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Tribunal orders
developer to refund RM700 01/02/2006 Daily Express
Kota Kinabalu: The Consumer Claims Tribunal has directed TPPT Sdn Bhd to refund
RM700 within 14 days to their 41-year-old client who claimed a refund of RM1,000
being the booking fees of a double-storey terrace house in Taman Ketiau.
17 house buyers to get their homes after 20-year wait
03/02/2006 The Sun
AFTER more than 20 years of waiting, 17 owners of double-storey terrace house
in Taman Sungai Pinang in Klang will finaly be able to move their homes.
A blow to condo living 04/02/2006 The
Star, MAUNG C. BURKE, Penang.
THE Government recently announced that it would impose stricter penalties on
owners of apartments and condominiums who defaulted on their monthly service
fees.
Akta pembangunan Perumahan dikaji
05/02/2006 Berita Harian
PULAU PINANG 4 Feb. - Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan akan mengkaji
semula Akta Pembangunan Perumahan yang mula dilaksanakan pada tahun 2002 bagi
memastikan ia lebih sempurna dan berkesan.
Rumah: SPNB rancang baik pulih 13 projek
07/02/2006 Mingguan Malaysia
SEREMBAN 1 Julai - Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd. (SPNB) merancang untuk mengambil
alih dan membaik pulih 13 projek perumahan terbengkalai di seluruh negara dalam
tempoh dua tahun bermula tahun ini.
Pembeli rumah Taman Kristal lega 07/02/2006
Berita Harian
PORT DICKSON: Penantian 149 pembeli projek perumahan Taman Kristal, di sini
untuk mendiami rumah yang dibeli sejak sedekad lalu akan berakhir apabila kerja
memulihkan projek terbengkalai itu dijangka siap selewat-lewatnya pertengahan
tahun ini.
Faedah pinjaman rumah terbengkalai ditangguh
07/02/2006 Berita Harian
PUTRAJAYA: Kakitangan awam yang membuat pinjaman perumahan daripada kerajaan,
tetapi rumah yang dibeli mereka terbengkalai, boleh membuat pinjaman selanjutnya
dan dianggap sebagai pinjaman harta pertama.
Second home loan for civil servants
07/02/2006 New Straits Times
PUTRAJAYA,Mon- Civil servants who are victims of abandoned housing projects
may now be eligible for a second full loan to purchase another house.
Pemaju perumahan hutang Syabas RM1j
07/02/2006 Utusan Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Feb (Bernama) -- Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas)
hari Isnin memaklumkan bahawa masalah gangguan bekalan air di Bandar Baru Rinching,
Seksyen 5 dan 6, Semenyih, selama ini adalah berpunca daripada bil tertunggak
syarikat pemaju perumahan kawasan berkenaan yang sudah menjangkau RM1 juta.
Penduduk Pangsapuri Intan bimbang runtuhan batu
07/02/2006 Utusan Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR 6 Feb - Kejadian bukit batu runtuh di Taman Bukit Pandan, Kampung
Cheras Baru, bulan lalu turut menjadi igauan ngeri kepada penduduk Pangsapuri
Intan, Bukit Permai Cheras, di sini apabila mereka turut menghadapi ancaman
risiko tersebut.
Court won’t overrule tribunal 07/02/2006
The Star
PUTRAJAYA: Awards by the Consumer Claims Tribunal should not be overturned unless
there is a clear-cut error, the Court of Appeal has held.
Protect buyers of commercial properties
07/02/2006 The Star
I AM writing in response to your report, “A 'healthier' housing industry,” (The
Star, Feb 5) quoting Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka
Ting as saying that his ministry was in the midst of reviewing certain details
in the Housing Development Act.
Pinda akta lindungan hak pembeli rumah
08/02/2006 Berita Harian
KEPUTUSAN kerajaan membenarkan mereka yang membuat pinjaman
perumahan daripada kerajaan, tetapi rumah yang dibeli terbengkalai, mendapatkan
pinjaman selanjutnya dan dianggap sebagai pinjaman harta pertama, tentunya melegakan
kakitangan awam yang terbabit. Ini sekali gus, memberi peluang kepada mereka
memiliki rumah baru selepas dianiaya pemaju yang tidak bertanggungjawab.
Pembeli
rumah mula gelisah
08/02/2006 Berita Harian
CYBERJAYA: Kelewatan pemaju menyiapkan projek perumahan di Cyberjaya menyebabkan
pembeli gelisah terutama apabila projek yang dilancarkan dua tahun lalu hanya
10 peratus siap.
