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Pahang
Sultan: Ensure homes are of good quality
01/05/2008 The Star By
Nik Naizi Husin
RAUB: The state should ensure that the quality of houses in housing
projects is in accordance with standard requirements for a better living
environment. Sultan of Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah Sultan Abu Bakar said that
quality should not be compromised as this would lead to problems.
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Developers must pay if projects not completed on time
01/05/2008
New Straits Times
PUTRAJAYA: Housing developers must immediately pay damages if they fail to
deliver properties to purchasers within the time frame stated in the sale
and purchase agreement. In making this ruling, the Court of Appeal
yesterday also said that buyers were not required to give notice to their
developers of their intention to claim compensation.
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Additional assessment for homes for foreign workers
01/05/2008 The
Star By Dharmender Singh
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government is looking into introducing an
additional assessment charge for residential units used to house foreign
workers in order to have a better record on the placement of such workers.
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Developers can’t use new contracts as exit
01/05/2008 The Star By
Raphael Wong
PUTRAJAYA: Housing developers cannot use new contracts imposed on buyers
as a means to get out of their legal obligations stated in the sale and
purchase agreements, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Justice Gopal Sri Ram
said parties to a contract in a standard sale and purchase agreement
cannot contract out of the scheduled form and impose terms more onerous to
a purchaser.
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Tapak
pembinaan curi air
01/05/2008 Utusan Online Oleh MUHAMMAD DAYNE
AZMIN
KUALA LUMPUR 30 April - Sebuah tapak pembinaan di Taman Sri Hartamas di
sini diserbu penguat kuasa Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn. Bhd. (Syabas)
dan Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (SPAN) semalam kerana disyaki
mencuri air. Dalam serbuan berkenaan, SPAN telah memotong bekalan air ke
situ serta-merta setelah mengesan empat saluran paip haram dipasang dari
sistem paip Syabas untuk disalurkan ke tapak pembinaan itu.
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Mendap
ancam Megah Villa
01/05/2008 Utusan Online
Oleh SITI MAISARAH SHEIKH ABDUL RAHIM
SEORANG penduduk, Mohd. Nazim Haja Mydin menunjukkan rekahan yang semakin
membesar di Apartmen Megah Villa di Kota Warisan, SEPANG 30 April –
Penghuni Apartmen Megah Villa, Kota Warisan di sini semakin bimbangkan
keselamatan diri dan keluarga mereka berikutan mendapan tanah yang berlaku
di hampir kesemua 12 blok apartmen tersebut, semakin buruk dan melebar
saban hari.
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Pemaju diarah bayar gantirugi
pemilik kondo
01/05/2008 Utusan Online
PUTRAJAYA 30 April - Mahkamah Rayuan memerintahkan Sentul Raya Sdn. Bhd.
membayar gantirugi secara tunai kepada 82 pemilik Kondominium Sang Suria
di ibu negara, berkuatkuasa serta merta setelah syarikat itu gagal
menyiapkan projek perumahan tersebut dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan.
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Syor kerajaan negeri pinda
enakmen tanah
01/05/2008 Utusan Online
KOTA BHARU 29 April - Pembangkang mencadangkan kerajaan negeri meminda
enakmen tanah agar gejala pertukaran status tanah pertanian bagi
projek-projek perumahan tidak berterusan. Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Alwi
Che Ahmad (BN-Kok Lanas) berkata, ia suatu yang membimbangkan apabila
kawasan tanaman terutamanya padi semakin mengecil dalam memenuhi tuntutan
para pemaju yang berlumba mencari keuntungan besar.
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E-tanah
not working so well
01/05/2008 The Star
IT has been almost one year since the land office in Penang was
computerised under the code-name “e-tanah”. Until today, the software
remains a problem where issuance of grants for transfer of ownership and
receipts for payment of quit rent still cannot be done.
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Problems managing housing schemes
02/05/2008 The Star
ALL 42 state housing projects in Penang are being managed on deficit
funds as many residents failed to settle their monthly maintenance fees,
said state Town, Country Planning and Housing Committee chairman Wong
Hon Wai. Citing the Gat Lebuh Noordin flats as an example, he said
RM124,981.49 was spent on maintaining the flats last year but the
collection amounted to only RM75,944.80.
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Puchong Hartamas folks claim poor maintenance and shoddy work
03/05/2008 The Star By Tho Xin Yi
The residents of Taman Puchong Hartamas and Pangsapuri Pulai are blaming
the developer for some of the issues affecting their housing areas.
Puchong Hartamas Residents Association president Charles van der Slott
said earlier in the advertisement it was promised that the inner roads of
the housing area would be 50ft wide.
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Build-Then-sell Concept Can Help Solve Problems Of Abandoned Projects,
Says Nor Mohamed
05/05/2008 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) -- The use of the build-then-sell concept
can help solve the problems of abandoned housing projects, said Second
Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop. "The government is thinking
of this alternative to help end the problems of abandoned housing
projects," he at a question-and-answer session in Parliament here Monday.
