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GENERAL NEWS REPORTS
(2005)
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1. Tawaran menarik, gagal ditepati (Pembeli harus bijak memilik rumah dan pemaju)  01/05/2005 Kosmo
   KUALA LUMPUR: Setiausaha Agung Persatuan Pembeli-Pembeli Rumah Malaysia (HBA), Chang Kim Long

2. Drastic acts to defend rights  01/05/2005 Sunday Star
   THAI consumers, going by a number of well-publicised cases recently, seem more than ready for combat to defend their rights. Their manner of airing their grievances is quite creative, albeit rather drastic sometimes. Whichever way you look at it, Malaysian consumers have yet to beat their Thai counterparts in making their voice heard.

3. Keputusan TTPR sering dipermain 01/05/2005 Kosmo
   KUALA LUMPUR: Sesuatu yang mengejut apabila banyak kes yang dibawa ke banyak kes yang dibawa ke Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah (TTPR) melibatkan pemaju perumahan terkenal!

4. Tindakan menanti pemaju penipu 01/05/2005 Kosmo
   KUALA LUMPUR: Menurut Pengarah Pengawasan dan Penguatkuasaan kementerian, T.G. Parameswaran, kini beberapa syarikat pemaju perumahan sedang disiasat pihaknya atas beberapa aduan yang diterima dan jika dibuktikan, pemaju tersebut akan didakwa.

5. Selamatkah rumah anda? 01/05/2005 Kosmo
   Pengarahnya Prof. Abang Abdullah Abang Ali berkata, kebanyakan rumah yang dibina di Malaysia tidak mempunyai strukur pengudaraan yang baik, memerangkap panas, tiada kemudahan awam lengkap dan bentuk rumah yang tidak menekankan aspek keselamatan.

6. Residents want Ria park gazetted 02/05/2005 The Star
   SUBANG JAYA: Once again the residents here have joined forces to save whatever that is left of the Subang Ria park, that is still 'free'. Last Saturday, residents gathered at the park to voice their fear that developers were exploiting the term 'recreation' to turn the public park into a theme park.

7. Penghuni bimbang pangsapuri retak, senget 02/05/2005 BH
   SHAH ALAM: Ibarat sudah jatuh ditimpa tangga, begitulah nasib kira-kira 80 keluarga yang mendiami pangsapuri di Blok 9, Seksyen 7, di sini.

8. Sengsara hidup di Bukit Sentosa 02/05/2005 Kosmo

9. RAWANG: Zainal terpaksa mengangkat bendera putih setelah habis ikhtiarnya cuba menyelesaikan pelbagai masalah dihadapi penduduk di situ. Kini beliau menyerahkan perkara itu kepada budi bicara ketuanya, Datuk Seri Dr. Mohd Khir Toyo yang juga Menteri Besar Selangor.

10. Developer to build hall for residents 02/05/2005 NST
    NILAI: Good news for residents of Enstec City who had been told to vacate the residents association's temporary office-cum-hall by the end of the month. Developer TH-NTSC, a subsidiary of Tabung Haji, plans to build a permanent office and community hall for residents at a cost of RM100,000.

11. Soil movement tilts driveway of 20 houses 02/05/2005 The Star
    RESIDENTS of the Pandan Ria terrace houses in Pandan want the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) to check the soil settlement problem at their driveway and get it rectified before the problem worsened.  Resident Yeoh Beng Hong, 52, said a gap had appeared between the wall and perimeter fencing with cracks obvious at the driveway area. 

12. Residents: It's a road to a major disaster 02/05/2005 The Star
    WITH Tiara Putra coming up in their area, residents of BRP 7/1 and BRP 7/3 in Bukit Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh, are beginning to worry. Their reason is that the main access to their neighbourhoods will soon be connected to a trunk road at the new residential development where about 500 houseowners are expected to move in.

13. Developers all out to woo buyers  02/05/2005 The Star S.C. Cheah

14. Delays in acquiring land hamper housing scheme for the poor 03/05/2005 The Star 
    PETALING JAYA: Incomplete application forms and delays in securing land for construction of houses are some of the obstacles hampering the rumah mesra rakyat (people-friendly houses) scheme. Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) managing director Datuk Mohd Zaihan Mohd Zain said these delayed building as time was needed to secure documents to support applications and to conduct interviews to ascertain the eligibility of applicants.

