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Tapak projek biak nyamuk 02/01/2009 HM Oleh Mohd Azam Shah Yaacob
PETALING JAYA: Penularan penyakit demam chikungunya iaitu penyakit bawaan nyamuk yang semakin menjadi-jadi kini membimbangkan penduduk Taman Medan di sini, berikutan kawasan itu sebelum ini sememangnya sinonim dengan demam denggi. Mereka mendakwa, walaupun langkah berjaga-jaga sudah diambil dengan memastikan kebersihan sekeliling taman perumahan berkenaan terjaga, namun kehadiran belukar yang menakung air selain projek apartmen terbengkalai dikatakan menjadi punca pembiakan nyamuk tidak dapat dibendung.
Taman Layar Impian will be fully completed next month, assures SPNB 05/01/2009 New Sabah Times TUARAN: The once abandoned housing project, Taman Layar Impian in Laya-Laya Tuaran will be fully completed next month assured Syarikat Perumahan Nasional Berhad (SPNB).
Hilang sabar 07/01/2009HM  Oleh Maiamalina Mohamed Amin
RAWANG: Hampir tujuh tahun menunggu, pembeli kediaman Serendah Perdana di sini tidak boleh bersabar lagi apabila rumah impian mereka gagal disiapkan, malah terbengkalai begitu saja sejak permohonan pembelian diajukan sekitar 2002.
`Kembalikan wang kami' 08/01/2009 HM Oleh Maiamalina Mohamed Amin
KUALA LUMPUR: Pembeli banglo dan rumah berkembar projek Serendah Perdana dekat Rawang yang mendakwa tertipu berikutan rumah dijanjikan tidak dibina, akan menubuhkan jawatankuasa bertindak bagi menuntut pembelaan dan ganti rugi. Penubuhan itu antara lain sebagai saluran untuk pembeli menyuarakan ketidakpuasan hati berhubung projek Serendah Perdana, selain perantara bagi mereka berbincang dengan kontraktor bertanggungjawab serta pihak berkuasa.
Projek terbiar sarang nyamuk, binatang liar 09/01/2009HM  KUALA LUMPUR: Penduduk sekitar Jalan Titiwangsa berhampiran Jalan Pahang menanggung resah berikutan tapak projek terbengkalai kini menjadi sarang nyamuk dan binatang berbisa. Walaupun orang ramai sudah membuat beberapa aduan kepada pihak berkuasa, namun sehingga kini masih tiada tindakan diambil bagi mengatasi masalah berkenaan.
Ka Chuan: No more abandoned housing projects  11/01/2009 The Sun
Special Body Formed For Abandoned Housing Projects 11/01/2009 Bernama
New hope for stalled projects 12/01/2009  NST By Suganthi Suparmaniam KUALA LUMPUR: A "special purpose vehicle" will be set up to deal with abandoned housing projects. Despite the global economic slowdown, the Housing and Local Government Ministry hopes to build at least 80,000 new houses this year.
KC perluas kepakaran pulih projek bermasalah  14/01/2009BH KC Project Management Services Sdn Bhd, syarikat pengurusan projek yang sudah memulihkan beberapa projek perumahan terbengkalai di Sabah, mahu menggunakan kepakarannya membantu menyelesaikan projek bermasalah di negeri lain, menurut Ketua Eksekutifnya Dr Robert K.C. Chin. "Adalah merugikan jika pengalaman dan pengetahuan yang diperoleh oleh KC tidak digunakan sepenuhnya dan diperluaskan ke Semenanjung dan Sarawak kerana kami mahu membantu mengaktifkan semula industri pembinaan," katanya.
Rescue me  17/01/2009 NST By Ivy Chang AFTER decades of being "trapped" in an abandoned housing project, the nightmare of these buyers may soon come to an end ... if the government can expeditiously swing into action and convert its promises into action. Mid-week, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHLG) said a special agency would be set up that would focus on taking over the countless abandoned projects and completing them.

MPS perlu periksa projek terbengkalai elak denggi 29/01/2009 BH Oleh Ziauddin Sharuddin KUALA KLAWANG: Kes denggi yang kini diisytiharkan wabak di seluruh negara menyebabkan kerajaan negeri mengarahkan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT), terutama Majlis Perbandaran Seremban (MPS) mempertingkatkan pemeriksaan di projek terbengkalai. Ia berikutan beberapa projek terbengkalai yang mempunyai air bertakung dikhuatiri menjadi tempat pembiakan jentik-jentik.

