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GENERAL NEWS REPORTS
(2005)
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1. Pembeli resah rumah terbengkalai sejak setahun 03/11/2005 Kosmo 
   KLANG - Hasrat pasangan kembar, Muhammad Redzuan Umar dan Muhammad Rodzi untuk menduduki rumah sendiri tidak kesampaian apabila projek perumahan Taman Khalid Al-Walid, Jalan Kebun, di sini terbengkalai sejak setahun lalu.

2. Pemaju dihantui kerenah birokrasi 03/11/2005 BH
   KOTA KINABALU: Ketika kerajaan mengalu-alukan pembangunan sektor hartanah di Sabah yang pada masa ini dikatakan bernilai lebih RM2.5 bilion, pemaju sektor itu mendakwa mereka berhadapan masalah mendapatkan kelulusan berkaitan strata akibat kerenah birokrasi. Ketika ini, dianggarkan lebih 10,000 kes berkaitan masalah itu belum diselesaikan pihak berkuasa di seluruh negeri menyebabkan pemaju berhadapan kesukaran meneruskan projek serta menjualnya kepada pembeli.

3. Selangor to revive abandoned projects 05/11/2005 NST
   THE rising number of abandoned housing projects in Selangor has led the State Government to call for a meeting with developers and banks in an effort to tackle the recurring problem.

4. Exposed on Net 07/11/2005 The Star
   DEVELOPERS BEWARE: The war against rogue housing developers is on. Of the 538 developers listed, 304 have been fined RM 10,000 for failing to hand in their reports and statements. Those on the list also include prominent firms and government-linked companies.

5. Protecting house buyers 07/11/2005 The Star
   THE housing debate with its calls for “sell then build” (STB), “build then sell” (BTS) and “10:90” has become muddled. The House Buyers Association (HBA) says that only BTS, or failing that, 10:90, can protect house buyers.

6. House owners who spoil the neighbourhood 08/11/2005 The Sun
   RECENTLY, a building under renovation in Petaling Jaya attracted considerable attention. It was illegal and causing problems to the neighbour. It also belonged to the wife of Datuk Mohmad Shaid Mohd Taufek, the former mayor of Kuala Lumpur.

7. Protect the purchaser 08/11/2005 NST By CHARLES HECTOR Petaling Jaya

8. Assessment taxes to go up in MPPJ 2006 budget 09/11/2005 The  Star
   Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) will raise assessment taxes to achieve a balanced budget for 2006.
   “The slow economic growth this year has affected the council’s revenue and as such, the council has to increase revenue and reduce backlogs (in collecting assessment taxes),” said MPPJ president Datuk Ahmad Termizi Puteh.

9. Lif rosak, sampah 'terbang' di Flat Sri Kota 09/11/2005  Kosmo
   BERBAHAYA. Sikap lambat bertindak Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) dalam mengatasi kerosakan lif di Blok 98, Flat Sri Kota, Cheras mengundang pelbagai masalah lain.

10. Penduduk gadai nyawa baiki lif 10/11/2005 Kosmo
    KUALA LUMPUR - Jangan terkejut jika ada penghuni Pangsapuri Seri Nilam yang mengalami kejutan elektrik apabila mereka melakukan sambungan haram untuk menggunakan lif di pangsapuri itu.

11. Hear our pleas on housing project delays 10/11/2005 The Sun By Sunny Boy Kuala Lumpur

12. Projek terbengkalai dibincang minggu depan 11/11/2005 Kosmo
    KUALA LUMPUR - Isu projek perumahan Taman Khalid Al-Walid, Jalan Kebun, Klang yang terbengkalai sejak setahun lalu, akan dibincangkan minggu depan.

13. Buyers' Recourse - Salvaging unwise choices 11/11/2005 The Sun
    FOR the majority of people, buying a property is a lifetime investment. Purchasers are therefore always cautious before committing to a buy. But what if fate takes a turn for the worse and an investment turns bad? There is only so much care and steps a purchaser can take to ensure that his investment will be a good one.

14. Most abandoned houses in Selangor 12/11/2005 NST
    However, figures portend a declining trend for stalled projects Despite stringent guidelines governing the housing industry and increasing public awareness about problems associated with housing development, cases of abandoned projects continue to be a bane of the industry, albeit on a declining trend.

15. Empowering house buyers 12/11/2005 NST-PROP By National House Buyers Association (HBA)
    A victory has been won in getting names of errant developers posted on Housing Ministry's website
    Consumers today have various forms of protection when they make purchases, whether these are electrical appliances or motor vehicles.

