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GENERAL NEWS REPORTS
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Check low-cost housing abuse
01/01/2001
NST
HOUSING for the lower income groups has always been given top
priority by the Government. While the higher income earner is better placed
to buy a house - often the only consideration is whether he can afford a big
or small one - the poor, in most cases can only dream about it. However, to
forge a harmonious and equitable society low income earners deserve decent
houses for their families. The solution therefore is to build low-cost
houses which are within the means of the poorer sections of society. This is
what the Government has set out to do. But problems will arise in low- cost
housing programmes if these houses do not always go to the designated group
of people and are instead diverted to those who, by virtue of their higher
income, do not qualify for them. This defeats the Government's objective to
provide housing for the poor and needy. The Johor Government's plans,
announced last week, to review its policy on the distribution of low-cost
houses to check abuses and to ensure that only eligible low-income earners
get them is certainly a step in the right direction. State Consumer Affairs,
Domestic Trade and Housing Committee chairman Abdul Samat Aripin said the
Johor Government would be introducing a new system this year in which all
applicants for low and medium-cost houses would be issued with eligibility
certificates for three months to enable them to contact developers to buy
houses costing less than RM80,000 in the locality of their choice. These
certificates will be renewed until they get the houses or they have changed
their mind about buying. In view of the many applicants for low-cost houses,
another thing that could be done to ensure fairness in allocation is to
allow applicants to draw lots in the allocation process. Even though Johor
has unveiled new measures to curb abuses in low-cost housing distribution,
the problem of abuses in low-cost housing is not confined to Johor alone as
these have also been detected in other States as well. It is therefore a
national problem. The Johor experience has highlighted the need for measures
to be adopted to ensure low-cost houses are distributed equitably and that
there are no loopholes to impede a fair allocation.
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Faster approval for projects in Ampang Jaya
02/01/2001
NST-CITY
THE Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) will
introduce the "fast lane" concept in accordance with the Selangor
Government's directive to local authorities to expedite applications that
involve development projects to relocate squatters. Council president Ahmad
Kabit said: "The council is streamlining application procedures so that
development projects can take off fast, especially those related to housing
projects by developers who complement the State Government's efforts to
provide cheap houses for squatters."
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All buildings must cater to
disabled by year-end
03/01/2002
BT
ALL buildings in
Peninsular Malaysia accessible to the
public must have facilities for the
disabled by the year-end as required
under the Uniform Buildings By-Law.
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Lapan keluarga risau diancam tanah
runtuh
04/01/2001
BH
CHERAS, Rabu - Lapan keluarga dari Taman Len Sen di sini bimbang dengan
ancaman tanah runtuh yang kini memusnahkan bahagian belakang kediaman mereka
sejak beberapa hari lalu. Keadaan bertambah buruk apabila pembetung di
kawasan perumahan itu gagal berfungsi seperti asal dipercayai rosak akibat
berlaku mendapan tanah hingga menyebabkan saluran paip bawah tanah pecah. |
Residents fed-up with Taman Murni mudflow
05/01/2001
NST-CITY
TAMAN Murni residents in Kajang, tired of having to put up with
mudflows, have given the Kajang Municipal Council until Tuesday to get to
the "root of the problem". They said the mudflows that came with each
downpour were caused by extensive development projects upstream.
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Mycom's Yap faces property slump, shareholders' ire
05/01/2001 BT
YAP YONG Seong, who made a fortune betting on Malaysian property in the
1980s, is trying to prevent the same market from wrecking his company, Mycom
Bhd. The 60-year-old tycoon with a penchant for fancy cars - Yap used to own
a stake in Italian carmaker Automobili Lamborghini SpA - is struggling to
reorganise his property empire to repay RM1.5 billion in debt.
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Concern over Sentul's green lung 05/01/2001 MM
THE takeover of the Sentul Raya project by YTL Corporation Bhd has given
rise to some speculations and concerns. The prime concern is whether a
nine-hole golf course, the green lung of the area, will have to make way for
either housing or commercial development.
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Landslide shock
05/01/2001 MM
THERE was a heavy downpour yesterday, and the time was 4.30am. The residents
of the five-storey walk-up flats in Taman Kosas, Ampang, were in deep
slumber. Until they were rudely awakened by a rumble at that unearthly hour.