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Landowners' Suit Against Selangor Govt Set For Case Management In August
05/05/2008 Bernama
SHAH ALAM, May 5 (Bernama) -- The High Court today fixed Aug 5 for case
management of a suit by 130 landowners in the Desa Kerayong Indah housing
project against the Selangor government for failing to complete the
project. The other defendants are the Kuala Selangor Land Office and
developer Bumi Circle Sdn Bhd.
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TPPT pulih
74 projek rumah terbengkalai
06/05/2008 Utusan Online
KUALA LUMPUR 5 Mei - Tabung Projek Perumahan Terbengkalai (TPPT) yang
ditubuhkan pada 1990 berjaya membantu memulihkan 74 projek perumahan
terbengkalai di seluruh negara. Menteri Kewangan Kedua, Tan Sri Nor
Mohamed Yakcop berkata, keseluruhan projek perumahan yang berjaya
dipulihkan melibatkan pinjaman daripada TPPT berjumlah RM356.2 juta yang
diberikan kepada pemaju.
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Tanah
dimaju tanpa kebenaran
06/05/2008 Utusan Online Oleh A. Jailani
Abdullah
SUDAH MULA... Pemaju sudah memulakan kerja-kerja tanah di tapak projek
sebuah kawasan perumahan di Ukay Perdana, Hulu Klang selepas kaveat yang
diperoleh oleh Amirul telah dibatalkan oleh Pejabat Tanah dan Galian
Selangor. SELAYANG 5 Mei - Kebenaran tidak pernah diberikan tetapi seorang
ahli perniagaan mendakwa tanahnya kini sedang dibangunkan sebagai sebuah
taman perumahan yang bakal menempatkan rumah teres dua setengah tingkat
dan banglo.
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Angry housebuyers demand talks
06/05/2008 The Star
Taman Puncak Jalil Resident Association chairman S. Ayamani (right)
handing over a memorandum to Housing and Local Government Ministry deputy
director-general Dr G. Parameswaran to demand that the Ministry ensure
abandoned housing projects in the neighbourhood are revived. Some 100
other affected house-buyers are also present.
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Condo project
yet to take off after many years
06/05/2008 The Star By Christina
Low
THEY have invested their hard-earned savings as downpayments for their
dream homes, but after many years, all that the more than 60 distressed
and depressed apartment buyers can see is an empty piece of idle land.
They are the buyers of apartment units of the four-block Casa Gemilang
condominium project comprising 380 units in Taman Midah in Cheras, Kuala
Lumpur.
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Houseowners who can't move in
06/05/08 New Straits Times By Noel
Achariam
SUBANG JAYA: All we want is to move into our new houses. That is the plea
of some 200 house owners at the Taman Puncak Jalil Phase 10A housing
development at Bukit Jalil, Puchong, near here. They have been waiting for
the last four years to receive the certificate of fitness (CF) from their
developer. They claim they have written to the developer several times but
their request seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.
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PKNS offers over 1,000 units at
rock-bottom prices
07/05/2008 The Star By
Debbie Chan
OVER 1,000 properties are up for grabs at rock-bottom prices in various
parts of Selangor, including the state capital Shah Alam and the prime
property hot-spot Kota Damansara. The Selangor State Development
Corporation (PKNS) has announced that the Jualan Hartanah Mampu Milik PKNS
2008 (PKNS Affordable Properties Sale 2008) will take place from this
Friday to May 18.
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Sampai
bila harus sabar?
07/05/2008 Utusan Online Oleh A. Jailani
Abdullah
HILANG SABAR... Pembeli rumah Lestari Permai di Puchong yang sudah
menunggu hampir empat tahun berkumpul di kawasan perumahan mereka yang
terbengkalai bagi menuntut pemaju menyiapkan rumah mereka, baru-baru ini.
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Wrath of
house-buyers
07/05/08 New Straits Times Noel Achariam
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 2,000 house-buyers in Puchong have had enough with
developers. After waiting for more than three years for their houses, they
have demanded that the Ministry of Housing and Local Government act to solve
their problem. They have bought houses in Taman Lestari Permai, Taman
Lestari Puchong, Taman Saujana Puchong 9 and Taman Puncak Jalil Phase 10
which have all become abandoned projects.
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Pembeli
rumah minta kerajaan campur tangan
08/05/2008 Berita Harian
KUALA LUMPUR: Lebih 200 pembeli rumah terbengkalai yang dimajukan sebuah
syarikat hartanah, menghantar memorandum kepada Kementerian Perumahan dan
Kerajaan Tempatan memohon supaya kerajaan campur tangan dan mencari
penyelesaian kepada masalah kelewatan projek perumahan mereka yang sudah
berlarutan lebih lima tahun.
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Precinct 11
housing project at a standstill
08/05/2008 The Star By Geetha
Krishnan
FAILED projects are the bane of any modern city and a planned enclave like
the nation’s administration centre Putrajaya has not been spared the
construction consternation. The fiasco of the stalled housing project at
Precinct 11 has been kept under wraps for two years to protect the Putrajaya
image but the disappointed and disgruntled buyers are not prepared to suffer
in silence.