15. High rate of success for claims 03/05/2005 The Star
    KUALA LUMPUR: About 90% of the over 11,800 houseowners who had filed cases with the Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims had won their cases. Tribunal chairman Kamardin Hashim said most cases involved late delivery of properties or liquidated ascertained damages (LADs) claims.

16. 713 more people-friendly houses under construction 04/05/2005 The Star
    PETALING JAYA: A total of 502 houses have been completed under the Skim Rumah Mesra Rakyat (people-friendly houses scheme), and 713 more are being constructed, said National Housing Corporation (SPNB) chief executive officer Mohd Amin Mohd Salleh.

17. House buyers on receiving end 04/05/2005 NST L.Y.K. Seremban

18. Half of tilted block’s flat owners sell units to PDC 05/05/2005 The Star-North
    About half of the 60 flat owners of the tilted walk-up block in Bayan Baru have agreed to sell their units to the Penang Development Cor-poration (PDC) for between RM30,000 and RM59,000.

19. End to months of frustration 05/05/2005 MM
    PUCHONG: After waiting in frustration for more than four months, house owners of Taman Lestari in Bandar Putra Permai here can move into their new homes next week. Their wait for electricity supply will finally be over by this weekend

20. S&P pact often not honoured 05/05/2005 The Star DISAPPOINTED HOMEBUYER, Seremban

21. No road home for the owners  05/05/2005 MM
    RAWANG: Everything about the houses in Jalan Anggerik 5D/2 in Bukit Sentosa is fine ouncil except that there is no access road to the double- storey homes. The row of 20 units has been abandoned by owners, except for one occupied by Information Technology (IT) worker Michael Wong, who claimed he could not afford to rent another place.

22. PKNS bantu 80 keluarga 05/05/2005 HM
    SHAH ALAM: Rintihan 80 keluarga yang menetap di pangsapuri Blok 9, Seksyen 7, di sini, yang mengalami masalah keretakan yang serius pada blok bangunan lima tingkat akhirnya mendapat perhatian. Pegawai Akhbar Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS), Mohd Wazir Abdul Gani, berkata penduduk diberi dua pilihan sama ada berpindah ke rumah yang ditetapkan atau ke tempat lain dengan mendapat wang sebagai ganti rugi.

23. Washed out neighbourhood in Bukit Sentosa: No road home for the owners 05/05/2005 The Malay Mail By Nuradzimmah Daim
    RAWANG, Selangor, May 5 Everything about the houses in Jalan Anggerik 5D/2 in Bukit Sentosa is fine — except that there is no access road to the double-storey homes. The row of 20 units has been abandoned by owners, except for one occupied by Information Technology (IT) worker Michael Wong, who claimed he could not afford to rent another place. He parks his car 500 metres from home and trudges down a rubble path before squeezing through his front gate every day.

24. Tapak projek rekreasi terbengkalai 05/05/2005 BH
    SEREMBAN: Empat tahun lalu, Kawasan Rekreasi Sri Patin di Kampung Panchor, berhampiran Jalan Paroi-Kuala Pilah pernah dicadang dijadikan lokasi pelancongan berasaskan pertanian atau eko-pelancongan dan homestay. Malangnya sehingga kini, cadangan itu belum menjadi realiti apabila projek terbabit terbengkalai, malah persekitarannya semakin kurang menarik kerana tiada usaha untuk menambah keceriaannya, terutama dari segi landskap.

25. Group offers to help PJ folk 06/05/2005 MM
    PETALING JAYA: A group of residents are offering their help to Petaling Jaya residents who need to renew the land leases with the Petaling Land Office. The residents, especially those in Section 1, have applied for their lease extensions and many were shocked when they found that they were being charged exorbitant premiums for their plots.

26. Rumah tiada bekalan elektrik 06/05/2005 BH
    PUCHONG: Hasrat lebih 250 pembeli untuk berpindah ke rumah idaman di Taman Perumahan Fasa 5C Lestari Puchong di Bandar Puchong Permai berkecai berikutan rumah itu masih tidak disambungkan bekalan elektrik.

27. Defaulting firm leaves 200 with debts 06/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: Some 200 investors of Anggerik Villa II in Kajang are saddled with debts as their names were used to obtain bank loans to build the condominium. As the building's management company had defaulted on the loans since last October, the investors fear they might be declared bankrupt for failing to make payments.