And what greeted the residents of Block A when they looked out of their
windows to check the source of the noise shocked and confused them. |
Poor response for low-cost homes
06/01/2001 NUT
THE Government's
efforts to spur developers into building low-cost housing appears to be
bearing fruit, judging by the increase in the number of units launched
during the third quarter of 2000 compared with the second quarter. However,
response to newly-launched units during the quarter was generally weak in
most States, except for Malacca and Perlis.
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Condo market remains good
06/01/2001
NST
PENANG, Fri. - The outlook for condominiums and apartments here is expected
to be good over the next five years, especially owner-occupied investments.
"Although there was an 8.8 per cent increase in such property units, with
19,296 units last year compared to 17,731 units in 1999, their prices were
quite similar to those of 1995/6," said consultant valuer Michael Geh of
Raine & Horne International Zaki and Partners today. |
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Housing Act may be renamed
07/01/2001 Sunday Star
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Malacca acts to end strata title woes
07/01/2001 Sunday Star
Malacca: The state government hopes to
resolve strata title problems, faced by owners of an estimated 150,000 flats or apartments here, through a one-stop centre. Chief
Minister Datuk Wira Mohd Ali Rustam said yesterday occupants or owners of all high-rise buildings which had not been issued with
strata titles must form management committees and apply for the titles at the state Land and Mines office. |
Meeting with groups over changes to Strata Titles Act
08/01/2001 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. - Deputy Minister of Land and Cooperative Development
Dr Tan Kee Kwong said today the Government would be meeting with local
authorities, non-governmental organisations, the House Buyers' Association
and other parties affected by the proposed amendments to the Strata Titles
Act 1985 within the next few weeks. The amendments to the Act would include
a 10-fold increase in the penalty for developers of highrise buildings who
did not apply for strata titles.
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Projek Perumahan beri keutamaan kepentingan sosial
08/01/2001
Berita
Harian
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Better service, facilities for Ampang Jaya
08/01/2001 MM
THE Ampang Jaya
Municipal Council is one of the oldest municipal councils in Selangor.
Established in 1992, the council is now into its third president, Ahmad
Kabit, who took over from Muhammad Nik last August.
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Still no CF for 100
property owners in JB
08/01/2001 The Star
Johor Baru: The Johor Baru MCA has asked the state
government to look into the plight of some 100 buyers of the Mount Austin project near here, who are still waiting for
certificates of fitness (CF) for the homes an shops they bought in 1996. |
Unhappy stay at medium-cost flats
08/01/2001 MM
LIVING in a medium-cost flat at Pangsapuri Sentul
Utama in Sentul, has been unpleasant for SULAIMAN
RAHIM. Since moving into his unit on the 16th floor,
Sulaiman, who paid RM100,000 for the premises in
1999, found the roof, ceiling at the hall and master
bedroom continuously leaking. |
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Don't pay if
there's no permit
09/01/2001 The Star
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34 pemilik
bimbang rumah teres retak
10/01/2001 BH
KAJANG, Selasa - Lebih 34 pemilik rumah teres di
Taman Bukit Mewah berada dalam kebimbangan berikutan
kediaman mereka mengalami keretakan serius dan
dipercayai tidak selamat diduduki. Penduduk percaya
terdapat saliran air bawah tanah di kawasan
perumahan itu sehingga menyebabkan tanah cepat
mendap dan struktur rumah retak. |
Sistem saliran bocor
ancam keselamatan
10/01/2001 HM
KAJANG: Keselamatan nyawa dan harta benda lebih 200
penduduk di Taman Bukit Mewah di sini, terancam
selepas beberapa rumah di kawasan berkenaan retak
teruk. Risiko itu terpaksa dihadapi jika keretakan
itu tidak diatasi segera pihak bertanggungjawab,
memandangkan penghuninya masih mendiami rumah
masing-masing kerana tidak mempunyai tempat lain. |
Don't fall for the tall promises of developers
12/01/2001
NST
I LIVE
in one of the new developments, the ones that promise us a taste of the new
millennium, but I do not have a telephone line as yet. I moved in without
checking that a line was available as my three neighbours in the new golf
course development have telephone lines. So I assumed (wrongly) that I would
have a telephone line too.
