KUALA LUMPUR: High-rise building developers may soon have to apply
for strata titles even the projects are being built to ensure that
the strata titles are ready when the building is completed.
Natural Resources and Environment Ministry Datuk Seri Adenan Satem
said plans are in place to make it compulsory for developers to
apply for the starta titles upon the issuance of Certificates of
Practical Completion (CPC).
Adenan said the proposal, currently being vetted by the
Attorney-General's chambers, was to prevent strata titles cases from
piling up.
Currently, developers have to apply for strata titles within six
months of obtaining the Certificate of Fitness for Occupation (CFO).
“We don’t want to settle that backlog and acquire some more,” he
said.
He said 72% of cases involving strata titles from before December
31, 2003, had been resolved.
The task force had also resolved 99.9% of cases involving land
dealings, 24% involving alienation of land and 25% involving
conversion of qualified titles to final titles.
Adenan added that they aim to clear all backlog cases from 2003
involving land dealings and strata titles by the end of the year.
The target for conversion of qualified titles to full titles is 50%
and alienation of land is 30%.
He said the ministry was also considering setting up strata units at
state Lands and Mines offices to speed up processing of strata
titles.
When asked about the non-existence of a Strata Titles Board,
provided for in the Strata Titles Act when it was amended in 2001,
Adenan said land is a state matter and his ministry acted only as a
co-ordinator.
“We've sent letters to the state governments asking them to set up
the board as soon as possible.
“Penang already has a board. Kuala Lumpur and some states still
don't have one,” he said.
