HOUSING and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting has commended incumbent Paya Terubong assemblyman Datuk Dr Loh Hock Hun for painstakingly helping to settle the problems of purchasers of the Majestic Heights (Taman Terubong Indah) Phase One project in Penang. 

He said Dr Loh had worked hard to resolve the delay over the project’s Certificate of Fitness (CF), which was finally issued in January after a six-year wait. 

“He had worked day and night and proven himself to be truly a wakil rakyat in helping resolve this problem” he said after opening the project’s management office at the project site in Paya Terubong on Sunday. 

The project is the country’s first case where the minister had invoked Section 11(1) (d) of the Housing Developer’s (Control and Licensing) Act 1966, which directed the developer to wind-up the company. 

A total of 1,557 buyers of the project were left in the lurch after the developer abandoned the project six years ago. 

Yesterday, nearly 300 residents attended the function to show their support and gratitude to Ong and Dr Loh.  

Ong also urged the purchasers to support Dr Loh, who is the Barisan Nasional candidate for Paya Terubong and Lim Boo Chang, the candidate for the Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seat. 

“If you elect Dr Loh and Lim, they will work as a team and help solve problems not only at state level but also take up matters in Parliament,” he said. 

Also present were Penang MCA chairman Wong Kam Hoong, who is Barisan’s candidate for the Bayan Baru parliamentary seat and the project’s management committee chairman P.L. Chang.