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The rights of purchasers
12/01/2001 MM
LEGISLATION passed by
Parliament are in most cases meant for the protection of the public.
Undoubtedly the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 is
intended to "protect purchasers." Just look at the cases that had been
decided by the courts since the 1980s.
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PKNS to build 20,000 houses
13/01/2001
NST
OVER the next five
years, Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS) will focus its efforts on
developing close to 20,000 residential units on approximately 404.7ha of
land in prime locations within the Klang Valley. PKNS corporate and
marketing senior manager Yusof Othman said this is in line with the state's
mission to achieve a developed status by 2005, of which it is already
halfway through to fulfilling. |
Buyer: My wife died of heartache 15/01/2001 The Star
A 64-year-old housebuyer whose wife died of heartache before she could see
their 'dream house', burst into tears during a Taman Terubong Indah
(Majestic Heights) dialogue session yesterday.
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Five members of family die, one hurt as fire sweeps through flat
15/01/2001 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. - Five members of a family perished while another
is fighting for her life after they were trapped in their flat in a pre-dawn
fire in Sentul today. In the 4am fire which razed their unit on the 15th
floor of City Hall's Sri Kelantan Flat, the six were caught behind a locked
grille while neighbours frantically tried to save them. |
`Victims were screaming but we could do nothing'
15/01/2001
NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. - Immediate neighbour Jamalian Jailani's quick thinking
probably saved the life of Subatra Kaleesvaran in the Sri Kelantan flat fire
today. Recounting the tragedy, Jamalian, in her thirties, said she was
awakened by thumps on her door about 4am
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Kajang council gives developers ultimatum 16/01/2001
NST-CITY
THE Kajang Municipal Council has given developers involved in projects
in the vicinity of Taman Murni, Cheras a month to pay up their share of the
cost towards building a new monsoon drain to solve the flood problem in the
area. The council (MPK) will acquire a piece of land bordering Taman Murni
to construct the drain which will stretch from Taman Tun Perak to Sungai
Cheras Kecil downstream near Taman Murni.
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Frequent safety checks for flats
16/01/2001
NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - As the sole survivor of the flat fire fights for her
life, City Hall today pledged to carry out frequent checks on all its flats
to ensure they are safe. The assurance was given at a two-hour meeting
between representatives of the City Hall and Member of Parliament for Batu
Ng Lip Yong. The meeting was called after yesterday's pre-dawn fire which
killed five members of a family. |
Damaged equipment not replaced, claim flat-dwellers
16/01/2001 MM
"WE have complained about the poor conditions many times but nothing has
been done." That's the response we got from Block C160 of Sri Kelantan flats
resident's committee chairman, Mohd Daud Kassim, on the state of fire-
fighting equipment there. |
Playing with fire
16/01/2001 MM
NO change. On March 9, 1998, The Malay Mail highlighted the poor state of
fire- fighting equipment at two City Hall flats - Loke Yew and Hang Tuah. |
Better quality control with new building system
17/01/2001 MM
HOW often have we come across shoddy construction work after we take
delivery of the keys to our new homes? You read about it in the newspapers
all the time - cracked walls, uneven flooring, leaking roofs, slanting
doorframes, windows that are not aligned, the list of horrors for new
homeowners goes on.
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Developer dragging its feet over complaints
17/01/2001 MM
EACH time there is a downpour, water
seeps into BALAN's sliding door area and damages his condominium unit in
Kajang. Among others, an expensive carpet, floor tiles and the walls are
frequently damaged at the Cypress Condominium unit in Persiaran Sungai Long
1, Bandar Sungai Long.
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‘People apathetic about fire safety’
17/1/2001 The Star
Kuala Lumpur : Malaysians are generally unaware of fire safety because of
their tidak apa attitude (apathy). City Fire and Rescue Department
Director Leonard Athanasius said education on fire safety was more
important than having the best fire fighting equipment.
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Penduduk rosak alat bantuan padam api 17/01/2001
Harian Metro
Kuala Lumpur: Sikap penduduk yang merosak serta mencuri peralatan pancur
kering yang ditempatkan di bangunan kediaman dikenal pasti punca utama
alat bantuan memadamkan api itu gagal digunakan pada waktu kecemasan.
