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Developers told not to renege on pledges
01/05/2006 The Star
SOME 46 abandoned housing projects were reported in Negri Sembilan up to March this year, causing problems to the state
government.
When revealing this, State Housing and Local Government committee chairman
Datuk Woo Ah Lek said the state government had to waste resources and
funds to aid purchasers
CIDB aims to produce more local workers
01/05/2006 The Star
JOHOR BARU: The Construction Industry Development Board
(CIDB) is working towards ensuring there are more local skilled workers,
said its chairman Datuk Abdul Rahman Abdullah.
“Since 1997, CIDB has produced 65,000 local skilled workers but the
current construction industry needs at least 500,000.
Rumah kedai terbiar jadi kediaman warga asing
01/05/2006 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Ratusan rumah kedai terbengkalai di
sekitar Pandan Perdana di sini, kini dijadikan kediaman haram warga asing
yang dibimbangi turut melakukan jenayah untuk menampung kehidupan seharian.
Warga asing yang kebanyakan tidak mempunyai dokumen perjalanan lengkap
terbabit menghuni rumah kedai terbengkalai itu secara berkumpulan dan
sering berpindah dari satu rumah ke rumah lain untuk mengelak dikesan.
Projek terbengkalai cacatkan pembangunan
02/05/2006 Utusan
MINGGU lalu, Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Bertindak Perumahan
dan Kerajaan Tempatan Negeri Sembilan, Datuk Woo Ah Lek memberitahu
sebanyak 46 projek perumahan di negeri itu diklasifikasikan sebagai projek
terbengkalai.
Residents, tenants up in arms over piling
02/05/2006 The Star
MORE than 200 tenants at Selayang Capitol shopping complex, including the
management, have signed a petition calling for an immediate stop to piling
work taking place opposite their building.
Kementerian tidak
tegas atasi masalah projek rumah terbengkalai
03/05/2006 Utusan By
INGIN KEPASTIAN Kuala Lumpur.
Tanah runtuh Sungai Long makin serius
04/05/2006 Utusan
KAJANG 3 Mei - Penduduk Bandar Sungai Long mahu Majlis
Perbandaran Kajang (MPKj) lebih serius mengenal pasti kawasan yang
berisiko berlaku runtuhan tanah agar kejadian tahan runtuh dapat dielakkan.
Residents protest closure
04/05/2006 The Star
MORE than 1,000 signatures were
collected within 90 minutes of a signature campaign at the Bandar Mahkota
Cheras morning market on Apr 30.
Resah berjirankan projek sakit
05/05/2006 Kosmo
KLANG - Lagi isu projek perumahan
terbengkalai!
Kali ini dialami oleh penduduk di Karnpung Nelayan, Telok Gong apabila
projek rumah pangsa di ternpat mereka yang masih belum siap sejak tujuh
tahun lalu menimbulkan pelbagai masalah.
Protection for all
parties 05/05/2006 NST By Chang Kim Loong, Secretary-General,
National House Buyers Association
THE arguments put forward by members of the Real Estate and Housing
Developers Association (Rehda) in "We'll need help from banks" (NST,
May 1) cannot be left unchallenged.
Adjacent project irks residents
06/05/2006 The Star
RESIDENTS of Taman Medan, Petaling
Jaya, especially those living along Jalan 29 and Jalan 30, are at
loggerheads with the developer of an adjacent housing project which the
residents claim is encroaching into their territory. The residents say the
developer should not be using the roads in their neighbourhood to
transport materials to the project site.
Developer sued for RM4.6m
06/05/2006 NST
KOTA KINABALU: Fifty-two house buyers
are suing a developer for RM4.64 million for failing to deliver their
houses on time and repairing defects.
Pemaju teruskan projek
06/05/2006 HM
PUTRAJAYA: Pemaju projek rumah terbengkalai di Bandar
Pinggiran Cyber di sini, diminta meneruskan semula pembinaan 404 unit
rumah yang sepatutnya siap 26 Mei 2005.
