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Developer to rebuild
damaged houses
01/02/2008 The Star By Geetha Krishnan
A 12-year wait has finally come to an end for several homeowners in Kajang.
Four of the badly damaged houses in Taman Bukit Mewah Phase 1, highlighted
by StarMetro on Jan 21,
will be torn down and rebuilt by the developer for the housing area.
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Developer: We will go ahead
with project
01/02/2008 The Star By Christina Chin and M.
Sivanantha Sharma
PURCHASERS of a housing development in Bukit Tengah in Penang have been
assured that the project would be completed and delivered by the middle of
next year.
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Project to be revived
02/02/2008 The Star
BUYERS of the abandoned Fettes Villa in Penang now have a reason to
rejoice as the project will be revived by Ivory Villas Sdn Bhd.
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MPSJ seeks owner of abandoned
project
02/02/2008 The Star By Lim Chia Ying
THE Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) wants the owner of an abandoned
construction project in USJ 1, opposite the Giant hypermarket and The
Summit shopping mall, to come forward to resolve the matter. If the owner
doesn't turn up, the council may take legal action to forfeit the land.
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Expats go to court over 'dream
homes'
03/02/2008 New Straits Times
KOTA KINABALU: An expatriate, who bought what he thought was his
beach-front dream house, is taking his nightmare to court. Roger Crowhurst,
a 65-year-old journalist for a four-wheel-drive magazine, his wife from
Sabah, Nyuk Ling@Semenanjit, and four other expatriate couples filed an
application for judicial review against the Papar district council and the
Local Government and Housing Ministry.
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Housebuyers query need to
pay more
03/02/2008 The Malay Mail By Sushma Veera
Kuala Lumpur: Seven years ago,
a young family moved to Sri Bayu apartments in Bandar Puchong Jaya, with
dreams of living on a hill with a great view. They were also delighted to
have secured a nice corner unit and a RM7,000 discount on their buying
price of RM176,900.
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Developer:
Workmanship not cause of defects
04/02/2008 The Star
IN response to the articles in the StarMetro on
Jan 21 and
Feb 1 on cracks in
houses in Taman Bukit Mewah Phase 1, Kajang, JPS Consulting Engineers Sdn
Bhd wishes to clarify a few points.
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Ivory Properties bangun projek
terbengkalai di Tanjung Tokong
04/02/2008 Berita Harian
IVORY Properties Group akan membangunkan semula projek perumahan Fettes
Villa di Jalan Mount Erskine di Tanjung Tokong, Pulau Pinang yang
terbengkalai lebih 10 tahun lalu.
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'White
knight' in Johor property sector
04/02/2008 City & Country
Johor-based property developer Mahabuilders Sdn Bhd has a knack for
reviving abandoned projects and turning them into thriving townships. And
it has been so successful at this over the past nine years that it has
often been called the southern state's "white knight".
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Prangin Mall developer ordered
to get strata title
05/02/2008 The Star
A HIGH Court in Penang has ordered the developer of Prangin Mall, Getaran
Unggul Sdn Bhd, to apply for the building's strata title within six
months.
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RM1m suit over property deal
05/02/2008 New Straits Times By Rita Jong
SHAH ALAM: A husband and wife filed a RM1 million suit against a
houseowner and the Insolvency Department for breach of contract and
negligence.
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Impian miliki rumah musnah
05/02/2008 Utusan Malaysia Oleh
A. Jailani Abdullah
BERKECAI... Shamsudeen Sahadin
menunjukkan lokasi yang sepatutnya menjadi tapak rumah beliau di Seksyen
U10, Shah Alam baru-baru ini.
SHAH ALAM 4 Feb. – Enam tahun lalu, Shamsudeen Sahadin memasang impian untuk
mendiami sebuah rumah yang cantik di kawasan Seksyen U10 dekat sini dengan
dikelilingi oleh pemandangan indah bukit-bukau dan kawasan hijau.
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816 rumah
terbengkalai siap diduduki
05/02/2009 Utusan Online
KUANTAN 4 Feb. - Seramai 816 pembeli boleh menarik nafas lega apabila
rumah mereka yang terbengkalai sejak 12 tahun lalu di Taman Datuk Rashid,
Semambu di sini siap dibina dan bakal diduduki tidak lama lagi.
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Erosion a danger to apartments
09/02/2008 New Straits Times
Megat Mohd Zulkifli Megat Norizan, 29, showing the erosion at Sungai Meru
next to apartment blocks in Taman Meru Impiana, Jelapang.
IPOH: Residents at three apartment blocks in Taman Meru Impiana here have
been having sleepless nights as erosion is eating up Sungai Meru, which
flows next to their building.
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COB terima aduan penduduk Taman
Sri Muda
10/02/2008 Sinar Harian
Shah Alam - Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA) memaklumkan bahawa
Pesuruhjaya Bangunan (COB) telah menerima aduan penduduk pangsapuri blok
3A dan 3C, Taman Sri Muda, Seksyen 25 mengenai masalah penyelenggaran dan
pengurusan bangunan bagi pangsapuri berkenaan.
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’Stop harassing flat buyers’
11/02/2008 New Straits Times By Alina Simon
KOTA BARU: The land administrator of the Taman Bahagia flats, in Jalan
Tanjung Chat, was ordered by the High Court to stop harassing and
threatening the owners and tenants to get them to pay him rent. A group of
50 flat owners filed for an injunction against the 49-year-old son of the
late developer and landowner on Jan 27.
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SC’s new policies will spawn niche
property players
11/02/2008 The Edge Daily By Chong Jin Hun
KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission’s (SC) recent easing of listing
requirements for property firms is expected to encourage the creation of
more small scale, high-end niche developers within Malaysia’s property
hotspots.