Bangunan terbengkalai 30/01/2009 HM SEREMBAN: Walaupun projek terbengkalai di negeri ini terutama di Seremban tidak serius berbanding di kawasan lain kerana jumlahnya kecil, namun tetap mencacatkan pemandangan selain mengundang bahaya kepada orang ramai. Antara bangunan terbengkalai ialah kompleks beli-belah Kemayan Square yang terletak di tepi jalan utama menuju pusat bandar dari Lebuh Raya Kuala Lumpur-Seremban serta dua bangunan 10 tingkat berhampiran kompleks berkenaan.
'Siapkan segera rumah kami'  31/01/2009Utusan Online BUKIT MERTAJAM 30 Jan. - Projek rumah banglo di dua kawasan perumahan berasingan, Taman Mengkuang Heights dan Taman Orkid Indah di Jalan Maqbul di sini yang terbengkalai sejak Julai tahun lepas masih belum diteruskan.
MPAJ hantar usul roboh rumah terbengkalai 31/01/2009 Utusan Online KUALA LUMPUR 30 Jan. - Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) telah menghantar satu usul ke Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan untuk merobohkan sederet rumah di Jalan Bunga Cempaka 14, Taman
Long wait finally ends for 600 housebuyers 05/02/2009 NST KUANTAN: Eleven years ago, some 600 housebuyers were left in the lurch after a housing project at Taman Datuk Abdul Rashid Salleh was abandoned. Yesterday, the buyers received good news, thanks to the National Housing Corporation Berhad (SPNB) which last July came to their rescue and helped complete the project.
Tapak projek terbiar biak nyamuk 10/02/2009 HM Oleh Mohd Azam Shah Yaacob CHERAS: Peningkatan kes demam denggi yang sering berlaku di kawasan ini sejak beberapa tahun lalu membimbangkan penduduk Bandar Tasik Permaisuri dan kini mereka terdedah kepada satu lagi penyakit bawaan nyamuk iaitu chikungunya. Lebih meresahkan mereka mendakwa penularan kes denggi yang banyak dicatatkan di situ sebenarnya berpunca daripada sebuah tapak projek yang terbengkalai lebih tiga tahun lalu.
Kerajaan rancang ambil alih projek rumah terbengkalai 12/02/2009 BH Oleh Nasir Abd Wahab  ...
ALOR GAJAH: Kerajaan negeri merancang mengambil alih projek rumah terbengkalai di Taman Bidara Palma, di Tanjung Bidara, dekat sini, selepas mengesyaki pemajunya sudah melarikan diri bersama wang tunai berjumlah RM70,000 milik pembeli. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perumahan, Pembangunan Pekan Kecil dan Pemulihan Projek negeri, Datuk Abdul Ghafaar Atan, berkata selain itu, pemaju terbabit turut disyaki gagal membayar cukai tanah dan mempunyai hutang premium tertunggak kira-kira RM800,000 dengan Majlis Perbandaran Alor Gajah (MPAG).
Insurance against abandoned projects not feasible 13/02/2009 NST By Ivy Chang THERE have been indications that the 10:90 housing delivery system's full implementation may be deferred in light of the economic downturn. If that is the case, what kind of protection can consumers have to mitigate the risk of ending up with an abandoned project? Should Malaysia adapt and adopt the Australian home builders warranty insurance plan? After all, we already seem to have been smitten by its 10:90 system. Under Australia's Home Warranty Insurance Scheme, builders are obliged to cover their buyers against losses arising from defects or non-completion of building work in certain conditions.
50,000 rumah terbengkalai diselesai 21/02/2009 BH
MELAKA: Kira-kira 62.5 peratus atau 50,000 daripada 80,000 kes rumah terbengkalai di seluruh negara sejak lebih 12 tahun lalu, sudah diselesaikan menerusi bantuan Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan.
SPNB baik pulih 73 projek rumah 22/02/2009 BM  Oleh Irwan Shafrizan Ismail  KUANTAN: Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) berjaya membaik pulih 73 projek perumahan terbengkalai merangkumi 23,089 unit rumah di seluruh negara setakat 31 Januari lalu. Pengerusinya, Datuk Azian Osman, berkata sepanjang tempoh berkenaan, 19 projek perumahan berjaya dibaik pulih menerusi bantuan kewangan manakala 54 projek lagi menerusi khidmat nasihat serta kepakaran SPNB.
Belenggu pinjaman rumah  22/02/2009MA Oleh Samsudin Awang
KUANTAN: Kira-kira 6,000 pembeli dibelenggu masalah pinjaman berikutan rumah yang mereka beli gagal disiapkan pemaju di negeri ini sejak 10 tahun lalu. Difahamkan, sekurang-kurangnya 16 projek perumahan terbengkalai kerana pemaju gagal menyiapkan mengikut tarikh ditetapkan.
New hope for teachers' homes with govt funding 23/02/2009 NST By Desmond Davidson KUCHING: After 13 years, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel for 46 teachers whose "houses" at Taman Desa Guru in Petra Jaya were never completed. Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Minister of Finance Incorporated, will complete the construction of the houses by April.
Abandoned project set to be revived 06/03/2009 The Star By CHARLES FERNANDEZ WHEN former students of the Convent Seremban see pictures of the abandoned site where their school once stood, they cannot help but feel sad. They have fond memories of the school and although some have claimed that its