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Be strict in issuing CFs, local authorities
told
18/01/2001 The Star
LOCAL authorities must be firm by not issuing certificates of fitness
(CFs) to housing developers who failed to follow guidelines.
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No prohibition on fixing grilles on
high-rise flats
18/01/2001 NST
PUTRAJAYA, Wed. - The
Government will not prohibit people from fixing grills on their high-rise flats and condominiums although these had become "death
traps" during fires. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said this was because the grills were fixed by
houseowners for their own security |
Fire certs for buildings proposed
18/01/2001 The Star
Putrajaya: Buildings identified as facing high risk of fires will be
required to have compulsory fire certificates, Housing and Local
Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said yesterday.
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Need for quick action by authorities concerned
18/01/2001 NST
EVERY now and then we hear of landslides and mudslides and flash floods at
new housing or commercial projects. This problem normally worsens during the
monsoon season. One such serious problem of mudslides and flooding is now
happening right at my doorstep in Ayer Molek, Malacca.
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Residents living in fear of another disaster
18/01/2001 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - Hillslope clearing work near the site of Hulu Klang's Highland Towers, which
collapsed seven years ago, is keeping nearby residents sleepless for fear of
a repeat disaster. Developers are erecting at least three luxury and
medium-cost housing projects about 2km from Zoo Negara and only 100m from
the five-storey Desa Ku I and II condominiums. |
Tiada cadangan haram pasang jeriji rumah: Ong
18/01/2001
Berita Harian
Putrajaya, Rabu – Kerajaan tidak berhasrat mengharamkan pemasangan jeriji
di tempat kediaman, seperti flat atau kondominium, wlaupun dikatakan
menjadi punca utama kematian mangsa yang terperamgkap ketika berlaku
kebakaran.
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Take not safety for granted
18/01/2001 NST
FAR too often, home comfort and its aesthetics rank above safety for
its occupants. It is not that safety is not important to them; it is perhaps
more a case of apathy and taking things for granted. City Fire and Rescue
Department director Leonard Athanasius hit the nail on the head when he said
on Tuesday that when fire and rescue personnel go to neighbourhoods to train
residents on fire safety and prevention techniques, the turn-out is
regrettably low. Though there have been many campaigns on safety and
prevention, accidental fires due to carelessness still occur. |
Residents told to support firefighters 19/01/2001 The Sun
Putrajaya, Thursday: Residents of high-rise buildings should be more
cooperative and help he Fire and Rescue Department maintain firefighting
equipment. |
Keep fire-fighting equipment inventory 19/01/2001 NST
Kota Kinabalu, Thursday – Owners and occupants of high-rise buildings, flats
and apartments were urged today to maintain fire-fighting equipment in good
working condition.
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Tunggu rumah siap 17 tahun 19/01/2001 Harian Metro
Kuala Lumpur: Bagi 63 pembeli rumah di Taman Sri Aman, Kampung Idaman,
Pandamaran, Selangor penantian 17 tahun untuk memiliki kediaman sendiri
belum tercapai kerana projek perumahan itu masih terbengkalai. |
Pemilik bangunan tinggi usah pasang jeriji 19/01/2001 Berita Harian
Kota Kinabalu, Khamis – Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat
Malaysia, Datuk Jaafar Sidek Tambi menasihatkan semua pemilik premis
bangunan tinggi di negara ini tidak memasang jeriji keselamatan agar nyawa
penghuninya tidak terancam sekiranya berlaku kebakaran.
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23-year wait
- Ministry to
probe into abandoned housing project 20/01/2001 The Star By Susan Tan
The Housing and Local Government Ministry will find out why a housing
project which started 23 years ago in Taman Sri Aman, Port Klang was
abandoned in 1997.
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Strategi
bantu mangsa projek terbengkalai 20/01/2001 Berita Harian
Bagan Datoh, Jumaat – Syarikat Perumahan Negara (SPN) sedang merangka
beberapa strategi bagi membantu pembeli rumah yang menjadi mangsa pemaju
projek perumahan yang terbengkalai, termasuk menyenaraikan bilangan unit
rumah dan pemaju terbabit.
