Projek flet Taman Rampai
dipulih 01/02/1997
BH
AMPANG, Jumaat - Projek perumahan kos rendah membabitkan pembinaan tiga
blok flet lima tingkat di Taman Rampai, Kampung Baru Ampang di sini, yang
terbengkalai sejak 10 tahun lalu akan dipulihkan sebelum hujung tahun ini.
Usaha memulihkan projek itu akan dijalankan secara usaha sama antara
syarikat PA Development Sdn Bhd (PAD) dan Vibrant Diamond Sdn Bhd.
Pemaju janji pulih projek
01/02/1997 HM By Norainon Othman
AMPANG: Nasib pembeli rumah Taman Rampai yang terbengkalai sejak 10 tahun
lalu dijangka berubah apabila pemaju perumahan baru sanggup memulihkan
projek itu. Projek Taman Rampai membabitkan 240 unit rumah kos rendah itu
akan dibangunkan pemaju baru, PA Development Sdn Bhd dijangka siap dua
tahun lagi.
CF delays: States must give tri-monthly reports
01/02/1997 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. - State Governments will have to submit tri-monthly
reports on delays in approval of certificates of fitness in the light of
complaints from the public. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr
Ting Chew Peh said the Local Government Department would co-ordinate the
feedback from the States, pinpoint the problems and provide assistance to
the local authorities.
Incentives for quality
02/02/1997 NSUNT
KLANG, Sat. - In a bid to ensure that housebuyers get the quality that
they pay for, the Government will give incentives to developers who build
zero-defect houses, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew
Peh said today. He said a technical committee had been set up to draw up the
guidelines for the scheme and that the types of incentives would be
announced later.
Approving quality
03/02/1997 NST
IN the course of the country's often over-rapid development, some of its
local building standards have fallen faster than its skyscrapers have gone
up. Some of the best construction standards that have gone into its most
prestigious buildings (mostly engineered by international contractors) have
been lost on many local builders. Government authorities have brushed up
their regulation of the building industry lately, and the cracks that were
showing up in many new developments over the last few years are being
repaired. Brittle buildings appeared with alarming regularity in the first
rush of the building boom about two or three years ago. In 1995, the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government said it received 1,101 complaints
from dissatisfied housebuyers. While the present boom lasts, so will the
complaints. As long as property building and development keep thriving in
the present sellers' market, cases of shabby construction can be expected to
increase. They are only one outcome of the cut corners, the rush jobs, the
time-scheduled sprint completions, the double-speed processing and the
general hastiness that have affected both the authorities and the private
sector in the country's impatient build-up to industrialised status.
Ikram to assess building cracks in
Penang
07/02/1997 BT
A TEAM from the Kuala Lumpur-based
Malaysian Public Works Institute (Ikram)
is in Penang to assess and make
proposals on how to reduce the damage to
buildings affected by the construction
of the Prangin Mall. Chief Minister Tan
Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said the team, led
by Ikram director Encik Yahya Ahmad,
arrived yesterday morning.
Decision on Prangin Mall after
meeting with institute
12/02/1997 NST
PENANG, Tues. - The State Government
will decide on the controversial Prangin
Mall after meeting with the Malaysia
Public Works Institute (Ikram) team, on
Thursday morning. Excavation works on
the Prangin Mall is believed to have
resulted in the movement of ground water
leading to instability and secracks on
buildings and pavements in the vicinity,
affecting some 150 homes
Housing schemes 12/02/1997 BT
THE Pahang Government has directed
housing developers in the state to
include low and medium low cost houses
in their projects covering more than two
hectares. The state government would
decide on the percentage of such houses
in any particular housing project based
on the location and demand, State
Executive Councillor for Housing and the
Environment Datuk Bahari Tan Sri Yahaya
said. The government would declare the
percentage when the developer applied
for change in land use condition for his
housing project, he said. The
construction of low and medium cost
houses was being given priority this
year in view of the rising demand for
such houses, he said. The government had
also received feedback that low cost
houses built by the private sector in
Raub, Temerloh and Mentakab had no
buyers. - Bernama
Rumah: Sanusi diminta bantu
17/02/1997 HM By Zuhri Kamarzaman
ALOR STAR: Seramai 648 pembeli rumah kos rendah, sederhana, berkembar dan
kedai dua tingkat di Taman Budiman, di Lebuhraya Sultan Abdul Halim, di
sini, yang terbengkalai sejak enam tahun lalu, merayu Menteri Besar Datuk
Seri Sanusi Junid campur tangan bagi menyelesaikannya. Pembeli terbabit
mendakwa, beberapa rundingan dengan pemaju taman perumahan terbabit,
Seridal Sdn Bhd (Seridal), menemui jalan buntu.
Enam pemaju kena tindakan
18/02/1997 HM By Zuhri Kamarzaman
ALOR STAR: Kerajaan Kedah menghadapi masalah menyelesaikan beberapa projek
perumahan terbengkalai di negeri ini berikutan sikap sesetengah pemajunya
main `kong kalikong'. Mereka dikatakan selalu berbohong dan menghilangkan
diri apabila kerajaan mengadakan rundingan dengan pemaju berkenaan.
Penang Govt rejects geo-technical report
on Prangin Mall
22/02/1997 BT
THE Penang Government has rejected the
geo-technical report on the Prangin Mall
project submitted by its developer,
Getaran Unggul Sdn Bhd, because it is
unsatisfactory. Chief Minister Tan Sri
Dr Koh Tsu Koon told a news conference
in Penang yesterday that the project
technical advisory committee rejected
the report after it was scrutinised by
the Works Institute of Malaysia (Ikram).
Reports may be needed for flat land
23/02/1997 NSUNT
PENANG, Sat. - Geo-technical reports may
be required for future development
projects in the inner Georgetown area,
Penang Island Municipal Council
president Dr Teng Hock Nan said today.
He said this was necessary in light of
the controversial RM200-million Prangin
Mall project which is believed to have
caused structural defects in the
surrounding areas.
Thursday deadline!
24/02/1997 MM
THE Taman Puchong Jaya developer has
been given until this Thursday to fill
up the two-month-old cave-in on a
gradient next to Jalan Tiong 18. They
have also been given three months from
last Thursday to thoroughly repair a
children playground and sewage pond 100
metres away from the spot.