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Megah Villa: SPNB sudah
ambil tindakan
08/05/2008 Utusan Online
KUALA LUMPUR Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) menafikan dakwaan
pihaknya tidak mengambil tindakan terhadap masalah mendapan yang berlaku
di Pangsapuri Megah Villa di Kota Warisan, Sepang.Pengarah Urusannya,
Datuk Mohd. Amin Mohd. Salleh berkata, pihaknya sudah mengajukan masalah
itu kepada pemaju pangsapuri itu, Gema Padu Sdn. Bhd. (GPSB) supaya
tindakan segera diambil terhadap masalah tersebut.
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Ahmad Fuad:
Policy paper on non-profit vehicle will be presented to Cabinet soon
08/05/2008 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The setting up of a special non-profit vehicle to revive
abandoned residential projects in the country is in the offing. Housing and
Local Government Ministry secretary-general Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail said the
policy paper to set up a national Housing Development Corporation (HDC) was
done and would be presented to the Cabinet soon.
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Jittery families fear house cracks
08/05/2008 NST By K. Harinderan
SELAYANG: More than 20 families in Rawang are worried for their safety after
cracks appeared on the walls of their houses, believed to have been caused
by a river expansion project nearby. The cracks are believed to have been
caused by vibrations from the piling work carried out to upgrade the Sungai
Rawang riverbanks, about 10 metres from the back entrances of the affected
houses.
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Now booming, but there's so much undone
08/05/2008 NST By Y.N.
AS a resident of Pantai Sepang Putra, I appeal to the new Menteri Besar to
look into the problems faced by the residents here. We have lived here for
almost six years now but have yet to get the CF or the titles for our
property. Besides that we are plagued with sewage problems, frequent burst
pipes, fly problems because chicken farms are operating very close to the
town.
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Clean up, Saravanan tells
high-rise managements
09/05/2008 The Star By
Izatun Shari
KUALA LUMPUR: A stern warning has been given to the management committees of
flats, apartments, condominiums, gated communities, commercial buildings,
shopping complexes, service apartments, industrial parks and town houses as
well as residents' associations to clear rubbish in areas under their
jurisdiction.
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Architects
push for inspection every five years
09/05/2008 The Star
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan (2nd left),
PAM president Lee Chor Wah (2nd right), Architect Centre general manager
Hussein Hamzah (left) and Archicentre Ltd (Australia) chief executive
officer Robert Caulfield (right) at the launch. KUALA LUMPUR: Every piece of
property should be inspected every five years, said Malaysian Institute of
Architects immediate past president Dr Tan Loke Mun.
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Residents glad to receive home
titles after 26 years
09/05/2008 The Star By
C.S. NATHAN
AFTER a long wait of 26 years, house buyers at Taman Pemarak in Tanjung Ipoh
in Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan were elated when they finally received the
ownership documents to their homes. Forty-five residents took to the stage
to collect their documents from Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan in a
simple ceremony held near their homes.
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Pemilik dakwa
projek pangsapuri punca rumah retak
09/05/2008 Berita Harian
BUTTERWORTH: Dua puluh lima rumah di Taman Sutera Prima, Seberang Jaya di
sini, mengalami keretakan serius, dipercayai berpunca daripada projek
pembinaan pangsapuri 38 tingkat di kawasan berhampiran. Rumah berkembar dua
tingkat itu dikatakan mulai retak, Januari lalu selepas kerja menanam
cerucuk bagi pembinaan pangsapuri dimulakan pada Disember tahun lalu.
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Buyers’
association: Make it a must to build-and-sell
10/05/2008 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The Housing and Local Government Ministry’s website should
have the names of developers, their projects, directors, and shareholders.
National House Buyers Association secretary-general Chang Kim Loong said,
“This is to allow the public to have access to such information so that they
can make a reasonable judgement when buying a house.
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FT Land Office offers 50% discount on
late payment charges
10/05/2008 The Star By
Bavani M
AS AN incentive to get city folks to pay up their quit rent by May 31 – the
Federal Territory Land Office is offering a 50% discount on late payment
charges to all home owners in Kuala Lumpur.
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Pembeli rumah Talam mungkin dapat pampasan RM30,000
10/05/2008
Utusan Online
KUALA LUMPUR 9 Mei - Para pembeli rumah yang dimajukan oleh Talam
Corporation (Talam) di empat kawasan sekitar Puchong yang sehingga kini
masih belum dapat menduduki rumah mereka mungkin menerima sehingga RM30,000
sebagai pampasan di atas kelewatan itu. Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan
Tempatan, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan berkata, pampasan itu diberikan kepada
pembeli yang layak melalui tribunal pengguna.
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Abandoned project gets white knight
10/05/2008 NST By David Yeow
KUALA LUMPUR: There is finally hope for about 2,000 house buyers in Puchong
with Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan promising
that their five-year wait for the delivery of houses will soon be over. "I
am looking into the issue personally. I should be able to make a favourable
announcement next month."
