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SPNB successfully rehabilitates
abandoned projects
04/01/2008 The Sun By Yeong Ee-Wah
Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) has successfully completed an
abandoned project in Taman Kantan Permai, Kajang, which was awarded the
certificate of fitness (CF) on Dec 19, last year.
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Hanya PBT berhak buat keputusan
- Yap
04/01/2008 Sinar Harian
Serdang - Ahli Parlimen Serdang Datuk Yap Pian Hon menegaskan bahawa tiada
pihak yang berhak menentukan siapa yang berhak menentukan siapa ketua
dalam persatuan penduduk di sesebuah kawasan perumahan tanpa mendapat
persetujuan daripada pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) terlebih dahulu
berhubung dakwaan penduduk di sebuah pangsapuri kos rendah di Desa Serdang
mengenai wujudnya individu yang mengaku dirinya sebagai wakil serta
memungut bayaran bulanan.
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Six-year wait for CF ends for
teacher
05/01/2008 The Malay Mail By Sushma Veera
KUALA LUMPUR: Schoolteacher N. Saradha and other house owners of Taman
Cheras Prima can breathe a sigh of relief this new year.The Kajang
Municipal Council has is sued the long-awaited certificate of fit ness for
the 700-odd units in the hous ing estate.
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Leaking pipe at carpark
05/01/2008 The Star By Carolyn Ooi
Residents of an apartment block at Lintang Macallum 2 in Penang are worried
that their carpark will be turned into a mosquito breeding ground.
Pengkalan Kota assemblyman Lee Hack Teik said residents also complained of
stench from a leaking underground sewage pipe at Block 7, Pangsapuri
Pelangi’s compound.
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Flat buyers left in the lurch
06/01/2008 NST By Malina Jeya Palan
Rosnah Ibrahim hopes the housing project will be completed soon PETALING
JAYA: More than 1,000 house buyers of an abandoned project in Shah Alam
have been waiting for seven years to move into their new homes.
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Residents duped by developer
over quit rent
06/01/2008 NST
KUALA LUMPUR: For the past 23 years, residents of Taman Mawar, Cheras,
thought they had been paying their quit rent. In 1985, sale and purchase
agreements were signed for 329 houses within the area with the quit rent
to be paid to the state land office through the developer, Musytari
Development Sdn Bhd.
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Selangor Clears Backlogs In
Four Land Management Areas Up To December 2007
07/01/2008 Bernama
SHAH ALAM, Jan 7 (Bernama) – The Selangor State Government has taken
resolute steps on the Federal Government’s directives to clear the backlog
in four areas of land management at the end of 2007, in effort to enhance
its delivery system.
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Frequent break-ins but no
police action
07/01/2008 The Star By Charles Fernandez
Are there any cops to act on our reports? This is the question residents and
owners of Koi Tropika service apartments are asking after they have lodged
several reports on the many break-ins in the area.
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Selangor Selesai Tunggakan
Empat Bidang Urusan Tanah Sehingga 31 Dis 2007
07/01/2008 Bernama
SHAH ALAM, 7 Jan (Bernama) -- Pentadbiran Kerajaan Negeri Selangor telah
memberi tumpuan sepenuhnya terhadap arahan Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk
menyelesaikan tunggakan empat bidang urusan tanah pada akhir tahun 2007
dalam usaha untuk penambahbaikan sistem penyampaian kerajaan.
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Parking woes for residents
08/01/2008 The Star
RESIDENTS of Seri Taman Tanjung’s low medium-cost (LMC) apartments in Penang
claim they are being forced to park at non-gazetted areas after being barred
from using the underground car park by the housing developer.
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Highrise folk take a hike
10/01/2008 The Star
SOME 1,000 dwellers from the 21-storey Block B1 and Block E2 of the Taman
Teluk Indah flats in Prai Jaya, Butterworth, had to use the staircase when
electricity to common facilities was cut for more than 28 hours.
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Developers not going in for
audited accounts
11/01/2008 The Star
THE call for audited accounts to be submitted by property developers prior
to setting up Joint Management Body committees seems to have fallen on
deaf ears in the Kajang municipality. To date, the Kajang Municipal
Council has only received audited accounts from 80 developers, a small
number compared to the 72,474 properties recorded in the municipality as
of July 2007.
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Rumah terbengkalai siap
bulan depan
11/01/2008 HM
NIBONG TEBAL: Penantian 1,314 pembeli rumah teres kos rendah dan sederhana
di Taman Widuri, Sungai Duri dekat sini melebihi 10 tahun lalu, dijangka
berakhir apabila dibenarkan menduduki rumah masing-masing bulan depan.
Timbalan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Datuk Seri Abdul Rashid Abdullah,
berkata walaupun Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) dijangka
menyiapkan projek berkenaan Ogos lalu, pembeli tidak dapat berpindah masuk
kerana kerosakan sistem pendawaian elektrik.