5 tahun guna air tangki 08/02/2006
Berita Harian
SEMENYIH: Lebih 1,000 penduduk Bandar Rinching dekat sini, kesal dengan sikap
pemaju yang tidak bertanggungjawab mengabaikan kemudahan asas, terutama bekalan
air sehingga menyebabkan mereka hidup dalam serba kekurangan dan kesusahan sejak
lima tahun lalu.
Defects in flats appear after start of ring road works
08/02/2006 The Star
SEREMBAN: The serious defects that appeared in several units of medium-cost
flats in Taman Bidara Rahang here will be looked into immediately.
Errant Developers To Face The Music For Breach Of Contract
08/02/2006 Bernama
SHAH ALAM, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- Private housing developers who fail to honour
the sale and purchase agreements entered into with house buyers in Selangor
will face police action as they have committed commercial crime, Selangor Menteri
Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo said.
"Honour deals or face police action"
09/02/2006 The Malay Mail
SHAH ALAM, Feb 8 (Bernama) - Private housing developers who fail to honour the
sale and purchase agreements entered into with house buyers in Selangor will
face police action as they have committed commercial crime, Selangor Menteri
Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo said.
Laporan polis terhadap pemaju ingkar
09/02/2006 Utusan Malaysia
SHAH ALAM 8 Feb.Kerajaan Selangor akan membuat laporan polis terhadap pemaju
perumahan swasta yang melanggar syarat perjanjian jual beli rumah atas dakwaan
melakukan jenayah perdagangan.
Pemaju ingkar kontrak boleh kena dakwa
09/02/2006 Berita Harian
SHAH ALAM: Pemaju perumahan di Selangor yang mengingkari syarat kontrak jual
beli termasuk gagal menyediakan kemudahan awam boleh didakwa kerana melakukan
jenayah perdagangan.
Councils told to shape up 09/02/2006
The Star
SHAH ALAM: A real shame –that's how Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir
Toyo described seven of the eight municipal councils in the state which has
declared itself a developed state.
800 tunggu hak milik tanah hampir 40 tahun
09/02/2006 Berita Harian
JOHOR BAHRU: Lebih 800 pembeli tanah lot kediaman di Taman Saujana berhampiran
Taman Desa Harmoni di sini, sudah menunggu hampir 40 tahun lalu untuk mendapat
geran hak milik tanah mereka.
Police report against builder 10/02/2006
New Straits Times
RAWANG, SELANGOR, Thurs. Residents of Taman Desa Kundang have a strong case
against the housing developer for handing over keys when the houses were not
ready.
500 dakwa ditipu pemaju 10/02/2006
Berita Harian
KUALA LUMPUR: Lebih 500 pembeli di dua taman perumahan di Sungai Buloh dan Semenyih
di Selangor, semalam membuat laporan polis kerana mendakwa ditipu pemaju, sekali
gus melanggar syarat perjanjian jual beli (S&P).
MPKj beri tempoh hingga hari ini
10/02/2006 Harian Metro
KAJANG: Majlis Perbandaran Kajang (MPKj) memberi tempoh sehingga hari ini kepada
pemaju membuat keputusan memilih satu daripada tiga cadangan alternatif membekalkan
air bersih kepada penduduk Taman Bandar Rinching Seksyen Lima, di sini, yang
tertangguh sejak empat tahun lalu.
Let developers bear the risk
10/02/2006 NST
BRIG JEN (R) DATUK GOH SENG TOH, Deputy president, National House Buyers Association
I WOULD like our readers to spare a thought for the thousands of victims of
abandoned housing projects.
Shop owners
to get titles after 20-yr wait 10/02/2006 Daily
Express Sabah
Kota Kinabalu: A total of 118 shoplot owners in the old Inanam township will
get their strata titles in a month or two after more than two decades of waiting.
S'gor MB Calls For
Housing Developers Act To Be Re-amended 12/02/2006
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 (Bernama) -- Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad
Khir Toyo today called for the Housing Developers Act (Amendment) 2002 to be
re-amended so that stern action could be taken against errant developers.
Kementerian kaji fakta perumahan terbengkalai
13/02/2006 Utusan Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur 12 Feb. - Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerjaan Tempatan sedang mengkaji
semua fakta mengenai projek perumahan terbengkalai ekoran sikap tidak bertanggung
jawah sesetengah pemaju, kata Menterinya, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting.
Syor penjara pemaju tak bertanggungjawab
13/02/2006 Berita Harian
KUALA LUMPUR: Akta Pemaju Perumahan (Pindaan) 2002 perlu dipinda bagi menjaga
kepentingan pembeli rumah dengan mengenakan tindakan tegas, termasuk hukuman
penjara ke atas pemaju yang gagal menepati syarat perjanjian jual beli rumah
apabila Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF) tidak dapat dikeluarkan kepada pemilik rumah.