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How housing fared
10/05/2008 NST By Zoe Phoon
THE next time a housing developer claims it has sold 80 per cent or more of
its launched project, you might want to temper that with the findings of the
Ministry of Finance's Valuation and Property Services Department. According
to its recently released Property Market Report 2007 prepared by its
National Property Information Centre (Napic), of the 52,664 housing units
launched last year, only 23,749 units were sold. That's a take-up rate of
just 45.1 per cent!
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When ignorance
isn’t bliss
12/05/08 NST-PROP By G. Umakanthan
So, you’re pretty riled up that your first attempt to have a cosy little
place to call your own ended on a bitter note. Perhaps you’re so infuriated
that you’re even thinking of asking a lawyer to sue the shirt off the back
of the developer that cheated you..
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Selangor to study proposal on individual water meters for high-rise homes
12/05/2008 The Star By Fazleena Aziz
Apparently, meter migration can only take place if the water meters can be
modified, accessed and cleaned. THE Selangor state government will study a
proposal to make it mandatory for all high-rise homes to switch from bulk
meters to individual meters soon.
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Kesabaran
kami ada had - Pembeli
12/05/2008 Utusan
Online
KUALA LUMPUR 11 Mei - ''Sudah enam tahun kami menanti. Kami hanya mahu sijil
layak menduduki (CF) dengan segera,'' kata mereka. Begitulah rungutan 96
pembeli projek perumahan Fasa 10, Taman Puncak Jalil yang tidak dapat
memiliki rumah disebabkan keengganan pemaju memohon CF untuk mereka.
Rata-rata penduduk kecewa dengan tindakan pemaju yang enggan menyerahkan CF
tersebut walaupun rumah mereka telah siap dibina dan selamat untuk diduduki.
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Rumah ada,
CF tiada
12/05/2008 Utusan Online Oleh SITI
AIRUNNISA ALAUI
SEBAHAGIAN penduduk Taman Puncak Jalil Fasa 10, Bukit Jalil berbincang
mengenai masalah mereka yang masih belum mendapat CF sejak 2004 walaupun
rumah telah siap.- Gambar JEFFRI IRAN
KUALA LUMPUR 11 Mei - Impian 96 pembeli rumah di Fasa 10, Taman Puncak Jalil,
Bukit Jalil dekat sini, untuk memiliki rumah idaman masing-masing tidak
kesampaian apabila pihak pemaju didakwa gagal menyerahkan kediaman mereka
pada 2004 lalu.
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CM: Disciplinary
action against govt servants hampered by red tape
12/05/2008 The
Star
PENANG: In disciplinary cases involving civil servants, the perpetrators
often escape unpunished due to government procedures, said Chief Minister
Lim Guan Eng.Citing a recent example, he said officers in the land scam
involving “tens and tens of millions of ringgit” were still working in the
state Land Office.
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Pembeli
merana rumah Nusa Mewah terbengkalai
13/05/2008 Utusan Online Oleh
PEMBELI MERANA, Selangor
SAYA adalah pembeli rumah Nusa Mewah Villa Kondominium di Bukit Pandan,
Pandan Indah, Cheras. Mengikut perjanjian, rumah itu siap pada bulan Julai
2005. Malangnya projek itu tertangguh. Pihak pemaju telah berjanji projek
itu diteruskan.
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Pemaju
abai tanggungjawab
13/05/2008 Utusan Online Oleh MUHAMMAD DAYNE
AZMIN
terbiar... Lubang kumbahan yang tidak ditutup di Flat Seri Bayu ini
membahayakan kanak-kanak. Malah sampah juga dibiarkan tanpa dikutip. RAWANG
12 Mei - Yuran penyelenggaraan dibayar setiap bulan, namun mutu perkhidmatan
yang diterima bukan sahaja tidak setimpal, malah jauh daripada apa yang
dijanjikan.Begitulah dilema yang dihadapi oleh penduduk Flat Seri Bayu di
Bandar Country Homes di sini semenjak dua tahun lepas ekoran sikap pemaju
yang tidak bertanggungjawab dalam menjaga kebersihan dan penyenggaraan
kawasan perumahan itu.
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Projek Pondok
Kempas terbengkalai siap Ogos ini
13/05/2008 Utusan Online
JASIN 12 Mei - Pembinaan 22 unit rumah kos rendah fasa dua Pondok Kempas,
Selandar di sini yang terbengkalai sejak lapan tahun lalu telah disambung
semula. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perumahan, Pembangunan Pekan Kecil dan
Pemulihan Projek negeri, Datuk Abdul Ghafaar Atan berkata, projek tersebut
dijangka dapat disiapkan Ogos ini.
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Developer turns blind eye to law
13/05/2008 NST By K. Harinderan
KUALA LUMPUR: Defiant. That is the word that best describes a developer who
is defying City Hall's stop work order at a construction site in Cheras.