Clear stalled projects 11/03/2009 NST  By Chang Sze May  I REFER to your report "Sweet deals for house buyers and builders" (NST, March 1) highlighting the government's efforts to encourage locals as well as foreigners to buy houses so as to stimulate the industry and spur the economy. It is good to note that in the midst of the economic downturn, the government is putting effort into economic development. However, I am not sure the government is going about it the right way.

20 tahun menanti rumah 12/03/2009 Utusan Online Oleh Nazmil Nasiruddin
SEBAHAGIAN pembeli melihat keadaan rumah mereka di Taman Lingkaran Nur, Kajang yang terbengkalai sejak 20 tahun lalu
Lapan Projek Terbengkalai Dipulihkan Tahun Lepas 12/03/2009 Bernama
SHAH ALAM, 12 Mac (Bernama) -- Sebanyak lapan projek perumahan yang terbengkalai di negeri ini dipulihkan dan siap pada tahun lepas, kata Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perumahan, Pengrusan Bangunan dan Setinggan Selangor Iskandar Abdul
The better approach to housing delivery 13/03/2009 NST  By Chan Kam Nam   SUPPORTERS of the conventional Sell-Then-Build (STB) method of housing delivery will say it has been a roaring success, having delivered hundreds of thousands of affordable houses over the past decades with only a small percentage of projects abandoned. However, even one abandoned project should be considered one too many. The fundamental weakness of STB is that buyers are made to share in the business risk of the project (but not the gains) and stand to suffer much if it is abandoned.
Serah projek rumah gagal kepada SPNB 16/03/2009 Utusan Online KUANTAN 15 Mac – Pemaju perumahan yang tidak mampu menyiapkan projek kerana dibelenggu masalah kewangan, diminta untuk menyerahkannya kepada Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB). Pengerusi
500 kecewa projek terbengkalai 16/03/2009 BH Oleh Badrul Hizar Ab Jabar  ... MELAKA: Kepesatan pembangunan sekitar Bandar Hilir yang dikelilingi beberapa taman perumahan dan bangunan komersial belum dapat dinikmati kira-kira 500 pembeli projek perumahan dan lot bangunan di Pulau Melaka. Ia berikutan projek yang
Projek bermasalah Pulau Melaka akan diatasi 24/03/2009 www.utusan.com.my MELAKA 23 Mac - Masalah projek perumahan dan pembangunan di Pulau Melaka yang terbengkalai sejak empat tahun lalu dijangka dapat diatasi apabila ia diambil alih oleh kerajaan negeri.
Abandoned project poses risks  31/03/09 THE STAR Story and photo by STUART MICHAEL
AN abandoned apartment project along the main road in Section 20, Shah Alam, is turning into a haunt for drug addicts and an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes, in addition to being an eyesore in the otherwise clean and
Talam's projects to be revived 06/04/2009 NST By Halim Said KUALA LUMPUR: Stalled housing projects by developer Talam Corporation Bhd will be revived and completed within two years. The developer has promised to complete more than 20 phases in 11 housing projects.
New house for new year dashed  10/04/2009 NST THEIR dreams of moving into a new house for the new year came to a naught after the developer announced that the project has been delayed. FRUSTRATED: Some of the buyers of JP Perdana housing project showing their partially
No house, but forced to pay the bank 14/04/2009 The Star ABOUT 165 families who paid their deposits to purchase houses at Taman Genting Raya, near Chemor, Ipoh five years ago are suffering because their houses have not been completed, Tamil Nesan reported.
142 firms, 479 directors blacklisted over stalled projects 15/04/2009 The Star KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 142 companies and 479 directors were blacklisted as at March 13 after their housing projects stalled. Housing and Local Government Ministry secretary-general Datuk Ahmad Kabit said action was
Frustrated house buyers can seek help 16/04/2009The Star REFER to “No house, but forced to pay bank” (The Star, April 14). I share the frustration, suffering and plight of house buyers whose developer closed shop without finishing the job.