28. Renovations that pay 07/05/2005 NST 
    We all want a nicer home. However, says Kuala Lumpur-based real estate firm Zerin Properties Sdn Bhd's chief executive officer Previndran Singhe, "while some home renovations may enhance our lives, they do not necessarily increase the value of the property".

29. Just not bothered over plan 09/05/2005 The Star
    PENANG: Sheer apathy appears to be the major reason why Penangites are not taking the trouble to view and respond to the Penang Structure Plan survey report 2005-2020.

30. New hope for Old Town leases  09/05/2005 The Star
    The land lease issue involving Petaling Jaya property owners being levied hefty premiums remains unresolved with a court case still pending, but residents may have a solution to their problem. 

31. MB: Choose properties wisely 09/05/2005 The Star
    The public should choose wisely before investing in property, especially when buying a home, Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said.

32. IWK minta pemaju baiki paip  09/05/2005 BH
    KAMI merujuk kepada surat daripada R20;Penduduk Malang R21, Semenyih (2 Mei 2005). Masalah pembetungan di kawasan ini disebabkan paip pembetungan bawah tanah pecah akibat kerja pembinaan pemaju perumahan. IWK berkali-kali meminta pemaju membaiki dan menggantikan paip itu tetapi tidak berkesan. Oleh itu, IWK tiada pilihan selain daripada melaporkan masalah ini kepada pihak berkuasa untuk mengambil tindakan selanjutnya dengan segera.

33. Bangunan terbengkalai jejaskan imej Seremban 09/05/2005 BH
    SEREMBAN: Kewujudan bangunan terbengkalai dan terbiar sekitar bandar ini bukan saja mencacatkan pemandangan, tetapi juga menjejaskan imej Seremban di mata masyarakat, terutama pengunjung luar. Biarpun jumlahnya kecil, premis ibarat 'rumah hantu' itu menambahkan lagi kesuraman bandar ini yang sememangnya sudah suram.

34. Residents fret over cracks in car park 10/05/2005 The Star
    RESIDENTS of Mount Karunmas Condominium in Taman Desa Karunmas, Balakong, want the developer or maintenance company of the building to rectify the cracks that have appeared on the beams in the car park.

35. Pembeli tuntut pemaju tunai janji 10/05/2005 BH
    KUALA LUMPUR: Pembeli 109 unit lot kedai Taman Prima Selayang mahu pemaju segera menyiapkan projek berkenaan bukannya terus menaburkan janji kosong. Pembeli terbabit kesal dengan sikap pemaju yang sehingga kini gagal menyiapkan projek berkenaan walaupun berkali-kali berjanji untuk menyiapkannya.

36. Kecewa rumah dibeli masih jadi hak milik pemaju 10/05/2005 Utusan ANAK JATI, Kuala Selangor, Selangor.

37. 70% Gurkha jadi pengawal keselamatan tiada asas tentera 11/05/2005 Utusan
    KUALA LUMPUR: Percaya atau tidak 70 peratus `bekas askar Gurkha' dari Nepal yang menjadi pengawal keselamatan di negara ini dengan gaji tinggi - tidak pernah pun berkhidmat dalam tentera. Golongan itu, yang mendapat permintaan tinggi rakyat Malaysia, dibayar gaji minimum RM1,200 sebulan, berbanding pengawal tempatan RM700 hingga RM800.

38. Perancangan lemah punca projek lewat 11/05/2005 BH
    KENYATAAN Menteri Kerjaraya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, mengenai 215 projek bermasalah sepanjang tahun lalu, termasuk 10 projek besar seperti pembinaan hospital, jambatan, jalan Persekutuan dan universiti, jelas menunjukkan pelbagai kelemahan yang berlaku sama ada di pihak kerajaan, agensi pelaksana atau kontraktor terbabit melaksanakan projek. Sepatutnya, masalah seperti pengambilan tanah, pembayaran pampasan, kelewatan bayaran kepada kontraktor, kekurangan kepakaran teknikal dan tenaga kerja, dapat dikenal pasti lebih awal supaya tindakan sewajarnya dapat diambil segera bagi mengelakkan projek terbengkalai atau lewat disiapkan hingga menyukarkan orang ramai.

