Kelantan diminta selesaikan
masalah PAKR terbengkalai BH-TEN 03/12/1997 By Nasir Hassan
KERAJAAN Kelantan diminta menyelesaikan segera masalah pengagihan 48 unit
Perumahan Awam Kos Rendah (PAKR) di Kampung Kubang Panjang, dekat sini yang
terbengkalai, sejak tujuh tahun lalu. Ini kerana ia bukan sahaja merugikan
kerajaan tetapi juga menjejaskan keselamatan dan ketenteraman penduduk di
kawasan sekitar.
Up in arms against builder
08/12/1997 MM
GREENVIEW APARTMENT residents in Taman Pusat Kepong were up in arms yesterday
against their developer who intends to cut their water supply in retaliation
against their failure to settle service charges. The residents were given
two warning notices this month saying the management company, MBf Building
Services Sdn Bhd, would cut off supply tomorrow.
7 tahun rumah belum siap
HM 10/12/1997
KANGAR: Pembeli rumah di negeri ini yang membuat potongan gaji bagi membayar
pinjaman bank sejak tujuh tahun lalu mengalami masalah apabila kediaman yang
dibeli itu masih terbengkalai. Keadaan itu membebankan pembeli terutama yang
berpendapatan sederhana kerana mereka bukan saja berhadapan pihak bank, malah
terpaksa menjelaskan sewa rumah yang diduduki sekarang.
Housing project revived
NSUNT 14/12/1997
KOTA KINABALU, Sat. - State Education Department director Datuk Hasbullah
Mohd Taha today launched the Taman Wawasan 2020 show house in Petagas, near
here. This project was revived by Vertitiech (M) Sdn Bhd, a joint venture
partner of Ko-Pelajaran (Sabah) Berhad which had abandoned the project in
1986 due to unforeseen circumstances.
Cracks in flats
16/12/1997 MM
IT was only five days ago that we observed the fourth anniversary of the collapse
of Highland Towers. The tragedy which saw the loss of 48 lives left a black
mark in the local construction industry and will be forever etched in the
minds of Malaysians, especially those who lost their loved ones in what was
inarguably one of the country's darkest moments.
Cracks in flats: 40 families
stay away 17/12/1997 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Authorities will meet tomorrow to decide the fate of
some 240 flat-dwellers affected when their building at Jalan Tun Razak was
partly damaged due to soil erosion caused by a burst underground water pipe.
At least four units in the four-storey block of flats suffered cracks measuring
two centimetres, while others saw hairline cracks developing from the front
portion up to the living room wall as the soil erosion caused earth movements
under the building.
PKNS flats declared safe
17/12/1997 MM
BLOCK G of the PKNS Kampung Baru flats off Jalan Tun Razak was declared safe
yesterday but the 200 occupants are not budging from the community hall where
they sought refuge on Monday night. They moved out of the four-storey building
on Monday evening after cracks, caused by a underground pipe that burst from
work on an elevated highway project, appeared on the walls and floors of several
ground floor units.
Keeping a close watch on the
cracks 17/12/1997 MM
THIS man is all concentration as he measures a crack on a wall in Block G
of the PKNS Kampung Baru flats. He knows full well the severity of the problem
and his statistics will allow the authorities to know if the situation has
worsened.
Residents of danger flats to
be moved out 18/12/1997 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - Projek Lintasan Kota Sdn Bhd will move 40 families out
of a block of partially-damaged flats at Jalan Tun Razak. The flats were affected
by work to divert underground sewage pipes to facilitate the construction
of an elevated highway.
Kampung Padang flats residents
move to hotel 19/12/1997 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - Forty families from the Kampung Padang flats at Jalan
Tun Razak are temporarily housed at a hotel in Chow Kit pending completion
of work to lay sewage pipes to facilitate the construction of the elevated
highway project. The residents' representatives Rahim Pagi said all the families
moved into the hotel about 2pm with expenses borne by the project concessionaire
Projek Lintasan Kota Sdn Bhd (Prolintas).
CF delay irks Alor Gajah house
buyers 22/12/1997 NST
MALACCA, Sun. - More than 500 low, low-medium and medium-cost house buyers
in Taman Pengkalan Indah near Machap are angry at the Alor Gajah District
Council for the delay in getting the certificate of fitness although the project
was completed a year ago. Most fear they may not be able to move in before
Hari Raya-Chinese New Year as electricity or water supply depend on the CF
being issued.
Projek terbengkalai timbulkan
masalah BH-UTA 22/12/1997
NIBONG TEBAL, Ahad - Taman Perumahan Kesumba, Sungai Bakap yang terbengkalai
pembinaannya sejak lebih 10 tahun lalu, menimbulkan pelbagai masalah yang
ada kalanya paling menyedihkan di kalangan pembelinya. Di antara kisah yang
menjadi buah mulut di kalangan pembeli taman itu ialah berita mengenai sekurang-kurangnya
empat pembeli setakat ini yang sudah meninggal dunia ketika masih menunggu
siapnya rumah yang dibeli.
Developer fined
RM20,000 BT 23/12/1997
THE developer of the Ukay Perdana housing project was fined RM20,000 by the
Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur yesterday after it pleaded guilty to breaching
a condition relating to its environmental impact assessment report. Ikatan
Rapi Sdn Bhd, represented by its director, Suhaimy Husin, pleaded guilty to
having solid substance at double the level of 50 mg/1 level permitted the
EIA report at its project site.
Pembeli boleh muflis
HM
26/12/1997
By Mazlan Hasan; Mohd Ramzi Sanny
KUALA LUMPUR: Pembeli rumah di beberapa projek perumahan terutama di sekitar
Lembah Klang berhadapan dengan risiko diisytiharkan muflis berikutan kegagalan
pemaju menyiapkan projek mengikut jadual serta kenaikan faedah pinjaman mendadak.
Keadaan itu juga dikatakan semakin membimbangkan ketika ini berikutan kegawatan
ekonomi negara yang memberi kesan negatif terhadap sektor itu terutama pembeli
yang membuat pinjaman bank.
Duped into paying RM2,500 `deposit'
29/12/1997 MM
TWENTY-NINE people were allegedly duped into paying RM2,500 each to a conman
for low-cost houses in a non-existent project in Puchong Permai, Selangor.
All the victims lodged reports at the Dang Wangi police station last week
against the man who claimed to have connections with the Selangor State Government
which he alleged is developing the project.