Menteri turun padang 16/04/2009 Harian Metro Oleh Salman Hamat KUALA LUMPUR: Hasil pendedahan media berhubung masalah perumahan terbengkalai di Taman Desa Puteri Ampang di sini Timbalan Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan (KPKT), Datuk Seri Panglima Lajim Ukin

Pasukan khas pulih projek terbengkalai 21/04/2009 Berita Harian Oleh Magendran Rajagopal
Cara berkesan atasi masalah pemaju, pembeli KUALA LUMPUR: Pasukan Petugas Khas Pemulihan Projek Terbengkalai ditubuhkan bagi menangani pelbagai masalah membabitkan pembeli dan pemaju perumahan yang semakin meningkat sejak kebelakangan ini berikutan kemelesetan ekonomi sejagat.

Paramount Venue plans to build apartments in Sentul 28/04/2009 Business Times By Sharen Kaur ... At the time when Paramount Avenue took over the project, only the first phase comprising low-cost apartments had been completed, while 80 per cent of Phase Two namely the Sentul Utama Condominium and the following phases were abandoned.
Stalled project in Shah Alam to be revived 01/05/2009 The Star
AN abandoned project in Section 20, Shah Alam, will soon be revived by a new developer. Work on the Sri Puteri apartments, which was stalled for five years, is expected to begin in December and completed in 36 months.
Abandoned Plaza Rakyat project stands out like a sore thumb in city  01/05/2009 The Star By JAYAGANDI JAYARAJ
THE Plaza Rakyat project in Kuala Lumpur was launched at about the same time that the Suria KLCC was being built in the mid-90s. However, while the iconic twin towers stand majestically tall today, the Plaza Rakyat project

Probe into stalled housing project 01/05/2009 The Star By JADE CHAN
DEPUTY Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk T. Murugiah will be holding a meeting at his office on Monday to address the issue of a stalled housing project in Taman Saga 4, Kota Raja, Klang.

Target set on reviving abandoned projects 16/05/2009 The Star By YIP YOKE TENG
THE Selangor government has set a target to revive at least 30 of the state’s 147 abandoned housing projects by the end of the year.
ABANDONED HOUSING PROJECTS: It shows failure of present system 18/05/2009 New Straits Times Letter By CHANG KIM LOONG, Honorary secretary-general National House Buyers' Association I REFER to the abandoned housing projects situation and would like to delve into the reasons why this

SPNB Cari Pembeli Untuk Projek Terbengkalai Dibaik Pulih 03/06/2009 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Jun (Bernama) -- Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB), anak syarikat milik penuh Menteri Kewangan Diperbadankan, sedang mencari dan mengenalpasti 1,175 pembeli rumah bagi projek-projek terbengkalai yang telah siap dibaik pulih.

SPNB revives projects, seeks house buyers 05/06/2009 The Star

No home sweet home 07/06/2009 The Star By HARIATI AZIZAN and RASHVINJEET S. BEDI

Buyers upset over delayed project 20/06/2009 The Star By MANJIT KAUR

No sight of the homes we dreamt of 25/06/2009 NST

Waiting for approval 06/07/09 NST I REFER to the letter by Gursharan Singh of Kuala Lumpur on the abandoned Plaza Rak-yat project on the former Keratapi Tanah Melayu Sultan Street station ("Complete all such abandoned projects"-- NST, June 29).