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Penduduk dibantu urus
pangsapuri kos rendah
12/02/2008 Utusan Malaysia
PANDAN INDAH 11 Feb. - Penduduk Pangsapuri Kos Rendah (PKR) di Selangor
kini boleh merujuk kepada Lembaga Perumahan dan Hartanah Selangor (LPHS)
berhubung soal pengurusan dan penyenggaraan kediaman mereka.
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Anxious wait for housing
project to be revived
13/02/2008 The Star
I AM one of the victims of an abandoned housing project. Before it
happened to me, I had come across many stories of housing projects being
abandoned for years but I never imagined that I would be one of the
victims.
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Three phases of stalled Palm
Springs Resort to be launched this year
15/02/2008 The Star By
Loong Tse Min
KUALA LUMPUR: Resorts operator and property developer Tanco Holdings Bhd
will, for the first time in 10 years, be launching this year three phases
of a previously stalled major project, Palm Springs Resort, in Port
Dickson.
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'Syukur rumah siap’
16/02/2008 Harian Metro Oleh Mohamad Hussin
KAJANG: “Syukur alhamdulillah, penantian kami selama 17 tahun untuk mendiami
rumah sendiri akhirnya termakbul, walaupun terpaksa menderita selama
beberapa tahun lalu.
“Kami sekeluarga berasa lega selepas kerajaan sedia membantu membina semula
projek ini...kalau tak kami tidak tahu bagaimana nasib kami,” kata Rafidah
Ismail, 51, antara 792 pembeli rumah Taman Kantan Permai di sini, yang
terbengkalai sejak 17 tahun lalu.
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Kesal rumah masih terbengkalai
15/02/2008 Utusan Malaysia
SAYA ingin meluahkan rasa hampa kerana rumah idaman yang saya beli tidak
dengar khabar berita sehingga kini.
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Shoddy workmanship tops list of grouses
16/02/2008 WM By Sushma Veera
KUALA LUMPUR: In the span of one month, the National Consumer Complaints
Centre received 43 complaints, with almost 80 per cent of them from the
Klang Valley. NCCC director Darshan Singh said many consumers have been
short-changed in the housing business.
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Pemaju wajib tubuh JMB sebelum
11 April
19/02/2008 Utusan Malaysia Oleh Siti Airunnisa Alaui
PANDAN PERDANA 18 Feb. - Semua pemaju rumah bertingkat di Selangor
dikehendaki menubuhkan Badan Pengurusan Bersama (JMB) sebelum 11 April ini,
kata Pengarah Eksekutif Lembaga Perumahan dan Hartanah Selangor (LPHS),
Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad.
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Buyers’ 18-year wait for
houses over at last
19/02/2008 The Star By Geetha
Krishnan
AFTER an 18-year delay, house buyers in Taman Kantan Permai, Kajang, finally
received the keys to their homes on Feb 14.
They signed the sales and purchase (S&P) agreement back in 1990 but the
project to build a total of 792 units of low-cost double-storey terrace
houses and medium-cost terrace houses came to a halt two years later. The
houses cost between RM25,000 to RM51,150.
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Using EPF savings to pay
housing loan arrears
20/02/2008 New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: Beginning next month, Employees Provident Fund members whose
housing loan accounts are in the non-performing loan (NPL) status can make
withdrawals but it will be paid directly to the lenders.
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2 Penang housing projects to
be revived
27/02/2008 New Straits Times By Lee Keng Fatt
GEORGE TOWN: Two abandoned housing projects in the state, one of them in
Kepala Batas, will be revived.
This follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between UDA
Holdings Bhd's subsidiary, UDA Land (North) Sdn Bhd, and Koperasi
Serbaguna Jelutong Pulau Pinang Berhad (KSJPP) yesterday.
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UDA Holdings pulih projek
terbengkalai
27/02/2008 Utusan Malaysia
PULAU PINANG 26 Feb. – Lebih 60 pembeli dua projek perumahan yang
terbengkalai di Seberang Perai sejak 2005, boleh menarik nafas lega
apabila projek itu akan disambung semula pembinaan dalam suku kedua tahun
ini.
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Dua projek perumahan terbengkalai
di NS dipulih
27/02/2008 Utusan Malaysia Oleh HUSSAINI AMRAN
SEREMBAN 26 Feb. - Projek perumahan Taman Senawang Jaya Fasa 1C di sini
yang terbengkalai sejak 24 tahun lalu berjaya dipulihkan oleh kerajaan
negeri dengan kerjasama Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) dan
dijangka siap Disember ini.
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Projek baik pulih akhir tahun
28/02/2008 Berita Harian
SEREMBAN: Dua projek perumahan terbengkalai, Taman Senawang Jaya Fasa 1C
di Senawang dan Taman Pelangi di Sikamat, dekat sini yang sedang
dipulihkan oleh Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) akan siap hujung
tahun ini.
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CF rumah diberi tempoh
terdekat
28/02/2008 Utusan Malaysia
SEREMBAN 27 Feb. – Sebanyak 1,000 pembeli rumah di Taman Desa Rhu 2 di
sini bakal menduduki rumah mereka apabila sijil layak menduduki (CF) rumah
itu diberikan dalam tempoh terdekat ini.5
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816 rumah
terbengkalai siap diduduki
05/02/2009 Utusan Online
KUANTAN 4 Feb. - Seramai 816 pembeli boleh menarik nafas lega apabila rumah
mereka yang terbengkalai sejak 12 tahun lalu di Taman Datuk Rashid, Semambu
di sini siap dibina dan bakal diduduki tidak lama lagi.
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