Penyelesaian masalah projek perumahan terbengkalai dikaji
13/02/2006 Berita Harian
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan sedang meneliti dengan
mendalam semua maklumat dan fakta berhubung projek perumahan terbengkalai yang
menimbulkan pelbagai kesulitan kepada pembeli.
Pemaju diminta adakan pemeriksaan semula rumah
13/02/2006 Utusan Malaysia
KUALA SELANGOR 12 Feb. Pemaju perumahan Bandar Puncak Alam Fasa 2 dekat sini
diminta mengadakan pemeriksaan semula ke atas semua unit rumah yang telah didiami
bagi mengelakkan kejadian tangki air jatuh tidak berulang.
Khir: Amend Housing Act again 13/02/2006
The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The Housing Developers Act (Amendment) 2002 should be amended
again so that stern action could be taken against errant developers, said Selangor
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo.
Akta PBT tak rela
bela pembeli 13/02/2006
Harian Metro
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan dicadang mengenakan
hukuman penjara enam bulan kepada mana-mana pemaju perumahan yang didapati gagal
mematuhi peraturan dan tuntutan yang ditetapkan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT).
Pinda Akta Perumahan, Kerajaan Tempatan - MB
13/02/2006 Utusan Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR 12 Feb. - Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr.Mohamad Khir Toyo
mencadangkan supaya Akta Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan dipinda bagi membolehkan
hukuman penjara dikenakan ke atas pemaju yang gagal dikenakan ke atas pemaju
yang gagal memenuhi syarat-syarat ditetapkan dalam perjanjian jual beli.
Pembeli rumah tertipu tiada pembelaan
13/02/2006 Berita Harian TERANIAYA, Pandan Indah,
Selangor.
SEBAGAI pembeli rumah, saya bersimpati dengan nasib pembeli
rumah lain yang menghadapi masalah rumah terbengkalai dan tidak mendapat sijil
kelayakan menduduki (CF) dan terpaksa pula menanggung beban hutang bank.
Projek Dipulih Jika
90 Peratus Pembeli Setuju 13/02/2006 Bernama
SHAH ALAM, 13 Feb (Bernama) -- Projek perumahan Alam Perdana di Ijok, Kuala
Selangor yang tergendala sejak tahun 2003, akan dipulihkan jika sekurang-kurangnya
90 peratus daripada 4,000 pembeli bersetuju, kata pemaju barunya LBCN Development
Sdn Bhd.
Extend facility to all buyers 14/02/2006
NST CHANG KIM LOONG, National House Buyers Association
WE applaud the new loan scheme to exempt civil servants who are victims of abandoned
housing projects from having to service the interest on their first loan and
having regular "pay deductions" against their loan, to ease their financial
burden.
Good news for Alam Perdana housebuyers: Stalled project to be
revived by new builder 14/02/2006 The Malay Mail
SHAH ALAM, SELANGOR, Feb 14 Some 4,000 house buyers of Bandar Alam Perdana can
look forward to moving into their new homes now that the landowner LBCN Development
Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Prime Utilities Berhad, has moved in to complete the
project.
Break-ins have condo residents worried
14/02//2006 The Malay Mail
AMPANG, SELANGOR, Feb 13 Residents of the Sri Pandan Condominiums in Pandan
Mewah here are living in fear of burglars as many break-ins have been occurring
there over the last two months.
Paying six times more for 30 years
14/02/2006 The Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 For 30 years, residents in Jalan Paoh and Jalan Gajus paid
six times more than they should in quit rent. The residents of three blocks
of flats, built in the ’80s, have unwittingly paid the commercial rate of RM3.10
per sq metre instead of the residential rate of 65 sen per sq metre.
Learn from previous cases 15/02/2006
NST By GURSHARAN SINGH, Kuala Lumpur
I HAD always thought that people learn from mistakes but preferably from the
mistakes of others.
No home and no keys 16/02/2006
NST
By AZMI ATAN, Balakong
I AM among perhaps hundreds of thousands house-buyers who are still waiting
for the keys. I can tell you, the experience is not pleasant at all.
Condo folks want matters put in order
16/02/2006 The Star
RESIDENTS of Indah Villa Condo in Bandar Sunway are frustrated with their condominium
management over several issues.
Lubuk bahaya projek
terbengkalai 16/02/2006
Kosmo
HULU KLANG - Menyemakkan mata dan bahaya! Demikian keadaan projek Ukay Perdana
Spring Ville yang terbengkalai sejak dua tahun lalu sehingga merimaskan para
penduduk sekitar.