No new home but yet saddled with bank loan 08/07/09 NST A HOUSEWIFE living in the Skudai Kiri squatter settlement in Johor Baru is calling on the authorities to take action against the developer of Taman Baiduri for failing to complete a housing development project.

Additional measures needed 18/07/2009 The Star DESPITE having adequate laws in place to throw the book at developers responsible for abandoned housing projects, industry participants say enforcement activities need to be stepped up if the issue is to be addressed effectively.

Grappling with abandoned projects 18/07/2009 The Star THERE is a great deal of excitement that comes with booking one’s first home – you finally own a property which you can call your own (well, technically it belongs to the bank until the loan is repaid, but you are close), the stark relief when you have secured the financing for it and later, the mounting anticipation as you wait to occupy the property.

Still paying loan but no apartment 18/07/2009 The Star

Still waiting for dream home 18/07/2009 The Star By Eugene Mahalingam
A new life for project 22/07/09 The Star AFTER more than a decade, the abandoned Taman Cemerlang housing project will be revived in the next three months.
Builder seeks Hishamuddin’s help to revive project 22/07/09 The Star By ELAN PERUMAL
THE developer of a multi-million police logistics complex in Section U1, Shah Alam, which has been halted has called on Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein to intervene.
Govt Expects To Revive One Third Of Abandoned Housing Projects 31/07/2009 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 (Bernama) -- The government Friday said that it would at least revive one third of the 148 abandoned housing projects in the country.
Buyers in dire straits 05/08/09 The Star By TUNKU SHAHARIAH Some 236 house buyers in Desa Aman, Relau, Penang, are left in dire straits after the project developer failed to secure a bridging loan to complete the project.

Contractor may lose Plaza Rakyat project 06/08/2009 NST

Low-cost housing project abandoned after 90% completed 06/08/09 The Star By CHAN LI LEEN
IPOH: In 1989, Rohayu Ariffin and Afandi Ahmad took a loan to buy a low-cost house in Taman Sri Manong, Ulu Kinta here. The double-storey house was to be their matrimonial home once completed in two years.

Housebuyers express unhappiness over delay 17/08/09 The Star By FAZLEENA AZIZ
SOME 500 Ukay Bistari Home Owners (PHUKB) gathered at the AU5 Hall in Lembah Keramat to discuss the latest development on the stalled project in Ukay Perdana, Ampang.

Corporates Reviving Abandoned Housing Projects To Be Given Top Priority 11/09/2009 Bernama PETALING JAYA, Sept 11 (Bernama) -- Corporate organisations reviving abandoned housing projects throught the country will be accorded top priority in their future dealings with the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, said its minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha.
Taman Senawang Jaya project revived 27/09/2007 NST SEREMBAN: Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) has successfully revived the abandoned Taman Senawang Jaya (Phase 1C) project, ending an almost three decade of heartache suffered by house buyers.

Developer liquidated, 300 land buyers in the lurch 08/10/2009 NST GEORGE TOWN: About 300 land buyers of the Padang Meha Parkland in Kulim, Kedah, are in a quandary as they have not received the titles to their properties despite waiting for almost 15 years.

41 abandoned housing projects to be revived 24/10/2009 NST KUALA LUMPUR, Sat: The government has identified 41 abandoned housing projects involving low- and medium-cost houses to be rehabilitated using the RM200 million fund announced in Budget 2010. ousing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said the government will study and do due diligence before embarking on reviving such projects. 

New builder on the scene 02/11/2009 The Star By LIM CHIA YING THE long-abandoned project opposite Club De Vegas and Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur along Jalan Imbi may be given a new lease of life soon.

Umno man’s firm behind failed housing project 12/11/09www.themalaysianinsider.com  By Neville Spykerman SHAH ALAM, Nov 11 – Documents declassified by the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government today revealed that a former Umno executive councillor’s company owned the Bandar Alam Perdana project that was eventually abandoned, leaving thousands of house buyers facing massive debts.

Bank dibayar, banglo tak siap 11/12/2009 BERITA HARIAN Oleh Sufi Azahari 30 pembeli kediaman Taman Desa Sinar Salak jelas pinjaman hingga RM1,900 sebulan

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