16. Of strata titles and shopping centres 12/11/2005 NST
    In this first of a four part series, PPK Malaysia discusses the development of strata-titled shopping complexes and the issues affecting them - from service charge to management control and winning formulas. Here, we begin with a overview.

17. 'Bina dan jual' tak perlu jadi peraturan 12/11/2005 BH
    KONSEP ‘bina dan jual’ tidak perlu dijadikan satu undang-undang kerana kebanyakan pembeli kini semakin bijak dan hanya membeli apabila hartanah pilihan sudah mula dibangunkan.

18. ADUN Subang Jaya panggil mesyuarat pemaju-penduduk 12/11/2005 Kosmo
    KUALA LUMPUR - Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Subang Jaya, Datuk Lee Hwa Beng akan memanggil pemaju, Dergahayu Sdn. Bhd. dan wakil penduduk membincangkan kaedah terbaik mengatasi masalah di Pangsapuri Subang Mewah.

19. Vandalisme berleluasa 12/11/2005 Kosmo 
    SUBANG JAYA – Walaupun kerajaan membelanjakan berjuta-juta ringgit bagi menyediakan kediaman yang selesa serta mempunyai kemudahan awam yang terbaik, masih ada juga yang tidak menghargai nikmat tersebut.

20. Pemaju siasat aduan penduduk 12/11/2005 Kosmo
    KUALA LUMPUR - Walaupun dibuktikan dengan gambar, pemaju Pangsapuri Seri Nilam, Bandar Baru Ampang, LT Sdn.Bhd. mahu menyiasat terlebih dahulu dakwaan penduduk yang pangsapuri itu dipenuhi pelbagai masalah.

21. Dergahayu tegur sikap  penduduk 12/11/2005 Kosmo
    SUBANG JAYA - Prasarana kelas pertama tetapi mentaliti kelas ketiga, itulah rumusan pemaju, Dergahayu Sdn. Bhd. mengenai masalah yang dibangkitkan penduduk Pangsapuri Subang Mewah terutama di blok Angsana.

22. Desarina condo buyers left in the lurch 12/11/2005 The Star
    WHAT should have been a handsome condominium along the shady avenue of Jalan Desa Utama, Taman Desa, is now a dilapidated lot, left to be ravaged by the elements and petty thieves.

23. Buyers still waiting after eight years 14/11/2005 The Star
    THE opportunity to invest in commercial property presented itself eight years ago, but the small group who bought the Super Taipan Bukit Beruntung shoplots are still waiting for returns on their investment. The buyers signed the sale and purchase agreements in November 1997 and the project in Bukit Beruntung was expected to be ready by the end of 2000.

24. REHDA Says Govt Should Make Distinction Concerning Offenders 14/11/2005 Bernama
    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 (Bernama) -- Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association of Malaysia (REHDA), supported the government's act in releasing the names of those who did not comply with the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966, but felt that that the report should have made a distinction between the majority who were compounded for slight technical offences, and the very few who committed serious breaches against house buyers.

25. Serah kunci tanpa CF di Super Taipan 14/11/2005 Kosmo
    KUALA LUMPUR - Pembeli unit perumahan dan komersial Super Taipan dekat Bukit Beruntung mendakwa diperdaya oleh pemaju apabila pembinaan beberapa bangunannya terbengkalai sejak lapan tahun lalu.

26. Not all on list are rogue developers, says association 15/11/2005 BT
    AN INFLUENTIAL housing developers’ body says it is unfair to label as “rogue” all the developers named in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government’s list of offenders, which was released on its website recently.

27. Bangunan perlu penuhi ciri tahan gempa bumi 15/11/2005 BH
    KUALA LUMPUR: Pemaju perlu melantik jurutera bertauliah sebelum membina bangunan di negara ini bagi memastikan faktor seismik dalam perancangan pembinaan dan reka bentuk bangunan serta infrastruktur lain dikaji supaya tidak terdedah kepada bencana gempa bumi. Menteri Kerjaraya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, berkata jurutera yang bertanggungjawab perlu memastikan reka bentuk bangunan yang diusahakan pemaju memenuhi ciri keselamatan yang disyorkan kementerian

28. Build-and-Sell Housing Concept Proposal In Final Stages 16/11/2005 Bernama
    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 (Bernama) -- The memorandum on the build-and-sell housing concept proposed for the country is in the final stages and would be submitted to the Cabinet soon, Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun said Wednesday.