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Residents live in fear of
landslides
12/01/2008 The Star By Elan Perumal
EACH night, when the more than 2,000 residents of the Teratai Apartment in
Puchong go to bed, they pray that it will not rain. Why? Not because they
still have clothing outside to dry or their apartments are leaking, but
simply because they live in constant fear of landslide.
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Property owners sue state
company
12/01/2008 NST
Counsel Nik Mohd Anuar Badiruddeen (left) with some of the house buyers
showing a copy of the writ yesterday.
SHAH ALAM: Desa Alam house buyers filed a RM4 million suit against the
Selangor Economic Development Corporation (PKNS) for late delivery of
their properties.
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92 pembeli saman PKNS
12/01/2008 Utusan Malaysia Oleh Norazlita Mohd. Sies
SHAH ALAM 11 Jan. – Seramai 92 pembeli hartanah di Seksyen U12, Desa Alam
(dahulunya Shah Alam Utama) di sini hari ini memfailkan saman untuk
menuntut ganti rugi berjumlah RM4.1 juta daripada Perbadanan Kemajuan
Negeri Selangor (PKNS) setelah dikatakan terlewat setahun 11 bulan untuk
menyerahkan rumah yang dibeli.
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High-rise consumers
getting unhealthy water
13/01/2008 The Star By NIK KHUSAIRI IBRAHIM
PENANG: Residents in high-rise buildings could be consuming water that may
be potentially hazardous to their health because of a loophole in the
water supply law, according to Consumers Association of Penang (CAP).
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Water tanks 'pose a
danger'
13/01/2008 New Straits Times By Melissa Darlyne Chow
GEORGE TOWN: The laws and regulations governing water supply need to be
revised to plug a gap in the management of internal water systems.
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CAP: Make management bodies
responsible for tanks
14/01/2008 The Star
CAP president S.M. Mohamed Idris said this is because there was no law in
Malaysia that compelled management bodies of high-rise buildings to be
responsible for the maintenance of the internal water supply from the meter
to the tap.
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Sewa tanpa kebenaran
14/01/2008 Harian Metro Oleh Sulaiman Salleh
SEREMBAN: Seorang wanita membuat laporan polis sebaik mengetahui apartmen
yang dibeli dari sebuah syarikat pemaju di Port Dickson disewakan kepada
penyewa tanpa dimaklumkan kepadanya terlebih dahulu.
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Talam jangka siap 11,172 rumah,
apartmen
14/01/2008 Berita Harian
TALAM Corporation Bhd menjangka menyiapkan dan menyerahkan semua 11,172 unit
rumah dan apartmen bernilai RM825 juta yang dimajukannya, tetapi sebelum ini
tertangguh, dalam tempoh antara enam hingga 18 bulan.
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Kediaman tidak sempurna
14/01/2008 Berita Harian Oleh Tuan Nazuri Tuan Ismail
Penghuni Kondominium Ampang Prima kecewa pemaju tak patuh syarat jual beli
sebabkan mereka terdedah jenayah
AMPANG: Kondominium Ampang Prima di Bandar Baru di sini sepatutnya menjadi
kediaman eksklusif bagi kira-kira 2,000 penghuninya tetapi harapan mereka
dihampakan pemaju yang dikatakan gagal mematuhi syarat perjanjian jual beli.
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Ministry Mulls Star Rating For
Housing Projects
14/01/2008 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Housing projects in the country may be
given one- to five-star rating, depending on their level of risk to the
environment.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said the
move was to discipline developers to exercise care and emphasise safety for
property buyers and dwellers.
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Tribunal selesai 937 kes
tuntutan pembeli rumah
16/01/2008 Berita Harian Sabah &Sarawak:
Oleh Johary Indan
Penubuhan TTPP Sabah Ogos lalu bagi pastikan industri berkembang, rakyat
dapat kediaman selesa
TUARAN: Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Perumahan (TTPP) Sabah yang ditubuhkan
Ogos lalu berjaya menyelesaikan dua pertiga daripada 2,812 tuntutan dan
aduan pembeli rumah.
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Fewer complaints from
housebuyers at Claims Tribunal 16/01/2008 New Straits Times
By : Irdiani Mohd Salleh
KUALA LUMPUR, WED: The number of complaints lodged at the Homebuyers
Claims Tribunal has been steadily dropping since 2004.
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Jumlah kes jual beli rumah
menurun
16/01/2008 Utusan Malaysia
PETALING JAYA 15 Jan. – Jumlah kes berkaitan jual beli rumah yang dirujuk
kepada Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah (TTPR) mencatatkan penurunan dalam
tempoh tiga tahun lalu. Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk
Seri Ong Ka Ting berkata, pada 2004, jumlah kes yang didaftarkan sebanyak
6,524 namun ia berkurangan kepada 5,624 kes pada 2005, 3,821 kes (2006)
dan 3,000 kes tahun lalu.