39. Residents should have their say 11/05/2005 The Sun Goh Ban Lee

40. Rumah retak ancam penghuni 12/05/2005 HM
    BATU CAVES: Sebanyak 34 rumah di Jalan Batu Geliga Satu, Taman Melewar di sini, mengalami keretakan teruk akibat projek tebatan banjir yang dijalankan sejak 10 bulan lalu di hadapan rumah mereka. Projek itu yang membabitkan penanaman cerucuk menggunakan jentera berat hanya tiga meter dari rumah penduduk sehingga menyebabkan pelbagai masalah seperti habuk, bunyi bising, dinding runtuh dan paip pecah.

41. Make projects more attractive, developers told 13/05/2005 The Star
    DEVELOPERS should build quality homes in well-planned environment to attract greater interest in their projects, Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president Datuk Jeffrey Ng said.

42. Better use of available land 13/05/2005 The Star
    KUALA LUMPUR: All physical and structural plans in Peninsular Malaysia will now have to conform to guidelines under the National Physical Plan to optimise land usage and ensure balanced development. 

43. Jawatankuasa selamat projek sakit ditubuh 13/05/2005 BH
    KUALA LUMPUR: Semua kementerian sudah menubuhkan Jawatankuasa Penyelamat dan Penyiap Projek Sakit yang dipengerusikan Ketua Setiausaha kementerian masing-masing. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz, berkata jawatankuasa itu diberi tanggungjawab untuk mengkaji setiap projek sakit atau terbengkalai.

44. More residential properties unsold in last quarter of 2004 13/05/2005 The Star
    PUTRAJAYA: The number of residential units unsold in the last quarter of 2004 increased by 6,258 to 15,558 compared with the corresponding period in the previous year.

45. Rumah tidak terjual RM1.82 billion 13/05/2005 Kosmo
    PUTRAJAYA: Jumlah hartanah kediaman yang tidak terjual sehingga 31 Disember lalu, meningkat kira-kira 67.3 peratus kepada 15.558 buah bernilai RM1.82 bilion. Menurt Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Dr. Ng Yen Yen, ia mewakili peningkatan sebanyak 6,258 buah berbanding 9,300 buah yang tidak terjual dalam tempoh yang sama tahun sebelumnya.

46. Poor in the city 13/05/2005 The Sun
    Although official figures show the incidence of urban poverty falling, the real picture is not so pretty - as CINDY THAM, who meets some families struggling to make ends meet in KL, finds out.

47. Neighbours end tiff over renovations 14/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: A dispute over house renovation in Bukit Taman Tun Dr Ismail is drawing to a close when it is found to comply with regulations. The tiff between neighbours has got the media, City Hall and a Member of Parliament to mediate when it was first highlighted on April 14.

48. Passing the ringgit down, literally 14/05/2005 NST
    A proposal by Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting that housing loans be stretched over two generations has been welcomed by Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN). Ong had suggested that such a move be adopted as a Ninth Malaysia Plan policy, to enable more people to afford their own houses. In response, the bank, which introduced such a two-generation (2G) package in the early 90s called Giro home, is planning an aggressive marketing campaign to relaunch its scheme that borrowers have paid little attention to all these years.

49. Revamp ‘Second Home’ programme 14/05/2005 NST-PROP
    The Malaysia: My Second Home (MMSH) programme has not produced the results desired and the Government should therefore consider taking drastic steps, such as reviewing the entire programme and perhaps even privatising it, a recognised real estate agent has suggested.

50. Flats ready by year-end 16/05/2005 The Star
    The construction of two low-cost built-for-rental housing schemes in Penang are in the final stages of completion. Tenants are expected to move in by the end of this year.

51. Council To Pull Up Errant Developer 16/05/2005 MM
    Subang Jaya Municipal Council has assured Taman Bukit Kinrara residents that action will be taken to stop the illegal dumping of earth on the scheme's playing field.

52. Residents give the Govt three months 16/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: Three months. That's the time the Taman Tun Dr Ismail residents are giving the City Hall and Federal Territory Land and Mines Department to respond to their memorandum to get the Bukit Kiara's 160.4 hectare of greenery gazetted as a green lung.

53. Apartment ceiling in danger of collapsing 16/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: Sleep tight and let the bugs bite. This is the scenario at Juara Suria Apartments in Taman Bukit Belimbing, Balakong near here, according to the residents.