29. Penduduk bimbang rumah retak 16/11/2005 Utusan
    KUALA LUMPUR 15 Nov. - Ibarat retak me­nunggu belah! Perumpamaan itu kini menjadi realiti kepada penduduk Taman Bukit Cheras dekat sini yang hidup dalam kebimbangan setiap hari apabila benteng tanah berhampiran rumah mereka semakin hari semakin retak.

30. Residents to discuss issue at MPPJ meeting 16/11/2005 Malay Mail
    PETALING JAYA: The Petaling Jaya Local Plan 1 Amendment (May 26 this year) Will be discussed at a meeting between representatives of residents associations and Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) officials tomorrow at the MPPJ headquarters at Jalan Yong Shook Lin here.

31. MPSJ unhappy with developer's answer 17/11/2005 The Star
    THE Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) is not satisfied with the Kantan Court developer's explanation on shaky corridor railings and has asked the company to submit another letter detailing the structural design calculations, the reasons why the railings are shaky and suggested remedial measures.

32. Projek lewat, pemaju mesti bayar pampasan 17/11/2005 Kosmo
    KUALA LUMPUR - Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Batang Kali, Datuk Zainal Abidin Sakom yang kesal dengan isu projek terbengkalai di Super Taipan, Bukit Beruntung berkata, jika projek lewat kerana kesilapan pemaju, mereka hendaklah membayar pampasan kepada pembeli. "Pemaju kena ikut perjanjian dan siapkan projek mengikut jadual.

33. Pemaju harap penduduk bersabar 17/11/2005 Kosmo
    GOMBAK - Penduduk di kawasan perumahan 5B Taman Melati, di sini terpaksa menunggu dua minggu lagi sebelum kerja-kerja letupan batu di kawasan itu diihentikan oleh pemaju perumahan Kondominium Putra Villa.

34. 'Build and sell' idea in memorandum stage 17/11/2005 NST
    HOUSE BUYERS are another step closer to buying homes under the "build and sell" concept.

35. Not so low-cost after all 17/11/2005 The Sun
    PENANG: Buying a low-cost or low-medium cost unit in Penang can be an expensive affair these days. Buyers of a low-cost housing project in Batu Ferringhi here who paid RM42,000 for the three-bedroom unit found this out the hard way.They were offered a renovation package costing RM16,000 by the developer for laying of tiles and grilles to be fixed to their units.

36. All States To Use e-Tanah Land Administrative System By 2008 17/11/2005 Bernama
    PUTRAJAYA, Nov 17 (Bernama) -- All states will use fully the "e-tanah" system for land application matters by 2008, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

37. Jamin hak pembeli rumah 17/11/2005 HM
    MASALAH pembeli rumah yang sering tertipu akibat projek perumahan tertangguh atau terbengkalai akan dapat diatasi apabila kerajaan menggunakan konsep bina dan jual rumah bagi menjamin hak pengguna.

38. Dramatic adjournment of PJ local plan hearing 18/11/2005 The  Star
    THE hearing for the amendment to the Petaling Jaya Local Plan 1 (RTPJ1) was called off yesterday with the Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) having to lodge a police report.

39. The buyers come first 18/11/2005 NST By  N.YIN Penang

40. Lebih banyak rumah terbengkalai dipulih 18/11/2005 BH
    SEREMBAN: Lebih banyak projek perumahan terbengkalai di negeri ini akan dipulihkan oleh Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) bagi membolehkan kediaman diserahkan kepada pembeli secepat mungkin.

41. Developer risks court action over strata titles 18/11/2005 Malay Mail
    A DEVELOPER in Kuala Lumpur runs the risk of being hauled to court over its failure to apply for strata titles for its condo project. Deputy Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk S. Sothinathan said the Ministry would act if the claim made by DAP Bukit Bintang member Fong Kui Lun was true.

42. Akur arahan letup batu 18/11/2005 BH
    KUALA LUMPUR: Penduduk Kawasan Lima B, Taman Melati kini boleh menarik nafas lega apabila pemaju memberi jaminan untuk mematuhi syarat yang diputuskan mengenai kerja meletup batu untuk projek perumahan Kondo Putra Villa. Keputusan itu dibuat menerusi perbincangan bersama pemaju, penduduk, Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan, Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) dan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM).

43. They're not all rogues, says Rehda 19/11/2005 NST
    While welcoming the Housing and Local Government Ministry’s naming of developers that have flouted the housing development law and regulations, the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) said it is not fair to brand all companies in the list as "rogue developers".

