keys to 
    their flats had been given out by the developer although the Occupational 
    Certificate (OC) has not been issued yet. 
    
      
      
      Lot kedai 
      terbengkalai 9 tahun 28/10/2004  BH-Sentral
      KUALA LUMPUR: Lebih 100 
    pembeli lot kedai Taman Prima Selayang yang terbengkalai selama sembilan 
    tahun lalu menggesa pemaju segera menyempurnakan projek berkenaan.
    
    
    Ganjaran untuk badan urus premis 
    29/10/2004 BH-SENTRAL  
    
    SHAH ALAM: Selangor akan memperkenalkan sistem ganjaran untuk semua 
    Jawatankuasa Pengurusan bangunan tinggi di negeri berkenaan bermula tahun 
    depan. Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo, (gambar) berkata 
    melalui sistem itu pemilik unit kediaman akan menerima pengurangan yuran 
    pengurusan perkhidmatan jika mereka membawa sampah turun tanpa menggunakan 
    khidmat pekerja.
    
      
      
      Tribunal arah 
      pemaju pulangkan RM354,091  
      29/10/2004
      KOSMO  
      
      KUALA LUMPUR - Syarikat 
    pemaju perumahan, Intelligent Mission Sdn. Bhd. diarah memulangkan wang 
    pendahuluan RM354,091 kepada 34 orang pembeli rumah Taman Jasa Murni, 
    Selayang.
    TNB jawab kebimbangan
    
    29/10/2004 BH  
    
    KAMI merujuk kepada aduan `PKNS jual rumah rosak' (9 Oktober, 2004). Setelah 
    meneliti kandungannya, kami dapati wujud sedikit kekeliruan berkaitan lokasi 
    jangka elektrik TNB yang dikatakan terlalu hampir dengan jangka air. Untuk 
    makluman, hasil siasatan adalah didapati bahawa jarak dua meter di antara 
    kedua-kedua jangka itu adalah selamat. Selain itu, jangka TNB juga disaluti 
    kotak bercermin yang dapat melindungi jangka itu.
    
    
    
    Pembeli rumah kesal 
    pemaju ingkar janji 
    30/10/2004 BH  
    
    
    KAMI pembeli projek perumahan Taman Koperasi Guru Tanah Liat, Bukit Mertajam, 
    Pulau Pinang amat dukacita terhadap kelewatan projek pembinaan taman 
    perumahan itu. Ini disebabkan KGMMB sebagai pemaju utama tidak mengotakan 
    janji seperti diuar-uarkan pada mesyuarat.
      
      
      
      Bid smart  
      30/10/2004 
      NST-Prop
      When bidding at an 
    auction, it is best that you conduct an inspection prior to buying the 
    property you want.  
    
    
    
      Don't take advantage of loophole, developers told  
    30/10/2004 The Star 
     
    LOCAL authorities are 
    often hampered in their efforts to build sports facilities when developers, 
    in fulfilling the requirement of providing open areas, allocate land that is 
    too small or narrow.