SHTDA project in Labuan
revived 17/02/2006 Daily Express
Labuan: Good news for buyers of the houses at what has become "Taman Lallang"
here. The Sabah Housing and Town Development Authority (SHTDA)'s biggest housing
project on the island, initiated in 1994 and abandoned after almost 80 per cent
complete, is being rehabilitated.
Rumah : Segera laksana konsep bina, jual
18/02/2006 Utusan Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR 17 Feb. - Kerajaan digesa melaksanakan segera konsep bina dan jual
beserta formula 10:90, bayar dulu 10 peratus dan 90 peratus selepas siap, bagi
melindungi kepentingan pembeli daripada terus menjadi mangsa projek perumahan
terbengkalai.
Be proactive, don't wait until house buyers complain
18/02/2006 The Star CHANG KIM LOONG, Secretary-General,
National House Buyers Association
We refer to the call by Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo
to amend the Housing Act again so that legal action can be taken against developers
who breach terms of the sale and purchase agreements for the provision of basic
amenities and road and drainage systems, “Khir: Amend Housing Act again” (The
Star, Feb 13).
Ajar pemaju ingkar
peri 19/02/2006 Kosmo
SIAR nama pemaju ingkar! Demikian gesaan Persatuan Kebangsaan Pembeli Rumah
(HBA) kepada KementerianPerumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan (KPKT) bagi menangani
masalah sebilangan pemaju yang ingkar dan enggan mematuhi award yang dikeluarkan
Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah (TTPR).
So sad when the law denies what is just
19/2/2006 NST
Dr Benjamin George
ON that quiet Saturday of Dec 11, 1993, now more than 12 years ago, the Highland
Towers traumatic saga began. The 12-storey Block 1 collapsed at 1.30pm, caused
by a landslide. It killed 48 people.
'Give house buyers a choice' 20/02/2006
New Straits Times
Ng said making the "build then sell" system mandatory would affect the country’s
home ownership agenda as well as the economy as "60 per cent of developers would
go out of business".
A victim of red tape 20/2/2006 NST
RUGAYAH HASHIM Shah Alam
I SYMPATHISE with Azmi Atan, "No home and no keys" (NST, Feb 16).
Regulations stifling industry
21/02/2006 NST J.K. Kuala Lumpur
THE ongoing build-then-sell (BTS) and sell-then-build (STB) debate on housing
has missed the point. BTS or STB is not the issue. House buyers must understand
that the BTS system is not a feasible solution since it is not widely practised
anywhere in the world.
Decide quickly
21/02/2006 NST C.J. KAN, Kuala Lumpur
I AGREE with Azmi Atan ("House buyers who wait — No home and no keys", NST,
Feb 16). I feel that the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the local
authorities are inefficient in solving problems concerning late and abandoned
housing projects. After so many months of study and research, the ministry is
still mute as to whether to adopt the "build and sell housing system" in place
of the current system. I appeal to the ministry: Please do not sit on the problems;
the more you delay, the more the unfortunate housebuyers suffer.
Too late to stop auction of house 21/02/2006
The Malay Mail
JASBIR from Sri Gombak wants to know why Standard Chartered Bank Bhd insists
on running an auction of her double-storey house even after she had found a
buyer.
Man falls to his death in lift shaft
21/02/2006 New Straits Times
One dead. But it could easily have been three. All because of a faulty lift
at the Sri Bayu Apartments here, Sahrudin Yusof plunged to his death at 7.15am.
Pangsapuri Seri Nilam retak22/02/2006
Utusan Malaysia
AMPANG JAYA 21 Feb. - Sebanyak 748 keluarga Blok C dan D, Pangsapuri Seri Nilam,
Bandar Baru Ampang, di sini berasa tidak selamat ekoran keretakan serius berlaku
di sepanjang dua blok bangunan itu sejak dua tahun lalu.
Rumah terbengkalai: Ke mana hendak mengadu?
22/02/2006 Utusan Malaysia By RABIATUL ADAWIYAH, Shah Alam, Selangor; ADDYSURIONO,
Kulai, Johor.
Faedah bank melebihi harga rumah 22/2/2006
Berita Harian By RIMAZ, Puchong Jaya, Selangor.
SUDAH tiba masanya semua pihak sama ada bank, pemaju perumahan
dan kerajaan mengurangkan beban yang ditanggung pembeli rumah yang meminjam
daripada bank.