Bluestone to revive project with Aussie funds
06/05/2006 NST
BLUESTONE Group Malaysia (Bluestone)
will revive an abandoned, half-completed building in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur,
that was once undertaken by Li-Foong Group, and turn it into RM200 million
commercial project. It will be undertaken on a jointventure basis with
Allco Funds Management (Singapore) Ltd (Allco FMSL), a 100 per centowned
subsidiary of Australia's Allco Finance Group Ltd, which specialises in
asset-based structured finance.
Councils allowed to fix levy
06/05/2006 The Star
PUTRAJAYA: A local authority is empowered to fix a penalty or levy on
assessment arrears, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.
Justices Datuk Mokhtar Sidin, Datuk Mohamed Ghazali Mohamed Yusoff and Datuk
Nik Hashim Nik Abdul Rahman said the local authority was given such right
under Section 147 (1) of the Local Government Act.
House buyers feeling the pinch from rates hike
07/05/2006 The Star
HOME owners with mortgages are
starting to feel the pain of the three interest rate hikes announced by
Bank Negara since November last year.
Pembeli sentiasa rugi
07/05/2006 Kosmo
"PIHAK pemaju akan sentiasa
menyalahkan pembeli kerana tidak membayar bil penyelenggaraan. Pembeli
pula tidak mahu membayar bil kerana tidak berpuas hati dengan perkhidmatan
yang diberi. Ini bagai cerita ayam dan telur."
Pemaju lengah hak milik strata
07/05/2006
Kosmo
SIKAP berdolak-dalik dan
melengah-lengahkan urusan penyerahan hak milik strata kepada pembeli unit
kediaman bertingkat menjadi punca pemaju terus 'bermaharajalela'
mengenakan caj penyelenggaraan melampau.
Kondo bagaikan pangsapuri murah
07/05/2006
Kosmo
BERDASARKAN statistik yang dikeluarkan Persatuan
Kebangsaan Pembeli Rumah, peratusan aduan mengenai penyelenggaraan
kediaman bertingkat bertambah daripada empat peratus kepada 21 peratus
dari 2000 pingga 2004.
Khidmat diberi tak berbaloi
07/05/2006
Kosmo
"SAYA tangguh tiga bulan sebelum
masuk ke rumah ini kerana lif yang macam tidak siap, siling bocor dan
sampah merata, sedangkan deposit tiga bulan telah dibayar. Demikian
keluhan Rita Naratnam, 30,apabila terpaksa 'lewat' mendiami pangsapuri
idamannya yang berharga RM179,000 di Damansara.
Caj
sesuka hati
07/05/2006
Kosmo
TIDAK cukupkah untung yang mereka
kaut? Itulah persoalan dilemparkan terhadap segelintir pemaju projek
perumahan khususnya rumah pangsa,apartmen kos sederhana dan kondominium
yang mengenakan caj penyelenggaraan melampau tetapi tidak setimpal dengan
kualiti perkhidmatan yang diberikan.
Pencemaran di Flat Taman Seri Manja Kritikal
08/05/2006 Utusan
PETALING JAYA 7 Mei - Penduduk flat
Taman Seri Manja dekat sini menggesa pihak berkuasa bertindak segera
mengatasi pencemaran udara yang berpunca dari air larut resap atau
leachate kerana ia semakin kritikal.
Pembeli rumah mungkin ditawar tempoh waranti lebih panjang
08/05/2006 Utusan
SHAH ALAM 7 Mei - Pemaju perumahan mungkin menawarkan
kepada pembeli tempoh waranti lebih panjang daripada 18 bulan sekarang
bagi meyakinkan mereka tentang kualiti rumah yang dibina.
Longer warranty
08/05/2006 The Sun
KLANG: The Local Government and
Housing Ministry may make a 36-month defect liability period a standard
practice in the housing industry.
New
home warranty
08/05/2006 The Star
KLANG: Property developer SP Setia
Bhd has set a new benchmark by raising the warranty period against defects
on its houses from the standard 18 months to three years. Housing and
Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting called SP Setia's
initiative a brave and important milestone for the housing industry “for
it enhances overall standards.”
