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GENERAL NEWS REPORTS
(2006)

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Tunggu rumah lama tak siap-siap 02/03/2006 Kosmo
PETALING JAYA - Harapan kira-kira 3,000 pembeli bagi memiliki kediaman impian di Bandar Alam Perdana, Sungai Buloh dekat sini yang ter­bengkalai empat tahun lalu, masih menjadi tanda tanya.

20% lagi pembeli rumah Bandar Alam Perdana diperlukan 02/03/2006 Harian Metro
PETALING JAYA: Pembeli rumah Bandar Alam Perdana, Kuala Selangor, dimintan menandatangani surat perjanjian bagi membolehkan kontraktor baru dilantik meneruskan projek perumahan yang terbengkalai sejak empat tahun lalu.

Govt may raise claims ceiling 03/03/2006 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The Housing and Local Government Ministry is proposing that the ceiling on claims made at the House Buyers Claims Tribunal be raised from RM25,000 to RM50,000. Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said this would further protect the rights of the house buyers.

Compensation for house buyers  03/03/2006 The Sun
KUALA LUMPUR: Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said 93% of the 15,698 cases registered from Dec 1, 2002, to Dec 31,2005, at the House buyers Claims Tribunal have been tried and awarded.

Ceiling on claims may be doubled 03/03/2006 New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Aggrieved house buyers may soon have reason to smile.The Housing and Local Government Ministry wants the ceiling amount that can be claimed at the Tribunal for Homebuyers Claims to be increased from RM25,000 to RM50,000.

Had tuntutan pembeli rumah dinaikkan 03/03/2006 Berita Harian
KUALA LUMPUR: Had maksimum ganti rugi menerusi Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah (TTPR) akan dinaikkan daripada RM25,000 kepada RM50,000 apabila Akta Pemaju Perumahan (Kawalan dan Pelesenan) 1966 (pindaan 2002) dipinda selewat-lewatnya tahun ini.

Prices of houses in Sabah set to rise 03/03/2006 The Star 
DESPITE a higher living standard, Kuala Lumpur is still considered as the top performing property district in the country.

Enam perumahan DBKL dapat hak milik strata 03/03/2006 Berita Harian
KUALA LUMPUR: Hanya enam daripada 15 perumahan awam Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) sudah menerima hak milik strata, kata Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Ruslin Hasan.Enam kawasan terbabit ialah Sentul Fasa 3, Bandar Baru Sentul Fasa 8 dan 9, Sentul Utara Kos Rendah (Sri Pangkor), Putra Ria dan Desa Tasik.

Pembeli Alam Perdana diminta hubungi LBCN 03/03/2006 Berita Harian
PETALING JAYA: Pembeli unit kediaman Alam Perdana, Sungai Buloh dekat sini diminta menghubungi kontraktor yang baru dilantik, LBCN Development Sdn Bhd bagi membolehkan kerja pembinaan yang terbengkalai diteruskan.

Stop playing the blame game 03/03/2006 NST NORAMTAZ ABDULLAH Petaling Jaya; Y.K. LEONG Kuala Lumpur ;S. RAGUNATHAN Petaling Jaya; ABDUL AZIZ SAAD Shah Alam

KL a hotspot for properties 03/03/2006 The Star
DESPITE a higher living standard, Kuala Lumpur is still considered as the top performing property district in the country.

Harga rumah dijangka tak naik 03/03/2006 Berita Harian
KUCHING: Kementerian Perumahan Sarawak menjangka harga rumah mampu milik di negeri ini tidak akan meningkat walaupun selepas berlaku kenaikan harga minyak, kelmarin.

Syor senarai hitam pemaju cabut lari 04/03/2006 Berita Harian BNU NORED, Perlis.