Hantar surat pohon bantuan 23/02/2006
Kosmo
KUALA LUMPUR - Persatuan Pembeli Kondominium Desa Rina, Taman Desa, JaIan Klang
Lama diminta menghantar surat kepada pihak Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan
Tempatan bagi menyelesaikan masalah kondominium yang didakwa terbengkalai sejak
12 tahun lalu.
Stalled project leaves housebuyers fuming
23/02/2006 The Malay Mail
PETALING JAYA, Feb 23: Purchasers of Lagoon Perdana apartments in Bandar Sunway
say they are fed up of paying money every month for a ‘phantom’ property. Phillip
Ooi said he is still paying monthly interest on his loans for two of the apartments
but construction stopped two years ago.
High Court judge orders retrial 24/02/2006
The Star
IPOH: Two buyers of apartments in Cameron Highlands will have another chance
to claim RM2,158.35 each from the developer for delivering their homes 101 days
late.
HBA, will you be my big brother? 25/02/2006
New Straits Times
GIVEN their choice, it appears that house buyers want the National House Buyers
Association (HBA), a Non-Governmental Organisation, to slip into bigger shoes
and play an institutional role in monitoring housing developments throughout
the country in order to safeguard their interests.
Bar Council okays build-then-sell 25/02/2006
New Straits Times
HOUSE buyers can look forward to quicker delivery, better protection for their
investments and improved quality should the country adopt the 10:90 Build-Then-Sell
(BTS) model of housing delivery, says the Malaysian Bar Council.
They just keep happening 27/02/2006
The Star
THE most recent flood that hit Shah Alam was last month when the Bukit Jelutong
interchange of NKVE was flooded after Sungai Damansara overflowed.
The worst in years, say Shah Alam residents
27/02/2006 The Star
``Many of the business operators have lost hundreds of thousands of ringgit
worth of equipment and products due to the flood. We had no warning, so none
of us were able to shift our goods out before the water entered out premises.
Floods give folk a tough time 27/02/2006
The Star
SHAH ALAM: It has been a long backbreaking night for The Star journalist Zulkifli
Abdul Rahman. Instead of spending his Sunday night watching television with
his two young children like he usually does, Zulkifli was busy salvaging his
furniture and scrubbing the floors and walls of his house in Taman TTDI.
Residents rudely awakened by floodwaters
27/02/2006 The Star
SHAH ALAM: Sunday is a day for sleeping in but not yesterday. Instead, the rest
day turned out to be one of anxiety for thousands of residents here who were
rudely awakened at dawn by floodwaters gushing into their homes.
Residents caught unawares 27/02/2007
The Star
SHAH ALAM: Zulkifli Abu Bakar was sleeping soundly when the sound of dripping
water woke him up. The 42-year-old businessman living in Taman TTDI Jaya also
noticed that his bed was swaying a little.
Masalah geran
berlarutan 40 tahun 28/02/2006
Harian Metro Oleh Kalam Hadi
JOHOR BAHRU: Lebih 800 pembeli tanah Taman Saujana berhampiran Taman Desa Harmoni,
di sini merayu kerajaan negeri campur tangan membantu menyelesaikan masalah
geran hak milik tanah yang berlarutan sejak hampir 40 tahun lalu.
Pemaju jual
rumah rosak teruk tidak boleh dibaiki
28/02/2006 Harian Metro
SAYA antara pembeli rumah yang teraniaya oleh pihak pemaju tidak bertanggungjawab.
Pada 28 Julai 2001, saya menempah sebuah rumah di Taman Puteri Lagenda, Mukim
Seterpa, Jajahan Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
Balu risau pemaju
minta RM35,000 28/02/2006
Harian Metro Oleh Rudy Syareme Sheriffudin
GEORGETOWN: “Bayar segera atau tarik balik rumah,” itulah arahan sebuah syarikat
pemaju perumahan ke atas seorang ibu tunggal beranak dua selepas diarah membayar
baki pinjaman perumahan yang dibuat arwah suaminya sejak 1999.
A shock for plaintiffs
28/02/2006 New Straits Times
THE Federal Court’s decision that local authorities can fall back on their legal
immunity has shocked not only the Highland Towers plaintiffs but also ratepayers.
For the affected parties, the 12-year saga looks like a case of justice not
only delayed but also denied.
Flet Taman Jaya
tak selamat 28/02/2006 Harian MetroOleh Mary Victoria
Dass
JOHOR BAHRU: Keputusan kajian awal yang dijalankan Institut Kerja Raya Malaysia
(Ikram) terhadap rumah pangsa Taman Jaya, Skudai, yang mendap awal Disember
lalu, mendapati ia tidak selamat diduduki dan boleh mengancam nyawa penghuni
bangunan itu.
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