54. Masalah penduduk Kampung Chim Lee selesai 16/5/2005 Kosmo
    KUALA LUMPUR: Isu yang tidak memuaskan hati 321 penduduk Kampung Chim Lee, Kepong yang terpaksa membayar bil elektrik Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) selesai apabila mereka dimaklumkan bayaran sebanyak RM40 seorang itu perlu dijelaskan kepada Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL).

55. Waspada iklan jual lot banglo 16/05/2005 Utusan TIPAH TERTIPU, Shah Alam.

56. Kontraktor baiki rumah retak akibat cerucuk 17/5/2005 Harian Metro HANIM HASHIM, Pegawai Perhubungan Awam, DBKL

57. Penduduk mahu masalah diatasi segera 17/5/2005 Utusan
    KUALA SELANGOR: Penduduk di Fasa 2 Bandar Puncak Alam, di sini mahu pertemuan segera diadakan bersama Majlis Da erah Kuala Selangor (MDKS) dan pemaju bagi mengatasi pelbagai masalah yang dihadapi sekarang.

58. 'Take park developer to court' 17/05/2005 MM
    SUBANG JAYA: Residents here have been advised to take legal action against Subang Ria park developer if they feel they have been cheated by the latter. This advice came from Kelana Jaya MP Loh Seng Kok after a meeting with some 30 residents at Sri Kuala Lumpur school in SS15 here last night.

59. Panik dengar jeritan (Mangsa gagal buka pintu terlalu takut api) 17/5/2005 Harian Metro
    KEPONG: Seorang warga tua yang panik selepas terdengar jeritan kebakaran dari luar kediamannya gagal membuka kunci pintu rumah walaupun memiliki anak kunci dalam kejadian di Apartmen Sinar Magna, di sini, petang semalam.

60. Relocation delay irks residents 18/05/2005 The Sun
    KUALA LUMPUR: Furious residents in Kampung Seri Endah are letting their feelings show after they found out that a promise of relocating them to new flats built by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) 10 years ago has not been kept.

61. DBKL diarah pantau bangunan tinggi 19/05/2005 Berita Harian
    PUTRAJAYA: Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan mengarahkan Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) mempertingkatkan ciri keselamatan pada bangunan tinggi bagi mengelak kemalangan seperti terjatuh bangunan.

62. Earthquake Jolts N.Sumatera, Tremors In Parts Of W.M'sia 19/5/2005 bernama.com.my
    KUALA LUMPUR: The 6.3 magnitude earthquake which jolted the Indonesian island of North Sumatera at 9.45am Thursday caused tremors in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

63. Taman Duta folk see red over 'hush hush' condo project 19/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: Someone is going to build a condominium near them but residents of Taman Duta are in the dark over who is doing it.

64. Lokasi faktor utama hartanah tidak terjual 19/05/2005 BH 
    KUALA LUMPUR: Lokasi kediaman, kedai dan industri yang tidak strategik adalah faktor utama menyebabkan sebilangan hartanah sekitar Lembah Klang tidak terjual berakhir Disember lalu. Pengarah Eksekutif, Lembaga Perumahan dan Harta Tanah Selangor, Alinah Ahmad, berkata masalah lokasi tidak strategik dan kemudahan infrastruktur yang tidak lengkap menyebabkan kawasan sekitar Lembah Klang seperti di Semenyih dan Ulu Selangor mengalami kekurangan pembeli.

65. Bina bonggol sesuka hati 19/05/2005 HM
    Oleh PENDUDUK PRIHATIN SAYA mewakili penduduk Pangsapuri Lestari, Damansara Damai, Sungai Buloh, ingin membuat aduan mengenai sikap segelintir penduduk yang membina bonggol sesuka hati. Selain dibina di lokasi yang tidak sesuai, saiznya juga berbeza dan kadangkala agak tinggi sehingga menyebabkan bahagian bawah kenderaan bergesel dan tercalar.

66. Living nightmare for dream home buyers 20/05/2005 MM
    KAJANG: They thought the double-storey link houses in Taman Cheras Prima would be their dream homes. However, the property turned out to be a nightmare for the 200 buyers instead. After waiting an additional two years for the homes to be completed, they had to settle for leaking roofs, uneven floors and walls, and hairline cracks on the walls. To make matters worse, the houses were without certificates of fitness, preventing them from moving in.

