Making
of the Housing Development Act
09/02/2002 NST-PROP By Shamsulbahri bin
Ibrahim; Roger Tan Kor Mee
ONE of the first things Datuk Seri Ong
Ka Ting did when he became the Minister
of Housing and Local Government was to
spearhead his ministry's Steering
Committee on Legislative Drafting to
re-look at the provisions of the Housing
Developers (Control and Licensing) Act
1966 (the principal Act) and propose the
necessary amendments to it.
For the betterment of the industry 16/02/2002 NST-PROP By
Shamsulbahri Ibrahim; Roger Tan Kor Mee
HOUSE buyers can rest easier with the
gazetting of the Housing Developers
(Control and Licensing) (Amendment) Bill
2001 (the Amending Act) last month. The
Housing Developers (Control and
Licensing) Act 1966 (the principal Act)
which is now called the Housing
Development (Control and Licensing) Act
1966 (the Act) will have general
application to the industry made up of
purchasers as well as the housing
developers. In the past, the principal
Act gave the impression that it was
aimed only at housing developers.
Buyer-friendly Act 21/12/2002 NST-PROP By Shamsulbahri bin
Ibrahim; Roger Tan Kor Mee
THE Housing Developers (Control and
Licensing) (Amendment) Act 2002 which
was gazetted on Jan 31, 2002 came into
operation on Dec 1, 2002. With that, the
Housing Developers (Control and
Licensing) Act 1966 is now known as the
Housing Development (Control and
Licensing) Act 1966 (the Act). Together
with the Amendment Act 2002, the
following regulations also came into
effect on Dec 1, 2002:
Contractual fairness
21/12/2002 NST-PROP By Toong Gek Fong; Teh Sek Hock
PERHAPS the most awaited portion of the amendments has been the changes
to the Schedules G and H sale and purchase agreements (SPA). These
amendments places into a contractual framework, the Government's scheme
of enhancing the protection of buyers in the delivery process of
residential units. Schedule G amendments
Are
Bureaucrats above the Law? 19/05/2005 malaysian.bar.org.my By Seah Choon Chye
The law pertaining to the use of land alienated before the commencement
of the National Land Code (i.e. prior to 1.1.66) continues to be
misunderstood and misapplied by our bureaucrats at the land office and
the local authority.
To sell-and-build or build-and-sell?25/09/2005 The Star By Roger Tan
WHEN Malaysia should adopt the “build-then-sell” (BTS) concept seems to
be a hot issue these days among housing industry players, especially
after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said in 2004 that
we should look into the feasibility of adopting it.