Even a RM50,000 compound issued late last month is not a deterrent. A recent
visit to the site by Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai revealed that many excavators
were still at work clearing the land.
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Teliti kod
amalan pemaju perumahan
14/05/2008 Berita Harian
Dewan Undangan Negeri Sarawak KERAJAAN Sarawak bersikap terbuka terhadap
cadangan Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah ditubuhkan, namun perlu memberi
peluang dan ruang terlebih dulu bagi melihat serta memantau keberkesanan kod
amalan pemaju perumahan yang dilancarkan Persatuan Pemaju Perumahan dan
Hartanah Sarawak (SHEDA) pada April 2007.
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Pemilik
tanah dakwa rugi RM6j
14/05/2008 Berita Harian Oleh Nasir Abd Wahab
Pemaju, pembeli tuntut rugi akibat tindakan kontraktor asal
JASIN: Seorang pemilik tanah di sini, mendakwa kerugian kira-kira RM6 juta
apabila terpaksa membayar ganti rugi kepada 100 pembeli rumah dan syarikat
pemaju Taman Hajjah Yon, Rim, yang terbengkalai sejak enam tahun lalu,
susulan arahan mahkamah supaya projek itu diberhentikan.
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Pemaju 3
projek diberi tempoh hingga akhir bulan 14/05/2008 Berita Harian
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan (KPKT) memberi
masa sehingga akhir bulan ini kepada pemaju projek perumahan terbengkalai di
Taman Lestari Permai, Taman Lestari Puchong dan Taman Saujana Puchong 9
untuk menyelesaikan isu itu selepas mencapai kata sepakat melalui mesyuarat
khas mengenainya kelmarin.
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Tiada kompromi
pemaju 13 rumah kosong
14/05/2008 Utusan Online
SEREMBAN 13 Mei - Tiada lagi kompromi. Itu ditegaskan oleh Yang Dipertua
Majlis Perbandaran Seremban (MPS), Datuk Abd. Halim Abd. Latif mengenai
status 13 rumah teres dua tingkat yang terbengkalai di Taman Temiang Jaya di
sini.Kata beliau, MPS akan mengenakan tindakan kepada pemaju terbabit kerana
menyebabkan lokasi berkenaan menjadi semak, dipenuhi nyamuk dan paling
dibimbangi menjadi lokasi penagih dadah dan 'kaki botol'.
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Rumah terbengkalai jadi sarang penagih
14/05/2008 Utusan Online Oleh
FARABI SHEIKH SAID AL JABRI
SEREMBAN 13 Mei - Rumah terbengkalai hampir 20 tahun di Taman Temiang Jaya
di sini digelar 'rumah hantu' kerana menjadi lokasi kaki botol, penagih
dadah dan penghidu gam melepaskan gian. Suasana itu membuatkan penduduk di
taman berkenaan sentiasa resah dan bimbang apabila 13 buah rumah teres dua
tingkat di situ berterusan menjadi sarang penyakit sosial. Imam Surau Taman
Temiang Jaya, Dahlan Mohamad, 65, memberitahu, projek perumahan tersebut
dimulakan sejak tahun 1985 tetapi gagal disiapkan kerana masalah kewangan.
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Tanggungjawab MC senggara kawasan
14/05/2008 Utusan Online
KUALA LUMPUR 13 Mei - Perbadanan Pengurusan (MC) yang dilantik di setiap
kawasan bertanggungjawab menguruskan hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan
penyenggaraan terutamanya pengurusan sampah serta penyediaan kemudahan
infrastruktur.
Pengarah Seni Taman dan Kawalan Pembersihan Bandar Dewan Bandaraya Kuala
Lumpur (DBKL), Saharuddin Mohd. Noh berkata, MC juga seharusnya bertindak
dengan lebih proaktif bagi memberi keselesaan kepada pengguna.
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Cadang tubuh
tribunal pembeli rumah
14/05/2008 Utusan Online
KUCHING 13 Mei - Kerajaan negeri sememangnya berhasrat untuk menubuhkan
Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah di Sarawak dengan mengambil contoh
pelaksanaannya di Semenanjung dan Sabah sebagai panduan.Menteri Perumahan
Sarawak, Datuk Seri Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg bagaimanapun berkata,
kerajaan mahu melihat dan memantau keberkesanan kod amalan pemaju-pemaju
perumahan yang telah dilancarkan oleh pihak Persatuan Pemaju-Pemaju
Perumahan dan Hartanah Sarawak (SHEDA) terlebih dahulu sebelum memutuskan
penubuhan tribunal berkenaan.
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Penang to come
down hard on errant developers
14/05/2008 New Straits Times By
Sharanjit Singh
GEORGE TOWN, WED: The Penang state government has warned developers that it
would come down hard on those which fail to comply with construction
regulations when undertaking projects. To show it means business, a
Singaporean property owner undertaking construction work on a new wing at
the popular Gurney Plaza shopping mall here is set to be penalised for
flouting the law.