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Vandalism and how some residents overcome it
20/01/2001 MM
VANDALISM in low-cost flats in Kuala Lumpur is a never-ending problem,
City Hall has acknowledged. |
Low-cost flats, high-cost sabotage
21/01/2001 SUM
FOR the thousands of low-cost flat dwellers in the city, a fire last Sunday
in Kuala Lumpur which claimed five lives is a reminder of the fire traps
they live in. Fire traps?
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Shoddy work still main grouse against builders
22/01/2001 The
Star
Petaling Jaya: Shoddy workmanship, which has been the main complain against
developers for several years, continued to be the largest single complaint
brought to the Housebuyers Association (HBA) since its inception two years
ago.
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Chin: 20% of housing
projects no longer viable 21/12/2001 The Star By Stephen Then
MIRI: About 20% of abandoned housing projects in Peninsular Malaysia
have been classified as “no-hopes” since the buyers have no more
interest in reviving them. |
Buyers still waiting for their houses after four years
22/01/2001 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 50 families are
still waiting for their houses in Taman
Permai, Ampang, although the project was
to have been completed four years ago. |
Ensure that back lanes too are hazard
free 22/01/2001 NST
THE recent fire at Sri Kelantan Flats in
Sentul where five members of a family
perished could have been avoided. I am
staying in a single-storey terrace
house. A drain separates my house and
the house of my backdoor neighbour who
has additional land at the back of his
house as the telegraphic poles are on
his side. My neighbour has cemented this
land and does his cooking in the open
air. |
The missing link
24/01/2001 MM
BUILD the missing link first!
This is what the Bukit Rimau residents feel over the Shah Alam City
Council's decision to build the access road to link the housing estate to
the Kesas Highway (via Kota Kemuning) together with the proposed second
interchange.
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FOMCA terima 1000 aduan
24/01/2001 Berita Harian
Kuala Lumpur, Selasa – Persatuan Pengguna masih menerima banyak aduan
mengenai isu kelewatan sijil layak menduduki (CF) walaupun pembeli rumah
diberi jaminan CF akan dikeluarkan selepas dua minggu kunci diserahkan. |
Move to improve workmanship of new houses
24/01/2001 The Star
Kuala Lumpur: The amendments to the House Developers Act is among three
actions by the Housing and Local Government Ministry's three-pronged plan
to improve the level of workmanship of new houses.
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Perak to gazette empty spaces
25/01/2001 NST
IPOH, Wed. - The
Perak Government will gazette all vacant spaces in housing estates to
prevent the loss of green lungs to undesired commercial development and for
the benefit of future generations of Malaysians, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri
Tajol Rosli Ghazali said today. He said there had been cases where business
and commercial projects were approved on such vacant spaces reserved for
sports and recreational activities.
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PAG-Mampu Jaya quality works attract up-market buyers
27/01/2001 NST
THAT upper-middle income housebuyers today are price
sensitive, and prefer to forgo premium finishings to save money, is an
opinion Choy Tai Seng would vociferously dismiss. Instead, the managing
director of construction-based PAG-Mampu Jaya Sdn Bhd says better quality of
construction and finishing is the key to attracting home upgraders,
especially those looking for high-end residential property.
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Pemaju diminta baik pulih rumah retak
27/01/2001 BH
KUALA LUMPUR, Jumaat - Tiga puluh empat pemilik rumah teres di Taman Bukit
Mewah, Kajang, yang kebimbangan kerana terpaksa tinggal dalam rumah retak,
menggesa pemaju projek itu menyegerakan kerja membaik pulihnya bagi mengelak
kejadian tidak diingini daripada berlaku. Beberapa buah rumah di taman itu
didapati mengalami keretakan serius dan tidak selamat diduduki. Tiga
daripadanya rumah bernombor 20, 22 dan 24 paling serius mengalami keretakan
dengan simennya mula pecah. |
Millions in unclaimed money
28/01/2001
NSUNT
KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. - High Courts all over the country are keeping
millions of ringgit in compensation for untraceable landowners whose land
has been acquired by the Government for development purposes. Most of the
land is ancestral and located in strategic places.
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RM1.3 billion pulih rumah terbengkalai
29/1/2001 Berita Harian
BAGAN DATOH, Ahad - Kerajaan akan
membelanjakan kira-kira RM1.3 bilion
untuk memulihkan 47 skim perumahan
terbengkalai di seluruh negara menerusi
tabung Skim Pemulihan Projek
Terbengkalai (SPPT) tidak lama lagi.
