SPNB sets target to finish projects
The Star 27/2/2003
BY ZAZALI MUSA in Batu Pahat, Johor
MINISTRY of Finance Inc company Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) is
targeting to complete the 97 abandoned housing projects nationwide within
the next two years.
SPNB assistant general manager (project rehabilitation) Mohd Amin Mohd
Salleh said that as of December last year the company had completed and
handed over 15 of these projects to the buyers.
He said work on six projects in Batu Pahat, Cheras, Klang, Semenyih,
Labuan and Se- remban, comprising 2,485 houses was being carried out and
buyers would probably get their houses this year.
SPNB hoped to complete at least 23 projects this year, he added.
“The 97 housing projects comprise 32,460 houses worth a total of more
than RM3.2bil,” Amin told StarBiz at the recent signing of
Akujanji (I agree) letter of consent by 82 buyers of Taman Suria Emas
near Batu Pahat.
Amin said that by signing the letter of consent affected house buyers
were giving their consensus to let the company take over the ownership of
the project and continue with the balance works.
He also said the Housing and Local Go- vernment Ministry would this month
allocate between 20 and 50 abandoned projects to the company.
SPNB administration assistant (project rehabilitation) Ahmad Azlee Ahmad
said the awarding of projects came under the purview of the Housing and
Local Government Ministry and the money from the Finance Ministry's Tabung
Pemulihan Projek Terbengkalai (abandoned projects rehabilitation fund).
He said the timing of completion was largely determined by how long the
projects had been abandoned and at what development stage they were when
left by the previous developers.
Azlee said the company even handled projects that had been abandoned
since the 1980s, noting that a higher degree of damage was likely the longer
a project had been neglected.
“The crucial part involves the legal work such as locating the project
developers and obtaining their consent to carry out the balance works by
transferring the ownership of the projects to us,” he said.
Azlee said that locating these developers was quite a task and time
consuming as most of them had closed shop and were nowhere to be found.
He said upon getting the transfer of ownership of the company SPNB would
locate the affected house buyers for their consent to rehabilitate the
project.
Even if one buyer refused to sign, the company could not proceed with the
job, he added.
“Generally, house buyers are cooperative and place their trust in us as
most are quite frustrated, having waited for their houses to be completed
for more than five years,” said Azlee.
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