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Cops keep watch
on abandoned mall in Johor Baru
14/05/2008 The Star By Farik
Zolkepli
JOHOR BARU: Police have beefed up patrols around the abandoned Pacific Mall
near Bukit Cagar after 32 escalators were reported stolen from the building.
Johor CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Amer Awal acknowledged that police had
received complaints from the public over the theft and investigations were
underway.
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Individual
water meters compulsory
14/05/2008 NST
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government will make it compulsory for
apartment/condominium managements to change from the bulk meter system to
individual meters for water supply. This is to ensure that all Selangor
residents will benefit from free water supply for the first 20 cubic metres
monthly from this June.
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It's still a
stalemate
14/05/2008 NST By Noel Achariam
KUALA LUMPUR: About 2,000 house buyers of three abandoned projects in
Puchong hit the roof when they were told to wait further. What had earlier
appeared to be hope turned into frustration and disappointment again when
the closed-door meeting between representatives of the Housing and Local
Government, Talam Corporation and IJM Corporation on Monday proved to be
unfruitful.
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Businessman seeks others who share his predicament
15/05/2008 The
Star By Geetha Krishnan
More than a decade ago, businessman Alan Tang thought he had stumbled on a
gold mine while scouting for a piece of land in Broga, Semenyih, to build
his dream home. The dream did not materialise and, to rub salt into the
wound, Tang is being sued for defaulting on loan payments for land he has
not yet taken ownership of.
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No political will on making developers use 10-90 way
15/05/2008 NST By Brig Jen (R) Datuk Goh Seng Toh
I REFER to your report "Wrath of House Buyers" (NST Streets May 7) I
sympathise with the "more than 2000" house buyers who are facing the
devastating effects of abandoned housing projects. I must also say that
these 2000 victims represent only a small percentage of house buyers who are
suffering in silence.
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Buyers happy with outcome
16/05/2008 NST
KUALA LUMPUR: House buyers of Taman Puncak Jalil Phase 10A, are now relieved
- thanks to the Housing and Local Government Ministry. Deputy Minister Datuk
Hamzah Zainuddin has assured them that the houses would be completed no
matter what.
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Regulation the way to go
17/05/2008 NST
THERE is little in the laws of the country, other than the Valuers,
Appraisers and Estate Agents Act (VAEA Act), outlining the qualifications of
a person who can manage stratified property. That being the case, we at the
National House Buyers Association (HBA) feel this Act should be adhered to,
and we support the stand of the Ministry of Finance's Board of Valuers,
Appraisers and Estate Agents (BVAEA) that all "Property Managers" - whether
they be named managing agents, building or condo managers - should be
regulated.
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No retaining wall!
17/05/2008 NST By Kesavan
MY horror began two years after I moved into my new home in a Petaling Jaya
suburb. I began noticing that the lower part of my walls in the ground floor
of my twoand- half storey intermediate house were always damp. My suspicion
that something was amiss was confirmed when the dampness rapidly spread and
the paint began to peel. Its repainting proved useless as the problem kept
recurring.
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HDC to the rescue
17/05/2008 NST By Zoe Phoon
AT long last, there's light at the end of the tunnel for those who bought
units in projects that were subsequently abandoned by their developers. This
hope, taking the form of a special purpose vehicle called the Housing
Development Corp (HDC), will be the long-term solution to replace the
current ad-hoc manner in which abandoned projects are revived.
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Penduduk terkejut kawasan lapang dibina pangsapuri
18/05/2008 Utusan
Online Oleh A. JAILANI ABDULLAH
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Harapan
pembeli cerah
18/05/2008 Utusan Online Oleh A. JAILANI ABDULLAH
KUALA LUMPUR 14 Mei - 'Cahaya di hujung terowong'. Frasa itu mungkin sesuai
untuk menyatakan situasi semasa terhadap masalah yang dihadapi oleh
pembeli-pembeli rumah Kumpulan Talam Corporation Berhad di sekitar Puchong,
Selangor yang terbengkalai dan ada antaranya sehingga enam tahun.
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HDC to the rescue
20/05/08 New Straits Times by Zoe Phoon
At long last, there’s light at the end of the tunnel for those who bought
units in projects that were subsequently abandoned by their developers. This
hope, taking the form of a special purpose vehicle called the Housing
Development Corp (HDC), will be the long-term solution to replace the
current ad-hoc manner in which abandoned projects are revived.
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10 tahun
menanti Plaza Rakyat
21/05/2008 Utusan Online Oleh Farah Musa
KUALA LUMPUR 20 Mei - Kegawatan ekonomi pada 1997-1999 sememangnya
memberikan tamparan yang hebat kepada keadaan politik dan sosioekonomi
negara ini. Entah berapa banyak syarikat yang tumbang disebabkan kegawatan
ekonomi ketika itu memang tidak terkira banyaknya.
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Warga kota mahu
projek diteruskan
21/05/2008 Utusan Online
KUALA LUMPUR 20 Mei - Projek pembangunan Plaza Rakyat berhampiran Hentian
Pudu Raya di sini telah menimbulkan pelbagai persoalan kepada orang ramai
memandangkan ia terbengkalai sejak lebih 10 tahun.