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Talam mahu fokus kepada
hartanah premium
16/01/2008 Utusan Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR 16 Jan. – Talam Corporation Bhd. (Talam), yang sebelum ini
pernah digelar konglomerat hartanah tempatan, mahu memberi lebih fokus
sebagai pemaju hartanah premium apabila syarikat itu kembali pulih.
Pengarah Eksekutifnya, Chua Kim Lan berkata, pada masa ini, Talam
disenaraikan oleh Suruhanjaya Sekuriti (SC) sebagai syarikat berstatus
PN17.
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Hak pembeli rumah terbela
16/01/2008 Harian Metro Oleh Mohamad Hussin
SUBANG JAYA: Selepas tempoh liabiliti kecacatan mutu rumah ditingkatkan
kepada 24 bulan tahun lalu, kepentingan pembeli rumah semakin terbela dalam
mengurangkan kes masalah perumahan.
Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting berkata,
Akta Pemaju Perumahan (Kawalan dan Pelesenan) 1966 yang sudah dipinda dua
kali pada 2002 dan 2006 memberi peluang kepada pembeli mengawasi kerosakan
dan meminta pemaju membaikinya dalam tempoh terbabit.
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Housing blues: Don't sign up
too quickly
16/01/2008 New Straits Times By :
V.M., Shah Alam
AS you drive to my housing estate in Shah Alam, you can see banners hanging
all over the way claiming that it is the best developed.
I believed it, bought a home and moved into the housing area more than a
year ago. However, reality has set in.
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Paip haram penghuni flet
17/01/2008 Harian Metro Oleh Helmy Abd Rahman
HULU KLANG: “Saya terpaksa bawa anak dan isteri tinggal di pejabat sejak
dua bulan lalu,” kata Zaki Ahmad, 42, penghuni Taman Al-Ridzuan yang
mendakwa menjadi mangsa pemaju taman itu yang culas membayar bil air
hingga menyebabkan bekalan air ke kawasan perumahan itu dipotong.
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S&Ps signed in 2004 but homes
still not ready yet
17/01/2008 The Star By Fazleena Aziz
SOME 600 buyers of the Ukay Bestari service apartments in Ampang, Kuala
Lumpur, who signed their sales and purchase agreements in 2004, are still
waiting for their homes to be completed. The Ukay Bestari consists of six
blocks with 1,027 units and has facilities like a recreational centre,
gym, surau, pool and cafe & bistro.
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More Than 23,000 PKNS Property
Buyers Have Not Transferred Names
19/01/2007 Bernama By Leslean Arshad
PETALING JAYA, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- More than 23,000 of PKNS property buyers
have not transferred the property to their names and the corporation will be
launching an integrated campaign for the purpose this year.
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Bluestone sought after to
revive distressed projects
21/01/2008 The Star
A show unit of the Taragon Puteri Cheras K.H. SIM, dubbed the good
Samaritan for abandoned projects in Kuala Lumpur, sees his outfit, Bluestone
Group Malaysia, continuing to play a role to revive distressed projects.
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A snag over strata titles
21/01/2008 The Star By Bavani M.
According to Villa OUG Residents Association chairman Gary Choong, the
residents received a letter on October 2007 stating that their application
for strata titles had been approved but it could only be released after
the company managing the condominium releases the management accounts.
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House buyers yet to get
compensation
21/01/2008 The Star Story and photos by Geetha
Krishnan
MORE than a decade has passed but a group of house buyers in Taman Bukit
Mewah Phase 1 Kajang are still fighting for compensation in cash and kind
for their damaged homes.
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Pemaju konsep bina jual rumah
diberi insentif
21/01/2008 Berita Harian Oleh Rosli Abdul Jalil
KUANTAN: Kerajaan Pahang memberi insentif bagi menarik lebih banyak pemaju
di negeri ini melaksanakan konsep `bina dan jual' bagi projek perumahan
baru.
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MB tells landowners to verify bill
22/01/2008 The Star By Sarban Singh
LANDOWNERS in Negri Sembilan who have been billed excessive amounts in
quit rent have been advised to verify this with the Land Office. Mentri
Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said a technical glitch at the Land Office
had resulted in many people being billed exorbitant amounts.
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Nightmare for housebuyers
22/01/2008 Daily Express Sabah
Kota Kinabalu: Housebuyers and residents of Taman Casa Palma in Kolombong
here are fuming over the project developer's quality of workmanship as well
as the developer's lack of action to rectify it.
Many claimed that cracks on walls and ceilings as well as leaking roofs were
not what they expected from these houses, which they have bought for between
RM268,888 and RM418,888.