44. Pengurusan janji baiki lif 19/11/2005 Kosmo
    KUALA LUMPUR - YBR Management Services Sdn. Bhd., pihak pengurusan Pangsapuri Perdana, Shah Alam berjanji menyelesaikan segera masalah kerosakan lif di Blok 1 pangsapuri berkenaan.

45. Housing Ministry acted correctly 21/11/2005 NST By Kabukiman, Kuala Lumpur

46. Purchasers can name own solicitors 21/11/2005 NST
    WE wish to clarify several matters raised by Charles Hector (NST, Nov 8). Firstly, the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Malaysia is an association of developers, and not real estate agents.

47. Jangan salahkan pemaju sahaja 21/11/2005 Kosmo
    DAMANSARA - "Pembeli yang menghadapi masalah projek perumahan terbengkalai tidak boleh terus menyalahkan pihak pemaju semata-mata," tegas Pengerusi Eksekutif MK Land Holdings Berhad, Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal Abu Bakar (gambar).

48. Tubuhkan jawatankuasa pembeli 21/11/2005 Kosmo
    KUALA LUMPUR - Sebuah jawatankuasa pembeli perlu ditubuhkan segera untuk menyediakan aduan lengkap kepada Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan mengenai masalah projek perumahan dan komersial Super Taipan di Bukit Beruntung yang terbengkalai sejak ia mula dibina lapan tahun lalu.

49. RM8.2mil spent on housing yearly 22/11/2005 The Star
    KUALA LUMPUR: The police have been forking out an additional RM8.2mil a year in housing allowances to its rank and file and officers due to the 12 abandoned housing projects.

50. Probe under way into 12 stalled police housing plans 22/11/2005 The Star
    KUALA LUMPUR: Police are investigating 11 developers who have abandoned or delayed construction of 12 police housing projects costing a whopping RM500mil.

51. 12 police projects worth RM500mil abandoned 22/11/2005 The Star
    KUALA LUMPUR: Stretched out across Malaysia from Kuantan to Mersing and from Kinarut to Segamat are 12 incomplete police projects, mostly houses.

52. Tenants owe City Hall RM45m 22/11/2005 The Sun
    PETALING JAYA: Errant tenants of low-cost houses owe Kuala Lumpur City Hall RM45 million in loan repayments and arrears in rentals.

53. Buyers' welfare 22/11/2005 NST By DATUK SERI YUEN YUET LENG Ampang

54. Strike equitable balance
    22/11/2005 NST By V.T. Sungai Buloh

55. Bangunan belum siap 22/11/2005 BH
    Bangunan Perbadanan Pembangunan Perdagangan Luar Malaysia (Matrade) bernilai RM160 juta yang sepatutnya diserahkan pemaju kepada Matrade pada Mac depan, terpaksa ditangguhkan disebabkan beberapa bahagian bangunan belum disiapkan.

56. Unending problems bring residents closer 22/11/2005 The Star
    RESIDENTS of Taman Cheras Jaya Phase Four have come together to tackle the problems plaguing their neighbourhood, and the first of their coordinated effort is to set up a Rukun Tetangga.

57. Freeze order on new serviced apartments 26/11/2005 NST-PROP
    All new applications for the development of serviced apartments in Kuala Lumpur have been frozen in yet another move described as "intended to protect purchasers".

58. 32 Projek terbengkalai 28/11/2005 BH
    SHAH ALAM: Kerajaan Selangor mengenal pasti sebanyak 56 projek termasuk 32 projek perumahan bernilai kira-kira RM3 bilion terbengkalai bagi tempoh sembilan bulan pertama tahun ini.Projek terbengkalai itu merangkumi 17,672 unit perumahan, 18 projek komersial (1,014 unit), lima projek pembesaran kampung (2,480 unit) dan satu projek industri membabitkan 174 unit.

59. Revamp for local govts 30/11/2005 The Star
    THE Government plans to revamp the entire local government structure to improve its performance, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said.

60. Residents against proposal to build condos in Wangsa Baiduri  30/11/2005 Malay Mail
    SUBANG JAYA: Residents of Wangsa Baiduri are against the proposal to build two blocks of 22-storey condominiums in the area.

61. Bumbung bocor, pemaju buat tak tahu 30/11/2005 HM By PEMBELI TERKILAN, Shah Alam, Selangor

62. Selangor Property Owners Owe RM545 Million In Assessment Rates 30/11/2005 Bernama
    SHAH ALAM, Nov 30 (Bernama) -- Residents and companies in Selangor owe RM545 million in assessment rates accumulated over the last 20 years with the highest amount being in the Klang Valley.