Acting on housing woes 04/03/2006 NST

MDKS akui kuasa mereka terhad 04/03/2006 Kosmo 
KUALA LUMPUR- Nasib kira-kira 3,000 pembeli rumah terbengkalai di Bandar Alam Perdana, Kuala Lumpur nampaknya terus tidak terbela sekurang-kurangnya daripada perspektif bidang kuasa pihak berkuasa tempatan.

Revive or stay blacklisted 04/03/2006 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Developers of 150 abandoned projects in the country will remain blacklisted until they revive the projects. Housing and Local Government Ministry monitoring and enforcement director Dr G. Parameswaran said the abandoned housing schemes involved both landed property and high-rise units.

9 tahun menderita04/03/2006 Kosmo
BATU PAHAT - Bayangkan bagaimana rasanya jika anda satu keluarga terpaksa menduduki rumah yang telah dibeli, tetapi tidak mempunyai sijil layak menduduki (CF), tanpa bekalan air, elektrik dan jiran?

150 projek dalam perhatian 04/03/2006 Kosmo
KUALA LUMPUR - Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan sedang memantau 150 projek perumahan terbengkalai yang kebanyakannya di Lembah Klang, bagi memastikan ia siap mengikut jadual dan memenuhi kriteria pembinaan yang ditetapkan.

Ratepayers seek intervention 05/03/2006 Sunday Star 
PETALING JAYA: A group of disgruntled residents, unhappy with the refusal of the Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) to allow public scrutiny of its accounts to justify a recent 10% increase in assessment, plans to carry the matter to the higher authorities, including to the Prime Minister.

Non-payment of service fees, management locks up fire extinguishers 06/03/2006 Malay Mail 
KLANG, SELANGOR, March 6 - For the past two years, about 500 residents of a five-storey apartment in Sungai Kapar Indah have been living dangerously. In the event of an inferno, the residents of the two-year-old Apartment Ceria would have no chance.

Projek 'belukar' menyakitkan mata 06/03/2006 Kosmo 
SEREMBAN - Ketika memandu di Jalan Sungai Ujong untuk ke Lebuh Raya Utara-Selatan, pasti pemandangan anda terganggu dengan bangunan terbengkalai yang terletak di kiri jalan berkenaan. Tinjauan KOSMO! ke kawasan tersebut mendapati projek yang terbengkalai sejak sembilan tahun lalu itu sudah 80 peratus siap.

Keretakan Pangsapuri Seri Nilam diperbaiki 07/03/2006 Berita Harian
AMPANG JAYA: Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) dengan kerjasama pemaju, Putra Engineer akan mengatasi dan membaiki keretakan di bahagian rasuk dan dinding bangunan blok C dan D, Pangsapuri Seri Nilam, di sini yang sudah berlarutan sejak dua tahun lalu.

Sinkhole scare for residents of Ikan Emas 07/03/2006 The Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 "It was so bizarre!" Chin Fon, a Seri Pulau Pinang longhouse resident in Cheras, was shocked to see the road he was standing on cave in last Sunday morning.

Instant rating for Seberang Prai council 07/03/2006 The Star
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Want to give an instant rating for the counter services provided by a government body? You can do so at the Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP), which claims to be the first government body to allow its ratepayers to rate services provided at its counters.

Refer dispute to Land and Mines Department 07/03/2006 M
KUALA LUMPUR: Disputes between apartment residents and their management company can be referred to the State Land and Mines Departments. Federal Territories Land and Mines Department principal assistant director (strata division) Wan Zakiah Wan Bian said the recent case involving residents and the management company of Apartment Ceria, Sungai Kapar Indah, Klang, should be handled by the Selangor Land and Mines Department.

Giving them more than just houses 08/03/2006 The Star
A picture paints a thousand words, they say. A picture of a lovely up-coming housing estate in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur depicting a charming neighbourhood with a grove of trees and a park with flowers attracted Tracy Tan to buy a property there.

Fed up with lift breakdowns 07/03/2006 The Malay Mail
CALVIN of Desa Kiara Condominium in Jalan Damansara is fed up with the frequent lift breakdowns at Block 695 where he lives.