Waranti rumah sehingga 36 bulan
08/05/2006 Kosmo
SHAH ALAM - Pemaju perumahan mungkin
menawarkan kepada pembeli tempoh waranti lebih panjang daripada 18 bulan
sekarang, malah sehingga 36 bulan bagi meyakinkan mereka tentang kualiti
rumah yang dibina.
Lanjut jaminan rumah
08/05/2006 BH
SHAH ALAM: Pemaju perumahan disaran
melanjutkan tempoh jaminan kecacatan rumah yang dijual mereka lebih
daripada 18 bulan yang disyaratkan bagi meningkatkan keyakinan pembeli
sekali gus meningkatkan kualiti industri hartanah negara.
Klang’s largest project revival under way
08/05/2006 The Star
WELL-known property developer Datuk
Teo Chiang Kok of the See Hoy Chan group is undertaking one of the biggest
rehabilitation projects in Klang.
He is turning an almost decade-old abandoned hotel project into a
RM120mil, iconic and cutting-edge office and retail complex called Centro.
Protect
buyers of abandoned projects first: Association
09/05/2006 The Sun
PETALING JAYA: House buyers laud the
government's move to consider extending the housing defects liability
period from 18 to 36 months, but feel there are also other pressing issues
that deserve attention as well.
Irresponsible
developer
08/05/2006 NST By H.S.O, Kuala Lumpur
Shelter for house
buyers
09/05/2006 The Sun
THE news that a developer has at its own initiative
extended the warranty period for houses to 36 months from 18 months is
definitely to be welcomed.
Perubahan konsep diyakini mampu majukan projek Plaza Rakyat
09/05/2006 Utusan
KUALA LUMPUR 8 Mei - Perubahan konsep pembinaan Plaza
Rakyat daripada `bina, pajak dan pindah milik' kepada penjualan secara
terus diyakini mampu memajukan projek itu yang sebelum ini terbengkalai,
kata Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan, Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique.
Valuers claims amendments will liberalise property management
09/05/2006 The Edge
The proposed amendments to the Valuers, Appraisers and
Estate Agents Act 1981 will liberalise property management instead of
limiting it to a small group of registered valuers, the Board of Valuers,
Appraisers and Estate Agents Malaysia president Abdullah Thalith Mohd
Thani said.
Helping buyers get
a better deal 10/05/2006 NST By H.R London
Public’s role in crime prevention 10/05/2006 The Star
CRIMINALS will strike when there is
an opportunity and the public should minimise any chances for crime. State
police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Christopher Wan said the public should not
rely only on policemen to fight crime as they too have an equally
important role to play.
Penduduk risau kondo Sri Angsana Hilir terbengkalai
10/05/2006 Kosmo
KUALA LUMPUR: Empat buah lot kondominium sudah siap
namun yang satu lagi terbengkalai tanpa diketahui sebabnya. Itulah yang
terjadi di sebalik kemegahan Kondominium Sri Angsana Hilir, Desa Pandan.
Rumah siap lebih penting
10/05/2006 Kosmo
KUALA LUMPUR - Memastikan rumah yang dibeli siap dibina
lebih penting dan utama berbanding memberi waranti 36 bulan.
Tanah runtuh di Sungai Long
10/05/2006 BH
KAJANG: Bermula di jalan, runtuhan
tanah kemudian melarat ke kawasan rumah, dan inilah yang menjadi
kebimbangan penduduk di Sungai Long, di sini apabila tanah runtuh di
bahagian bukit di Jalan Sungai Long 12/1 menyebabkan laluan dua hala
menjadi satu hala.
Be more inquisitive, house buyers told
12/05/2006 Daily Express
Kota Kinabalu: Consumer Claims Tribunal president Jailani Rahman said
house buyers should be "more inquisitive" when enquiring about property
they intend to purchase.
Mahu kunci, selesaikan urusan bank
13/05/2006 Kosmo
PETALING JAYA - Pembeli rumah kos rendah Taman Desaria,
PJS 5 di sini yang belum membuat pinjaman bank digesa menyelesaikan urusan
itu dengan segera supaya tidak berlaku kelewatan dalam penyerahan kunci.
93
housing projects revived
13/05/2006 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: New developers managed to salvage 93 out
of 261 abandoned residential projects in 15 years, according to the
Housing and Local Government Ministry.