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Developer
yet to give refunds
21/05/2008 NST By K. Harinderan
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 60 house buyers of an apartment project in Taman Midah,
Cheras claim that they have been left in the lurch by the developer after
the project was abandoned three years ago. They are upset because their
dreams of owning a house were dashed.
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Long wait over for 100 house buyers
21/05/2008 NST By Nuradzimmah Daim
AMPANG: After two years of waiting, some 100 buyers in Ukay Bestari can now
look forward to moving into their double-storey houses following the
completion of the project. The project was scheduled for completion in 2006
but was delayed due to problems faced by the developer.
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‘Build
first, sell later’ developers to get perks
22/05/2008 The Star
DEVELOPERS who wish to take up the “build first, sell later” concept will
enjoy certain incentives from the Government, said Housing and Local
Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan. He said these developers might
be exempted from having to pay deposit for their projects when applying for
licences.
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31 given
eviction notices
23/05/2008 The Star Story and photo by CHARLES
FERNANDEZ
THIRTY-ONE farmers in Dengkil have received an order to vacate the 25ha land
on which they have been farming since 1972. The land office has earlier this
year put up a signboard at the site to inform the farmers of the takeover of
the land by Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Berhad (KDEB), the investment arm of the
Selangor Government.
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Builder told to submit
erosion- control plan
23/05/2008 The Star By Jayagandi
Jayaraj
DAMANSARA 21 project developer SDB Properties has been told to submit an
erosion sediment and control plan (ESCP) to the Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL),
following a disclosure by the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) that
the company had not done so before starting on its project.
The developer is also required to submit a few other project requirements,
complete the hoarding and the U-drain at the site before they can continue
with the work, which received a stop-work order in April.
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The dark side of
construction sites
23/05/2008 NST By Noel Achariam
SHAH ALAM: Eighty per cent of construction sites and abandoned projects in
Selangor were found to be breeding grounds for aedes mosquitoes. This was
the finding of the state health department in its random checks at
construction sites in Selangor recently.
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National
Housing Policy To Protect House Buyers
24/05/2008 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 (Bernama) -- The government will introduce a national
housing policy soon to address problems of abandoned housing projects and
protect house buyers, Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk
Hamzah Zainuddin said.
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Boom to gloom
24/05/2008 NST By Azira Shaharuddin
SHAH ALAM: There are 139 abandoned housing projects in Selangor, and that is
too big a figure for Iskandar Abdul Samad, the state executive councillor in
charge of housing, building management and squatters. Iskandar said he is
making it his number one priority to see that these projects are revived.
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Panel set up over cracks in
homes
25/05/2008 Sunday Star By Ng
Su-Ann
GEORGE TOWN:T he developer of Penang Times Square has set up a special
committee to look into complaints by residents over cracks in their houses
caused by the company's mixed development project.
Ivory Properties group managing director Datuk Low Eng Hock said the
committee comprised an engineer, a construction manager and a site manager.
“We are taking immediate action to rectify the problem.
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Changes to
housing policy to protect buyers’ rights
25/05/2008 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Major changes are in store for the housing industry once the
Government amends certain aspects of the National Housing Policy. Deputy
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin said it would
focus on improving three areas. These were building licence approvals, sales
and purchase (S&P) agreements and project progress reports to the Government
by developers.
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Policy revision
to curb abandoned projects
25/05/2008 New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Housing Policy will be revised in a bid to reduce
the number of abandoned housing projects.
Housing and Local Government Deputy Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin said the
move was necessary to stop developers who defaulted on their projects.
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Dasar Perumahan
lindungi pembeli
25/05/2008 Utusan Online
KUALA LUMPUR 24 Mei - Masalah projek perumahan terbengkalai mungkin akan
menjadi suatu perkara lapuk tidak lama lagi apabila kerajaan memperkenal dan
melaksanakan Dasar Perumahan Negara khusus bagi menangani pelbagai masalah
dalam sektor perumahan.
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Ministry can only play the
role of mediator in disputes
26/05/2008 The Star
SINCE 1990, only 1% of the 2.3 million units of residential properties in
the country had not been completed.
Housing and Local Government Ministry Secretary-General Datuk Ahmad Fuad
Ismail ( picture) said another 3% were delivered late.
He said a high delivery rate was achieved as most of the developers in
Malaysia were responsible, and also because they were governed under the
Housing Development Act 1966.
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Malaysian lawyers under fire
26/05/2008 New Straits Times
By June Ramli
Judge: Many lawyers clueless
Datuk Gopal Sri Ram says many lawyers don't know how to prepare written
briefs.
KUALA LUMPUR: The standard of lawyers, most of whom graduated from local
universities, range from the good to the grotesque, says a senior judge.
"Many of them are bad because of the low-quality training they received at
local institutions of higher learning," Court of Appeal judge Datuk Gopal
Sri Ram told the New Straits Times after the launch of a book, Malaysian
Employment Laws, by M.N. D'Cruz here on Thursday.