Caj selenggara 'cekik darah' 08/03/2006 Berita Harian
BALAKONG: Lebih 2,000 penduduk Pangsapuri Bayu Suria, di sini menggesa syarikat pemaju mengkaji semula caj penyelenggaraan sebanyak RM121 sebulan yang didakwa mencekik darahí dan membebankan mereka.

84 dapat kunci rumah Jaymuda 08/03/2006 Berita Harian
MELAKA: Seramai 84 pemilik rumah di Taman Seri Mangga Seksyen 1, dekat sini, yang dibangunkan oleh pemaju Kumpulan Jaymuda (Jaymuda) di kawasan seluas 2.76 hektar berjaya memperoleh kunci rumah masing-masing, baru-baru ini.

Shah Alam residents want solutions 08/03/2006 The Star HAROLD GOMEZ, Banjir Shah Alam Support Group, Shah Alam.

Give buyers a better choice 08/03/2006  NST K.S.  Stephen Petaling Jaya

Railings declared unsafe 09/03/2006 The Star
THE corridor railings at Kantan Court Apartments, Seri Kembangan, have been declared unsafe following an investigation by the Housing and Local Government Ministry’s Monitoring and Enforcement Division.

Fined for collecting booking fees 09/03/2006 New Straits Times
SHAH ALAM. Wed. - The Sessions Court today tined two housing development companies RM300, 000 or 30 months' jail for offences under the Housing Developers Act involving seven purchasers over booking fees of about RM30,000 three years ago.

Housing firms fined 09/03/2006 The Star
SHAH ALAM: Two housing development companies were fined RM150,000 or, in default, fifteen months’ jail each for the director by the Sessions Court here after their director pleaded guilty to contravening the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966.

Pemaju diarah henti projek 11/03/2006 Harian Metro
KUALA LUMPUR: Pemaju projek kediaman diminta menghentikan operasi serta-merta selepas seorang penyelianya maut apabila terjatuh dari aras lima sebuah bangunan yang dalam pembinaan di Jalan Ampang, di sini, kelmarin.

Siapkan segera rumah kami 11/03/2006 Kosmo
SEREMBAN - Sampai bila mahu tunggu! Begitulah rintihan ratusan pembeli rumah di Taman Kerisi, Mambau di sini yang mendakwa rumah impian mereka sudah terbengkalai hampir tiga tahun lalu.

Unhappy with RM80 maintenance fee  13/03/2006 The Malay Mail
RAYMOND is not satisfied with the RM80 maintenance fee for his medium-cost unit at Cendana Apartments at Bukit Subang in Shah Alam. "The apartments do not have a swimming pool and lifts. " he says.

CF tiada, cukai pula tinggi 14/03/2006 Kosmo
SEREMBAN – Penuduk kawasan perumahan Bandar Seremban Selatan Fasa 3A di sini mempunyai alasan untuk terus kecewa apabila rumah yang mereka huni sejak lima tahun lalu, masih belum dikeluarkan Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF).

Rumah sudah retak menunggu belah 14/03/2006 Kosmo
KLANG - "Kami tidak puas hati, pemaju macam nak permainkan kami". Demikian luahan rasa penduduk kawasan perumahan Bandar Puteri, di sini apabila keretakan pada rumah yang diami sejak dua tahun lalu semakin melebar
 

MPK akan siasat rumah retak 16/03/2006 KOSMO
KUALA LUMPUR - Majlis Perbandaran Klang (MPK) akan menghantar pegawainya dari Jabatan Pembangunan bagi menyiasat aduan dan punca keretakan membabitkan rumah penduduk Bandar Puteri Klang.

Call To Expedite Work On Abandoned Low Cost Housing Project 16/03/2006 Bernama
TEMERLOH, March 16 (Bernama) -- The state government has been urged to expedite work on a low cost housing project at Tanjung Perah, Kerdau, which has been left abandoned since 11 years ago.