Housing Ministry on the ball 13/05/2006 NST
EVERY step prescribed under the Housing Development
(Control and Licensing) Act (the Act) is being taken by the Ministry of
Housing and Local Government (MHLG) to minimise the number of abandoned
housing projects in the country.
Causes of abandoned projects
13/05/2006 NST
A housing project is classified as "abandoned" by the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHLG) when there is no activity
at the project site, continuously, for more than six months after the
expected date of delivery of vacant possession.
Dream homes now nightmare
15/05/2006 NST
TANJUNG MALIM: Disgruntled property purchasers of Diamond Creek Country
Retreat say their dreams are now the stuff of nightmares.
Bungalow buyers hold protest 15/05/2006 The Star
TANJUNG MALIM: Imagine being confined inside your house
for fear of tigers or wild boars roaming outside.
Bungalow purchasers at the Diamond Creek Country Retreat in Behrang are
fuming over the non-maintenance of the RM1bil retreat which they claimed
had attracted wild beasts to the area.
Single mums get top priority in housing project
15/05/2006 Daily Express Sabah
Penampang: About 50 single mothers who are members of
the West Coast South Single Mothers Association turned up at Dongonggon
Square, here, Sunday for the first-of-its-kind property preview of the
proposed low and medium cost Vista Seri Kiranau housing project.
Flat
Taman Keramat Permai didakawa terbiar
16/05/2006 Utusan Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR 15 Mei - Penduduk Flat Taman Keramat Permai
kecewa terhadap sikap pemaju yang didakwa sambil lewa dan lepas tangan
dalam menyelenggara dan membaikpulih bangunan tersebut.
Pegawai tak efisien jejas
pengeluaran CF
17/05/2006 BH
GOO HUEY KIAM, Arkitek Firma Goo
Huey Kiam, Kuala Lumpur.
BARU-BARU ini Perdana Menteri dan Kementerian Perumahan
dan Kerajaan Tempatan menyarankan Sijil Kelayakan Menduduki Bangunan (CF)
akan digantikan dengan Sijil Penyiapan Bangunan (CC) dan perlu
ditandatangani perunding arkitek.
Give us a
new payment system
19/05/2006 NST
By Chang Kim Loong, Secretary-General, National House
Buyers Association
WE refer to "Dream homes now nightmare" (NST, May 15). We sympathise with
the buyers of Diamond Creek Country Retreat. This tale is an
all-too-familiar one heard everywhere.In fact, thousands of house buyers
are suffering in silence after paying for houses that have been abandoned
by developers for various reasons.
Paying mortgage, but no house in sight
20/05/2006 NST
Thousands pay for abandoned projects for fear of being
blacklisted by banks
For 23 years now, the family of Ms Rosnah Halim has been dutifully paying
RM292 (S$128) a month as mortgage for a single-storey terrace house in
Negeri Sembilan, even though the project has been abandoned by its
developer long ago.
18 months to build, 15 months to repair
20/05/2006 NST
TRONOH: On paper, the abandoned Bandar Baru Seri
Iskandar police headquarters project is nearing completion. In reality, it
will need another 15 months of work - almost the original work period - to
be made fit for occupation after being left dormant since July 2002.
Dream homes are a nightmare
for buyers 20/05/2006 The Star
THEIR dream homes had everything they wanted but the ugly water patches that
appeared later were something buyers did not bargain for.
Rumah baru tetapi penuh dengan
debu 22/05/2006 Kosmo
SEREMBAN - Penduduk Jalan 8, Fasa 1, Taman Chempaka, Senawang selama ini
hanya mampu memendam rasa kecewa dan sakit hati.
Jalan ke apartmen bagai
perangkap maut 22/05/2006 Harian Metro
HULU SELANGOR: Kira-kira 50 keluarga penghuni Apartmen Widuri, Bukit
Beruntung 18, dekat sini, diancam maut setiap hari berikutan jalan utama
menghubungkan penempatan mereka hampir runtuh, sejak sebulan lalu. Penduduk
mendakwa sistem longkang yang tidak sempurna itu, jika tidak diambil
tindakan sewajarnya boleh mengancam keselamatan mereka kerana jalan terbabit
adalah satu-satunya laluan ke apartmen berkenaan.