67. Council to developers: Strengthen hillside 20/5/2005 The Sun
    PUCHONG: Subang Jaya Municipal Council has assured Taman Bukit Kinrara residents that action will be taken to stop the illegal dumping of earth on the scheme's playing field.

68. Leak irks apartment owner in Puchong  20/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: Chang Siau Keng's bathroom at his Sri Kesidang apartment in Puchong is never dry even if he is not at home. This is because the bathroom of the unit above his is leaking and water has been dripping from the ceiling since March this year.

69. Tanah mendap berulang 20/5/2005  Utusan
    PUCHONG 19 Mei - Lebih 15 keluarga di Kampung Lembah, Batu 11, di sini sekali lagi dike-jutkan dengan ancaman kejadian ta-nah mendap di kawasan penempatan tersebut pagi ini.

70. Still no strata titles after 32 long years 20/05/2005 MM
    Kuala Lumpur: Shop owners at Ampang Park shopping centre have been unable to get their individual strata titles from the Kuala Lumpur Land Office despite occupying the lots for the past 32 years.

71. Striking a compromise 21/05/2005 NST National House Buyers Association

72. Housing power 21/5/2005 NST-PROP
    The year that was plastered smiles on some property owners, but frowns on others, going by the findings of the Government in its just released House Price Index. It all depends on what they bought

73. Firm to donate 10,000 plants 21/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: Seremban-based developer Matrix Concepts Group is giving the Bunga Raya Campaign a boost by becoming the first company to contribute 10,000 hibiscus plants. In making the pledge yesterday, Matrix executive chairman Lee Tian Hock said that for a start, they will give hibiscus plants to 1,500 families at the Karnival Taman Anggerik in Bandar Tenggara in Johor on June 5.

74. Lawyer's letter brings halt to repairs 21/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: After appealing for repairs to their sinking driveway, residents of Taman Pandan Ria changed their mind after receiving letters from the developer's lawyer claiming malicious intent in an article which appeared in The Malay Mail on April 2. Resident Yeoh Beng Hong, 51, said he received a letter from Ampang Jaya Municipal Council saying the developer would start remedial works on May 5.

75. In a huff over damaged track 21/05/2005 MM
    SHAH ALAM: Residents of Kota Kemuning claim that a showhouse being built since last September has damaged a jogging track and part of a lake. One of them, who wanted to be known as Ritchie, claimed that the developer is digging a drain in the middle of the track without safety signboards.

76. A promise not kept 21/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: Some 500 service apartment owners have grouped together to present their problems to the management company. The owners bought their property in Mantin near Seremban five years ago for RM130,000.

77. Board to hear condo residents’ woes to be operational soon 23/05/2005 The Star 
    KUALA LUMPUR: Residents of apartments and condominiums can soon bring complaints they have against the buildings' managements to the Strata Titles Board. 

78. Penghijrahan pekerja tingkat keperluan rumah 24/05/2005  BH
    PUCHONG: Lebih banyak rumah sama ada rumah kos rendah dan sederhana diperlukan di Selangor bagi menampung keperluan penduduk yang semakin bertambah berikutan penghijrahan penduduk dari negeri lain. Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Selangor, Datuk Ch'ng Toh Eng, berkata ada 985,000 unit rumah dibina di negeri itu sehingga kini tetapi pasaran dijangka masih luas.

79. Make developers pay for offence 24/05/2005 NST DR P.Y. TAN Johor Baru

80. Housebuyers give up after 18 years of frustration 24/05/2005 MM
    IPOH: After paying a total of RM2 million and waiting 18 years, more than 150 housebuyers have given up on their low-cost housing scheme in Slim River, and are appealing to the Perak Government to provide them alternative land or new homes. Their spokesman B. Subramaniam said the 156 buyers, many of them plantation workers and Government servants, were willing to take up any offer of land

81. How do I buy a House? 24/05/2005 NST
    Be a smart consumer. For a first- timer, purchasing a new home is one of the most perplexed and expensive purchases one will ever make. However with thoughtful consideration in mind, you can be sure that you can get your money's worth.

82. Kes pecah rumah makin berleluasa 24/05/2005 BH
    SAYA bagi pihak majoriti penghuni Pangsapuri Sinar Magna, Metro Prima, Kepong kecewa dengan beberapa kejadian pecah rumah sejak awal 2003. Dengan perkhidmatan kawalan keselamatan yang longgar dan kerja pembersihan sampah, penghuni dikenakan bayaran wang penyelenggaraan RM99 sebulan.