MPN bantu pembeli dapatkan CF 16/03/2006 Kosmo
SEREMBAN - Majlis Perbandaran Nilai (MPN) sedang berusaha menyelesaikan masalah Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF) yang dihadapi penduduk di kawasan perumahan Bandar Seremban Selatan Fasa 3A di sini.

NCCC terima banyak aduan perumahan 16/03/2006 Berita Harian
KUALA LUMPUR: Aduan mengenai masalah perumahan dan perkhidmatan syarikat pengurusan perumahan adalah aduan tertinggi diterima Pusat Khidmat Aduan Pengguna Nasional (NCCC), daripada jumlah keseluruhan 18,579 aduan membabitkan 41 kes berlainan yang dicatatkan pada tahun lalu.

Paying for services not fully rendered 16/03/2006  NST D.P. Bukit Beruntung

Residents to manage flats 17/03/2006 The Star
AFTER years of dealing with inefficient flat management companies, the residents of low-cost flats in Taman Setapak Indah Jaya finally gained the permission to manage the flats themselves.

Corporate: Painful restructuring for Maxisegar? 17/03/2006 www. theedgedaily.com.my
Developments last week involving Maxisegar Sdn Bhd — Talam Corp Bhd's wholly owned subsidiary — are poised to hasten a long overdue restructuring that could be painful for bondholders.

Rumah di Bandar Kinrara 6 B makin kerap bergegar 17/03/2006 Berita Harian
PUCHONG: Penduduk kawasan perumahan Bandar Kinrara 6B, dekat sini, bimbang keselamatan mereka terancam berikutan tindakan sebuah syarikat pembinaan meletup bukit berhampiran rumah penduduk.

SPNB revives 1st abandoned housing project in Sarawak 17/03/2006 theedgedaily.com
Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) has successfully rehabilitated the housing project for employees of Bintulu Port Sdn Bhd, making it the first abandoned housing development project in Sarawak revived by SPNB.

New homes cracking up after one year 18/03/2006 The Malay Mail
KLANG: Some 48 home-owners at Taman Sentosa, Fasa Wangsa 2, are not sure if they can call their abode, home.

Down memory lane
18/03/2006 NST-Prop National House Buyers Association

Syarikat Perumahan rehabilitates housing projects for RM114m 18/03/2006 BT
SYARIKAT Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) has successfully rehabilitated and delivered 11 abandoned housing projects comprising 3,527 housing units with a total estimated value of RM114 million throughout Malaysia.

Napic reports: Look at the bigger picture, says former D-G 18/03/2006 NST-Prop
Complaints about “the long interval” between issuance of the country’s quarterly property market reports have been brushed aside by former Director-General of the Finance Ministry’s Valuation and Property Services Department (VPSD), Datuk Mani Usilappan.

SPNB sasar pulih 13 projek terbengkalai 18/03/2006 BH
SYARIKAT Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) mensasarkan membaik pulih 13 projek perumahan terbengkalai bernilai RM196 juta di seluruh negara tahun ini.

Penghuni Pangsapuri Setapak Indah Jaya dibela 20/03/2006 Utusan Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR 19 Mac - Setelah lebih lima tahun berhadapan dengan pelbagai masalah yang berpunca daripada pihak pengurusan, akhirnya nasib lebih 2,000 keluarga di tiga blok Pangsapuri Setapak Indah Jaya di sini mendapat pembelaan.

Residents lodge police report against builder 20/03/2006 The Malay Mail
KLANG, SELANGOR, March 20 Residents of Fasa Wangsa 2 in Taman Sentosa, have lodged a police report against their Klang-based developer, Sweet Choice Sdn Bhd.

Pejabat tanah jelas status tanah 20/03/2006 Kosmo
KUALA LUMPUR - Pejabat Tanah Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur mengesahkan tanah yang menjadi penempatan setinggan yang mengepung pencawang Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) di Kampung Baru adalah hak milik Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS).

