Residents want
land titles in 2 weeks 02/11/1998 MM
RESIDENTS have given the developer of Taman Gemilang two weeks to hand over
the land titles for their houses. The ultimatum was issued during a two-hour
meeting last Saturday arranged by Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai. However, Residents
Action Committee chairman C.F. Chan declined to reveal their next course of
action.
Cracks on limestone
hill poses danger 03/11/1998 NST
IPOH, Mon. - Residents in Taman Chandan Desa live in daily fear that a limestone
hill behind their houses may collapse following recent heavy rain. They say
several cracks have appeared on the face of the limestone outcrop and that
the danger was very real.
Dream of moving
into new home dashed 04/11/1998 MM
RAJINDER SINGH was hopeful that he would be able to move into his new apartment
once the temporary certificate of fitness (TCF) was issued by the local authorities.
However, he was to be disappointed. When he visited his unit at the Idaman
Suria Apartments in Setapak, he found that all the 694 units were without
electricity and water supply.
Condo hostel
04/11/1998 MM
AFTER eight months, buyers of the Tiara Kelana condominium in Kelana Jaya
are yet to get their Certificate of Fitness. And now they have been dealt
a second blow - one of the five-storey blocks has been converted into a hostel
for students. They said 40 of the 332 units will now house more than 500 college
students who will also have full access to the facilities.
List grouses,
residents near limestone hill told 06/11/1998 NST
IPOH, Thurs. - Residents of Taman Chandan Desa, who are living in fear following
the appearance of cracks in the towering limestone hill nearby, have been
asked to prepare a memorandum on their grouses for the State Government.
High-rise con
job 08/11/1998 NSUNT-STYLE
LIVING the good life supposedly rests on a bedrock of four C's - car, career,
credit card and condominium. It's a catchily glib formula, but it frays to
pieces when it comes to the condo bit. Most apartments here that try to pass
themselves off as "condominiums" - which theoretically keep tenants hermetically
sealed up in walled elegance from the squalid streets - are about as genuine
as a Petaling Street wristwatch.
Condo buyers
confused 09/11/1998 MM
CONFLICTING statements from the authorities on the status of Phase One of
the Gurney Heights Condominium project has caused confusion among buyers.
The confusion started when the buyers were informed through a Oct 30 letter
from the Housing and Local Government Ministry that the project had been classified
as "abandoned."
All cracked
up 14/11/1998 MM
AT least 10 light-industrial factories in Subang Square are seriously cracking
up. Blaming ground water pumping by a factory a kilometre away, the owners
of the damaged buildings fear imminent collapse if nothing is done to stop
the deterioration.
Tougher penalties for errant developers 16/11/1998 NST
Kuala Lumpur, Sun The Housing and Local Government Ministry will increase
the existing penalties for offences committed by developers against unsuspecting
housebuyers.
`Submit estimates
of damages' 17/11/1998 MM
OWNERS of light industrial factories in Subang Square, which are in danger
of collapsing after big cracks started to appear on the building structures,
can submit to the area's developer estimates of the damages caused due to
soil depression. A spokesman for the developer, Mega-Move Sdn Bhd, said it
was also trying to to trace some of the owners who had left their lots vacant.
Question mark
over CF 18/11/1998 MM
THE Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) is looking into several legal aspects
before revoking the temporary certificate of fitness (CF) for a condominium
unit converted into a hostel at the Tiara Kelana condominium in Kelana Jaya.
It might also consider not issuing a permanent CF because the owner had violated
planning requirements on population density for condominiums.
Council may
revoke condo's temporary CF 18/11/1998 NST-LTIMES
THE Petaling Jaya Municipal Council may revoke the temporary Certificate of
Fitness (CF) for the Tiara Kelana condominium in Kelana Jaya as its agreement
with the developer that the units only be used for residential purposes has
been breached. Forty of the 322 units were sold by the developer, Maple Resources
Sdn Bhd, to Malaysian Assurance Alliance (MAA), which converted them into
hostels for 500 college students.
Falling boulder,
rocks destroy part of house 18/11/1998 NST
PENANG, Tues. - A massive boulder and rocks weighing nearly 3,000kg fell from
a nearby hillock and crashed into the house of a civil servant in Khoo Hye
Keat Estate in Air Itam about 5am today. Fortunately Penang Water Authority
employee T. Vijayakumar, 38, and his six family members had vacated and moved
to PBA quarters nearby on Sunday.
Leaking pipes
in new home 19/11/1998 MM
KONG, who bought a house at the Green View Apartment in Taman Pusat Kepong,
complains that the internal piping system is always leaking. He discovered
this problem after collecting the keys from the developer, MBf Building Management
Sdn Bhd.
When dreams go wrong
19/11/1998 The Sun
Condominiums are supposed to epitomise all that the sophisticated and discerning
house-buyers seeks, but it's not always what it seems, writes Irene Leong.
Many dream of owning a high-rise home that comes with features like security,
parking, swimming pool and gym. The advertisements that sell the dream always
sound so good and the picture they painted, oh, so exciting, but in reality,
condo-living is not always a bed of roses.
Ordinance to
protect Sarawak house buyers and developers 22/11/1998
NSUNT
KUCHING, Sat. - The State Housing Ministry will implement the Housing Developers
(Control and Licensing) Ordinance 1993 from Jan 1 to protect the interests
of both buyers and developers. Its Minister Datuk Celestine Ujang advised
buyers to deal only with licensed developers to safeguard their interests.
Developers
warned not to breach Act 23/11/1998 NST
SEPANG, Sun. - Housing developers can be fined up to RM5,000 or jailed for
not more than three years or both if they collect deposits or booking fees
from purchasers without first signing the sales and purchase agreement. Housing
and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh said developers who took
such deposits would be charged with breach of provisions in the Housing Developers
Act 1966 and the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989.
Home owners protest against
developer over delay in CFs MM 23/11/1998 By Yeoh Oon Chuan
CHANTING `We want our homes', 50 demonstrators staged a peaceful protest at
the Le Chateau luxury apartments off Jalan Syed Putra yesterday morning against
developer Zamrud Properties Sdn Bhd. The demonstration was the second following
the one last month by Phase One owners who had waited since 1991 for their
homes to be given a Certificate of Fitness, and those of Phase Two whose blocks
had been abandoned since 1994.
Families given
notice to evacuate 24/11/1998 NST
IPOH, Mon. - The 21 families whose houses are being threatened by an unsafe
limestone hill at Taman Chandan Desa here, have been issued notices to evacuate
within two weeks and with letters of offer to live in flats. Deputy State
Secretary Dr Ahmad Salludin Dali said today the State is offering the affected
families accommodation in flats at Taman Tan Sri Ghazali Jawi and Pasir Puteh
in the city.
Appeal to pump out water from
worksite 28/11/1998 NST-LTIMES
KUALA Lumpur City Hall has been urged to pump out the 10-metre deep pool of
water that has collected over the past year at the underground parking floors
of the abandoned Kepong Capital Light Industrial Project. MCA Kepong Elite
Squad member Yee Poh Ping said residents feared the surrounding area may be
flooded during heavy rain.
