Strange
happenings in Sungai Siput
07/01/08 Property New Straits Times
Salleh Buang
The procedure for applying for state
land in this country is laid down
clearly in the law – the National Land
Code 1965. However, should you wish to
learn more, detailed information is
available in cyberspace, for example,
in the Johor state government website.
Wherefore
art thou, OSC? 14/01/08
Property New Straits Times By Salleh
Buang
When Prime Mininster Datuk Seri
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi launched the
One-Stop Centre (OSC) initiative in
April last year, he emphasised that it
was part of "several moves by the
government to boost the property
sector in the country".
Blacklisting rogue developers
19/01/2008 NST-PROP
FROM the email I receive every
month, one sent by Dick (not his
real name) just as we turned the
corner into 2008, grabbed my
attention. He asked: Has the Housing
and Local Government Ministry's
blacklisting of rogue developers had
any lasting, beneficial impact?
Responsibility
has a name 18/02/08 Property New Straits Times Salleh Buang
Over a year ago, on Feb 12, 2007 to be precise, the latest
legislative exercise to tighten our housing law – received Royal
Assent. Amendments to the Housing Development Act 1966 were gazetted
on Feb 15, 2007 and effectively became law on April 12, 2007. These
changes are considered by many as “completing the final touches” of
an earlier legislative exercise undertaken in 2002.