16 tahun tiada CF 20/03/2006 Harian Metro
KUALA LUMPUR: Sebanyak 471 unit flet Taman Ampang Mewah, di sini, masih tidak memperoleh sijil layak menduduki (CF) walaupun penghuninya menetap di situ sejak hampir 16 tahun lalu berikutan sikap ‘lepas tangan’ pihak pemaju dalam mengendalikan dokumen berkenaan.

8 projek perumahan swasta tidak siap 20/03/2006 Berita Harian
KUANTAN: Sebanyak lapan projek perumahan milik swasta bernilai kira-kira RM198.47 juta di empat daerah di negeri ini terbengkalai dan ada antaranya sudah berlarutan sejak lebih 20 tahun.

Developer should give the bank more time 20/03/2006 The Star PJ DOC, Kuala Lumpur.

Rumah terbiar biak semak 23/03/2006 Berita Harian
GOMBAK: Selama lebih 10 tahun, penduduk Taman Seri Gombak di sini terpaksa memendam perasaan melihat deretan rumah terbiar di kawasan perumahan mereka bertukar menjadi tempat semak samun membiak sehingga menyakitkan mata memandang.

Tekad duduk rumah walau tanpa CF 22/03/2006 Kosmo
KUALA LUMPUR - Ekoran kesempitan hidup, sebanyak 150 keluarga yang terdiri daripada bekas penduduk setinggan Kampung Pinggir, Lembah Jaya Selatan bertindak nekad untuk tetap mendiami rumah kos rendah yang dibeli walaupun kediaman itu belum memiliki sijil layak menduduki (CF).

Pangsapuri baru dimamah anai-anai 23/03/2006 Kosmo
BALAKONG - Pangsapuri baru dihuni kurang daripada tiga tahun, tetapi sudah menjadi sarang anai-anai. Begitulah masalah yang dialami beberapa penghuni Pangsapuri Juara Suria di Taman Jalan Belimbing dekat sini.

150 pembeli rumah rayu kerajaan campur tangan 24/03/2006 Berita Harian
PORT DICKSON: Seramai 150 pembeli projek perumahan Green View Resort Homes di Mukim Pasir Panjang, dekat sini merayu kerajaan negeri campur tangan membantu menyelesaikan masalah projek itu yang terbengkalai sejak hampir 10 tahun lalu.

CF hanya dimohon bulan ini 24/03/2006 Kosmo
KUALA LUMPUR - Bagi kira-kira 150 keluarga bekas setinggan yang menghuni Flat Taman Industri Ringan, Lembah Jaya Selatan, di sini, mereka makin terpaksa menunggu lebih lama sebelum kediaman itu memperoleh Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF).

Not so gated community 24/03/2006 The Star DR RAJ & DR PUSHPA, Seremban.
PROPERTY developers are heavily promoting gated (guarded) communities these days. The buyer is promised security and facilities that can include a swimming pool, tennis court and clubhouse.

Handling rogue developers 25/03/2006 NST By Salleh Buang
EARLIER on in this column, I said that high on my wish list for 2006 is an end to abandoned housing. But going by news reports, not just in the dailies but also over prime time TV news since January this year, stories of such banes still continue to haunt us.

Costly power surge  27/03/2006 The Star
RESIDENTS of Angsana Apartments (Block B), USJ 1 fear that history would repeat itself where compensation and public utility company Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) are concerned.

Relief for 1,500 house buyers 27/03/2006 The Malay Mail
SUBANG JAYA: Some 1,500 purchasers of Lagoon Perdana apartments and Belvedere condominiums in Bandar Sunway here are relieved that their abandoned projects will continue from April and July respectively.

61 housing projects stalled in Selangor 27/03/2006 The Malay Mail
SHAH ALAM: Banks have already issued them with letters of demand for loans they took but the houses they have paid for, are still incomplete.

