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'Submit Form 7F' warning
NST 21/04/2001 By Patrick Sennyah

KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. - Housing developers have been given a final warning to inform the Housing and Local Government Ministry of the progress of projects and financial standing or risk a fine or jail sentence.

Those who fail to submit Form 7F containing the details could face a fine of up to RM100,000 or three year's imprisonment.

Housing and Local Government minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said although 1,846 developers or about 70 per cent of the total number of developers in the country had submitted the forms, the ministry was still concerned over those yet to do so.

"I have repeatedly warned these developers to submit their Form 7F on time and despite these warnings there are still those who have failed to do so," he said after officially launching the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor House Buyers association.

Those who fail to submit their forms once every six months could face a fine of up to RM100,000 or three years' imprisonment.

'I will be meeting the relevant state Government on better methods of enforcement over these developers," said Ong, adding that this ministry's enforcement unit received a total 1,823 complaints against housing developers last year.

From this, he said 1,213 had been taken to court.

Among the offences committed by those taken to court were not possessing a housing developers license (one), no sales permit (two), failure to abide by conditions in the sales and purchase agreement (five) and overcharging buyers (two).

Ong said the amended Housing Developers Act which had been renamed the Housing Development Act, and the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Bill had been submitted to the Attorney-General's chambers and were expected to be tabled at the next Parliament session.

Among the proposed amendments to the HAD, aimed at giving better protection to buyers is the setting up a housing tribunal to arbitrate disputes between buyers and developers.

"I have instructed my officers to give me weekly reports on the progress of the Act and Bill and we are confident they would be tabled at the next Parliament sitting."

The Building and Common Property Bill regulates the maintenance and management of high rise residential and commercial buildings.

It tightens loopholes in the transition period between the time when apartments and condominiums are occupied and when buyers received their strata titles, while also proposing the setting up of a joint committee comprising developers and buyers to oversee the services and maintenance of buildings during the transition period.

The HBA, a non-Governmental organization, was formed on Oct 16, 1999, with the primary task of ensuring existing housing laws be amended and giving sufficient safeguard for the protection of house buyers' rights and interests.

With a slogan "Striving for buyers' rights and interests," the formation of the HBA was motivated by innumerable complaints of dissatisfaction from disgruntled house buyers who found developers deviating from the terms of their contract.

The association chairman is Datuk Zainuddin Bachik with Kapt ® Mohd Shah and Chang Kim Loong as vice-chairman and secretary-general respectively.
 

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