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Pembeli rumah kecewa
23/01/2008 Harian Metro Oleh Mary Victoria Dass
JOHOR BAHRU: Penantian 1,000 pembeli kediaman di Taman Cahaya Kota Putri,
Masai, bagi berpindah ke kediaman yang dibeli enam tahun lalu jelas
menghampakan apabila projek perumahan masih terbengkalai dan tidak
menunjukkan sebarang perkembangan positif.
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Buyers want project revived
23/01/2008 New Straits Times
THE Cahaya Kota Putri House Buyers Pro-Tem Committee, which represents
more than 1,000 buyers, will hold a purchasers' general meeting at Permas
Jaya MBJB hall on Jan 27 to call for the revival of a project that had
been abandoned since October 2005.
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Dilema pembeli pangsapuri
25/01/2008 Berita Harian Oleh Nor Azma Laila
Projek rumah kos sederhana, rendah terbengkalai sebabkan mereka tanggung
beban hutang dengan bank
PETALING JAYA: Selepas kira-kira empat tahun menunggu, hasrat 759 pembeli
rumah di Subang 2, Bandar Pinggiran Subang untuk menetap di kediaman
sendiri dan menghabiskan hari tua bersama anak cucu masih tidak kesampaian
kerana hartanah berkenaan sehingga kini gagal disiapkan.
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Peraturan elak belakang
rumah gelap
25/01/2008 Berita Harian
MELAKA: Semua pemaju perumahan dalam pentadbiran Majlis Bandaraya Melaka
Bersejarah (MBMB) wajib menyediakan suis soket elektrik di bahagian
belakang bangunan rumah yang akan dibina bagi memastikan kawasan itu
sentiasa terang pada waktu malam apabila pembeli mendudukinya kelak.
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Strata building woes discussed
25/01/2008 The Star By Charles Fernandez
MORE than 300 representatives of 48 Residents' Associations and several
developers and property managers attended a one-day seminar on Management
of Strata Building held at the University College Sedaya International (UCSI)
Taman Connaught campus in Cheras recently.
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Bill for dealing with errant
auditors
25/01/2008 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The bill to set up the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (PCAOB) will be tabled in March, assuming that Parliament has not been
dissolved in preparation for the general election.
Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Micpa) president Datuk
Nordin Baharuddin said the target was for the bill to be tabled then but if
Parliament were dissolved, it would be tabled when it next convened.
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Residents told to
demolish guardhouses, barriers
26/01/2008 New Straits Times By
Aaron Ngui and Marc Lourdes
The illegally-constructed guardhouse and gantry barrier in Jalan Jesselton,
George Town. GEORGE TOWN: In a move to ensure that residents do not take
matters into their own hands, a residents' association has been ordered to
demolish the guardhouses and gantry barriers it erected to stop people
from using the roads in their area.
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Council: Guardhouses can stay
28/01/2008 New Straits Times By Jennifer Gomez
A signboard near a guardhouse in USJ 16, Subang Jaya, gives a false
impression by carrying emblems of the police and the Subang Jaya Municipal
Council. —NST picture by Azahan Rosli PETALING JAYA: The Subang Jaya
Municipal Council (MPSJ) will not prohibit guardhouses and gantry barriers
in non-gated residential areas -- at least for the moment.
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Feared drowned at building site
28/01/2008 New Straits Times
PETALING JAYA: A 36-year-old lorry driver was feared drowned after a
fishing excursion went wrong on Saturday night. Sabahan Jerry Rambayan had
gone to catch fish at an abandoned building site opposite the Giant
hypermarket in USJ1, where water had collected.
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Housebuyers want
temporary CF
28/01/2008 New Straits Times By Chuah Bee Kim
MORE than 450 houseowners in Taman JP Perdana in Johor Baru cannot occupy
their new houses all because of a tussle between the developer and the
Johor Baru City Council (MBJB).
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Pay and ‘we shall vacate’
29/01/2008 The Star By Hah Foong Lian
So big: Chang looking at a piece of stone found in one of the houses. With
him are the residents. TAMAN Dovenby residents, who have been facing
problems of dust and vibrations from a nearby quarry, want the Perak state
government to compensate them instead of giving them alternative housing.
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Buyers may see light at end
of tunnel
29/01/2008 The Star
Prime movers: Dr Loh (right) and Wong at the press conference. THE
seven-year wait for an apartment in the Taman Cemerlang project in Bandar
Baru Air Itam, Penang, may finally come to an end.
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Body recovered from flooded
car park
30/01/2008 The Star
PETALING JAYA: The body of a 36-year-old lorry driver who went missing
while fishing at a water-filled basement car park of an uncompleted
building in Jalan USJ 1, Subang Jaya, on Saturday, has been recovered.
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