83. House buyers' 18-year torment 24/05/2005 The Sun
    IPOH: After paying a total of RM2 million and waiting 18 years, some 150-odd house buyers have given up on their low-cost housing scheme in Slim River and are appealing to the Perak government to provide them alternative land or new homes.

84. Penyewa bimbang premis retak 25/05/2005  Utusan
    KLANG 24 Mei - Lebih 100 pemilik dan penyewa bangunan di Pusat Komersial Bukit Tinggi dekat sini berada di dalam kebimbangan apabila bangunan yang diduduki sejak lima tahun lalu semakin mendap daripada semasa ke semasa.

85. New homes for 150 buyers 25/05/2005  The Sun
    IPOH: The Perak government has set aside houses near Proton City in Tanjung Malim for more than 150 buyers left in the lurch after they paid RM2 million for low-cost houses in a scheme in Slim River 18 years ago.

86. Projek terbengkalai: Perak tawar rumah baru 25/05/2005 Kosmo
    IPOH - Kerajaan Negeri Perak memperuntukkan rumah dekat Proton City di Tanjong Malim untuk lebih 150 pembeli yang kini terumbang-ambing selepas membayar RM2 juta untuk skim perumahan kos rendah di Slim River 18 tahun.

87. Owner fears home cracking up 25/05/2005 MM
    SHAH ALAM: Quality assurance manager Rodney Joseph Especkerman, 49, and his family are worried about cracks on the wall of their house in Bukit Rimau.

88. No remedial work despite promise 26/05/2005 The Star
    IT HAS been more than a month but no remedial work has been carried out on the ravaged sites near Jalan Cemerlang and Jalan Gallagher in Taman Duta, Kuala Lumpur, despite City Hall promising to do so.

89. Expedite payment, PDC urged 27/05/2005 The Star
    THE Penang Development Corporation (PDC) has been urged to settle the balance payment fast to owners of 60 unsafe flats in Bayan Baru.

90. "Tremor" at flats caused by overloaded tank  27/05/2005 The Star
    Ganesan and other residents of Block 92 of the Sri Kota flats in Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, later found out that the loud bang and subsequent vibrations were caused by a malfunctioning water tank.

91. Tangki air meletup dibaiki 27/05/2005  BH
    CHERAS: Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) berjanji untuk membaiki secepat mungkin satu daripada dua tangki air yang meletup Selasa lalu di Blok 92, Perumahan Awam Sri Kota, di sini.

92. Shocked over porch demolition  27/05/2005 The Star 
    A clerk was shocked to find several Penang Municipal Council workers demolishing the porch of her house in Bayan Lepas here on her return from Kuala Lumpur.  Bedah Shariff, 55, a Tenaga Nasional Berhad clerk, said she had engaged a contractor to convert the porch into a room.   

93. Long live the tribunal 29/05/2005 NST Ahirudin Attan

94. TPPT yakin 29 projek rumah mampu milik siap 15 tahun 30/05/2005 BH
    TPPT Sdn Bhd (TPPT) yakin untuk menyiapkan 29 projek membabitkan kira-kira 76,000 unit rumah mampu milik di bawah Skim Tabung Pusingan Perumahan Kos Rendah di seluruh negara. Pengerusinya, Md Yusof Hussin, berkata daripada jumlah itu, 24,000 unit adalah rumah kos rendah, 9,000 unit kos sederhana rendah, 26,000 unit rumah kos sederhana dan 17,000 unit rumah biasa yang akan disiapkan dalam tempoh di antara 10 hingga 15 tahun.

95. Condo folk punished with water cut 31/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: The Desa View Tower building management has since May 5 disconnected water supply to the units of residents who failed to pay their maintenance fees. However, the irate residents claimed that they refused to pay the dues of between RM90 and RM116.35 a month as the facilities at the condominium are not well maintained by the company, Jurukor Hartanah.

96. Housebuyer duped by sales pitch 31/05/2005 MM
    KUALA LUMPUR: When senior corporate officer Chang Siau Keng was scouting for a home recently, he was approached by a salesman for Taman Mas Sepang in Sepang who told him housebuyers would be allowed free entry to the clubhouse and with unlimited access to its facilities