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Forging a
win-win deal
26/05/2008 The Star By Teh Eng Hock
TWO blocks of condominiums in a prime area sat abandoned for eight years
until the intervention of Housing and Local Government Ministry
Secretary-General Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail. Ahmad Fuad said the condominiums
in Taman Tun Dr Ismail were already 80% complete when the developer stopped
work. “The units were priced at about RM300,000 each. I told the buyers that
the project was 80% complete and by paying an extra RM39,000, it could be
finished,” he said.
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Beware of bogus water checks,
says Syabas
26/05/2008 New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) has clarified
that the company had never appointed any agent or individual to conduct
water quality checks in houses.
Its corporate communication and public affairs head, Abdul Halem Mat Som, in
a statement, advised consumers to lodge police reports if they had been
approached by people, claiming to be Syabas agents, to conduct checks.
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Abandoned housing projects
'not govt fault'
26/05/2008 New Straits Times
The new owners with Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop (left) yesterday.
BUTTERWORTH: Don't blame the government for abandoned housing projects,
Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said yesterday.
He said most of these projects were privately managed.
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Kecewa rumah
belum siap
26/05/2008 Utusan Online
BANYAK projek sudah terbengkalai termasuk rumah yang saya beli iaitu La
Cottage di kawasan Puchong, Selangor.
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Plaza Rakyat
tetap diteruskan
26/05/2008 Utusan Online Oleh Siti Airunnisa Alaui
KUALA LUMPUR 25 Mei - Projek Plaza Rakyat yang terbengkalai sejak 10 tahun
lalu tetap akan diteruskan pembinaannya, kata Pengarah Hal Ehwal
Undang-Undang Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), Rohayah Karim.
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Seeing red over shoddy job
26/05/2008 NST By Halim Said
SUBANG JAYA: The Mutiara Perdana Apartments in PJS7 Bandar Sunway are ready
for occupancy, but housebuyers are seeing red over the failure of its
developer to deliver units in good condition. "Most of the units are in
really bad shape. The electrical fittings are poorly installed and some do
not even have any wiring.
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Abandoned projects to be
revived
27/05/2008 The Star By Elan Perumah, Lim Chia Ying and Salina Khalid at the
Selangor State Assembly in Shah Alam
ABANDONED projects in Selangor will be confiscated for redevelopment if a
proposal from the State housing committee gets the nod from the state
government.
State property, housing and maintenance committee chairman Iskandar Abdul
Samad said the move was aimed at salvaging the abandoned projects.
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Penduduk minta kaji larangan pasang palang penghadang
27/05/2008 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Persatuan Penduduk Bandar Sri Damansara (BSDRA) meminta Majlis
Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) mengkaji semula larangan memasang palang
penghadang berhampiran kawasan kediaman kerana bimbang keselamatan mereka
terancam. Timbalan Presiden BSDRA, Ravindran Raman Kutty, berkata penduduk
menerima notis daripada MBPJ bahawa pemasangan palang penghadang itu
melanggar peraturan sedangkan sudah lima tahun ia dipasang di sekitar
kawasan perumahan itu.
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Puchong
township littered with stalled or abandoned projects
29/05/2008 The
Star By Geetha Krishnan
IF there was an award for the area with the most number of stalled housing
projects in Selangor, Puchong would easily win the dubious honour. Puchong
is littered with stalled or abandoned projects, creating an eyesore for an
otherwise booming beautiful township.
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TNB told to
pay RM2.8mil
29/05/2008 The Star By PRISCILLA DIELENBERG
GEORGE TOWN: Tenaga Nasional Bhd's application for stay on a High Court
judgment to pay RM2.8mil as compensation to 12 landowners has been
dismissed. Justice Ghazali Cha, in chambers yesterday, dismissed the
application in the presence of TNB's counsel David Matthew and counsel for
the landowners R. Ramanathan Pillai.
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Apartment
owners up in arms over CFs
30/05/2008 The Star By M. Krishnamoorthy
MORE than 200 apartment owners at Bandar Sunway Mutiara Perdana, PJS7, are
crying foul over the CF and vacant possession notice to move in one year
ago, as they cannot reside there because there are no electricity or water
connections.
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Bukit Beruntung goes into slow decline
30/05/2008 NST By Sheila Sri Priya
SELANGOR: Fifteen years ago, Augustin Maria Dasan, 59, learned of a new
township being built called Bandar Bukit Beruntung, which was marketed as
"the second Petaling Jaya". After familiarising himself with the
up-and-coming residential development, Augustin decided that it was an ideal
place to plant his roots. He bought a bungalow in Bandar Bukit Beruntung and
has lived there for the past 11 years.
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Local councils
told to buck up
30/05/2008 The Star By Lim Chia Ying
THE local authorities in Selangor have been urged to buck up and be more
responsible in monitoring housing projects. Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah
Yeoh said the local councils must also bear responsibility for a developer’s
irresponsible actions that caused financial losses and suffering to buyers.
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