18,000 pembeli masih menunggu 27/03/2006 Kosmo
SHAH ALAM- Terdapat 61 projek perumahan terbengkalai di Selangor, termasuk 23 projek yang sudah terbengkalai lebih 10 tahun, membabitkan kira-kira 18,000 pembeli, kata Pengarah Eksekutif Lembaga Perumahan dan Hartanah Selangor (LPHS), Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad.

Kenapa dah lama senyap? 27/03/2006 Kosmo
KAJANG - Selepas tiga bulan tertangguh, kini timbul tanda tanya di kalangan pembeli rumah kos rendah Sungai Tangkas di sini terhadap status pembinaan projek perumahan tersebut.

Specially for the elderly 27/03/2006 The Star

Masalah Flat Setapak Indah Jaya selesai 28/03/2006 Kosmo
KUALA LUMPUR - Masalah yang dihadapi penduduk Flat Setapak Indah Jaya seperti penipuan pembayaran bil elektrik dan air, cukai tanah tertunggak dan lif yang tidak berfungsi sejak beberapa tahun lalu akhirnya mendapat perhatian pihak berkuasa.

61 projek perumahan di Selangor terbengkalai 28/3/2006 Berita Harian
SHAH ALAM: Sebanyak 61 projek perumahan terbengkalai di Selangor, termasuk 23 yang terbengkalai lebih 10 tahun membabitkan kira-kira 18,000 pembeli, tetapi belum ada tanda-tanda pemaju akan memulihkannya.

Build-then-sell concept paper ready 29/03/2006 The Star
A PAPER on the build-then-sell concept for houses has been completed and will be presented to the Cabinet soon, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said.

Fed-up condo folk want company out 29/03/2006 The Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR: Enough is enough! Tired of having to put up with their management company’s inefficiency in running their housing scheme, residents of Gurney Heights Condominium in Jalan Bukit Keramat are forming their own company to do the job.

Rumah yang dibeli senget, bocor 29/03/2006 Kosmo
SHAH ALAM - Penghuni Pangsapuri Sri Pelangi di Sekyen U5 mendakwa rumah yang mereka beli dan duduki sejak Jun 2003 tidak mengikut spesifikasi dan piawaian yang ditetapkan Jabatan Kerja Raya.

'Rescuers' sought for abandoned projects 30/03/2006 New Straits Times 
THE Government is looking for "white knights" to come to the rescue of 149 abandoned housing projects. Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun said the ministry was working closely with the 42,706 affected house buyers to find developers who would be willing to complete these projects.

Konsep jual rumah siap ke Kabinet 30/03/2006 Berita Harian 
KERTAS cadangan me­ngenai konsep 'bina kemudian jual' bagi semua projek perumahan akan dibentangkan untuk pertimbangan Kabinet dalam masa terdekat, kata Timbalan Menteri Perumhan dan Kerajaan Tempatan,Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun.

58,685 buyers affected by abandoned housing projects 30/03/2006 MM
A TOTAL of 58,685 buyers were affected when 261 housing projects were abandoned between 1990 and last year. Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun said the projects comprised 88,410 houses.

‘Focus and direction’ the key 31/03/2006 The Star
("in many developed countries, roads were built before new townships were constructed") Universiti Sains Malaysia School of Housing, Building and Planning lecturer Assoc Prof Dr Hassim Mat

SPNB baik pulih Taman Pelangi 31/03/2006 BH
SEREMBAN: Penantian 400 pembeli rumah Taman Pelangi, Sikamat dekat sini sejak 14 tahun lalu dijangka berakhir apabila projek perumahan terbengkalai itu akan dibaik pulih oleh Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB).

Homes must stay affordable, says Ong  31/03/2006 The Star
PETALING JAYA: Ensuring that availability of affordable homes is not disrupted is one of three key factors the Cabinet will consider when assessing the paper on the build-then-sell concept.

 

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