Kondominium dalam pembinaan terbakar
23/05/2006 Utusan Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR 22 Mei - Sebuah kondominium mewah yang
dalam pembinaan di Jalan Stonor dekat sini terbakar malam ini dipercayai
berpunca daripada kerja-kerja pengimpalan logam
Diamond Creeks purchasers advised to pay overdue fees
23/05/2006 NST
KUALA LUMPUR: Pay the monthly maintenance fee and see an
improvement in services. This is the advice given by Diamond Creeks
developer Golden Approach Sdn Bhd to purchasers of the project in Tanjung
Malim who have complained of poor maintenance.
Jerneh Insurance unveils protection scheme for management corporations
23/05/2006 www.theedgedaily.com
Jerneh Insurance Bhd has unveiled a new protection scheme specially
designed for management corporations and council members of strata-titled
commercial and residential buildings.
Gated community residents upset over suit rejection
24/05/2006 New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: Residents of gated communities are up in arms over the
recent Consumer Claims Tribunal rejection of a suit over the
responsibility of security guards. National Consumer Complaints Centre (NCCC)
manager Darshan Singh said it had received an average of 20 calls a day
since the judgment.
10
years of no action unacceptable, says Pak Lah
25/05/2006 The Star
TOKYO: Unacceptable – that is the verdict of Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on departments and civil
servants who take years to act on the complaints of the people.
Taman Bukit Segar tergugat
25/05/2006 BERITA HARIAN
Tanah mendap menyebabkan 3,000 penduduk terdedah kepada bahaya
KUALA LUMPUR: Ketenangan penduduk Taman Bukit Segar, Cheras tergugat sejak
setahun lalu berikutan kejadian tanah mendap di kaki bukit kediaman mereka
hingga mengakibatkan longkang runtuh dan laluan pejalan kaki berlubang.
Legalama
27/05/2006 NST-PROP By Andrew Wong
Rules would be quite unnecessary if we are all considerate, God-fearing
people who know our purpose in life. Unfortunately, we're not and we
don't, and in fact spend so much effort trying to find loopholes and ways
around laws that the books containing our legislation are getting fatter
with amendments by the year.
Stymied by housing law
27/05/2006 New Straits Times
Many new concepts and innovations in housing development that can provide
Malaysians with a better quality living environment cannot be introduced
because the country's housing development law has failed to keep up with
the times.
Security top priority for buyers
29/05/2006 The Star By S. C. Cheah
IF you are a house buyer, what is your number 1 concern? I’ve posed this
question to many people, and almost all put security as their top
priority. While in the past, purchasers were more concerned with the right
location and workmanship, having a safe home or office seems to be on
everyone’s mind these days.
Rumah siap pahat berbunyi
30/05/2006 KOSMO
PUCHONG - Projek perumahan yang telah siap tetapi
disusuli dengan pelbagai masalah, nampaknya terus menghantui penduduk.Bagi penduduk Blok F, Taman Puchong Permai, mereka sudah hampir putus asa
mengajukan masalah baik kepada pemaju mahupun pihak berkuasa.
Samy Vellu slams errant directors
30/05/2006 NST
PETALING JAYA: Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu
has lashed out at directors who quit their posts after their companies
failed to complete construction projects. Some of them immediately
resigned and disappeared to avoid responsibility, he said.
Rate hike spectre has developers worried 31/05/2006 BT
JUST the thought of Bank Negara Malaysia raising
benchmark interest rates further from the current 3.5 per cent is enough
to send shivers down the Malaysian property market.
Remove loopholes
in law
31/05/2006 NST By
MOHD GHAZALI OSMAN, Ipoh
Long wait for transfer
consent 31/05/2006 NST V.J. Kuala Lumpur
Free gifts attract but it’s the fundamentals that get house buyers to sign
31/05/2006 NST
PROPERTY developers acknowledge that gifts and
sweeteners may attract potential house buyers, but at the end of the day
fundamentals will get them to sign on the dotted line.
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