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Rumah terbengkalai :SPN terima RM1.3
billion 29/01/2001 Utusan
BAGAN DATOH 28 Jan – Kerajaan memperuntukkan RM1.3 billion kepada Syarikat
Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPN) bagi menyelesaikan masalah rumah
terbengkalai di seluruh negara. Pengerusi SPN, Datuk Zahid Hamidi berkata,
dianggarkan sebanyak 47 skim perumahan terlibat dalam projek pemulihan itu. |
HBA: No abandoned projects if developers
follow the law
29/12/2001 The Star By Clarence Chua
PETALING JAYA: House buyers would not
have to face the prospects of abandoned
projects if the law was properly adhered
to, said the House Buyers Association (HBA). |
MB pushing for revival of projects
29/01/2001 NST
PORT DICKSON, Sun. - The State Government is doing its level best to
revive several abandoned projects which have become eye-sores in Seremban
and other districts. Although no solution is yet in sight, Menteri Besar Tan
Sri Mohamad Isa Abdul Samad said he "is personally in contact with the
developers" to push for the revival of the projects, which were abandoned
during the economic slowdown.
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Tougher action to ensure safety'
29/01/2001 NST
BUKIT MERTAJAM,
Sun. - Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon is proposing to the Federal
Government for more stringent action against developers, architects and
project engineers who do not adhere to building specifications. A detailed
study on such practises, he said, must be carried out immediately as
unprofessional attitudes could cost lives.
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Menara Kuda Lari case going to High Court 29/01/2001 NST
PENANG, Sun. - After four years of waiting for the completion of their
apartments, nearly 200 buyers of a stalled development project are hoping
their wait will end soon by turning to the law. An application to the High
Court will be made next week for the appointment of a receiver and manager
to oversee the completion of Menara Kuda Lari project in Georgetown.
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Dwellers owe RM11m in rental
29/01/2001
NST
JOHOR BARU, Sun. - Dwellers of public low-cost housing owe the Johor
Government RM11 million in outstanding rental over several years, hence the
poor maintenance of these premises. State Domestic Trade, Consumer Affairs
and Housing Committee chairman Samat Aripin said many dwellers had
complained of being forced to live in run-down, squalid conditions due to
poor maintenance of the buildings. |
`Govt
flat dwellers have not paid rent for 30 years'
29/01/2001 BT
PEOPLE staying in Johor Government public housing flats have not paid rent
for more than 30 years, State Executive Councillor for Housing, Consumer
Affairs and Domestic Trade Samat Aripin said yesterday. He said the State
Government was now arranging for talks with the flat residents committee to
find ways to resolve the matter. |
Owners demand for new houses
30/01/2001
NST
IPOH, Mon. - Fourteen house
owners in Bandar Pengkalan Indah here whose houses are "sinking" due to land depression want the developer to build new units for
them instead of just undertaking repair work. The houses, they said, should be demolished as there were a lot of defects which
could become worse |
Will buyers hiss or kiss developers?
30/01/2001
NST
With the Year of the Dragon last year, housebuyers ‘fired’ developers for their shoddy
workmanship in building houses.
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Protecting the interest of house buyers
30/01/2001
NST
I REFER to your recent report on the poor state of most newly-built
houses. The Housing Developers Association (HDA) has lamented that the
shoddy workmanship is due to the unskilled labourers in the construction
industry. I for one, will not exonerate the HDA that easily.
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Rumah retak, tebing terhakis
30/01/2001 HM
RAWANG: Belum selesai kes tebing runtuh di Taman Rawang Perdana, penduduk
mengeluh lagi dengan masalah kelemahan keselamatan kawasan persekitaran dan
keretakan bangunan kediaman. Masalah yang membelenggu penduduk sejak lebih
setahun lalu itu didakwa tidak mendapat perhatian pihak berkaitan walaupun
aduan dibuat kepada Majlis Perbandaran Selayang (MPS)
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No solution in sight as residents voice fear over repeat of
landslide 30/01/2001
NST
KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - As the parties affected by
the Taman Rawang Perdana landslide met today in search of a solution,
residents in the area are voicing their fear of a repeat of the incident.
While immediate efforts have been taken to clear the debris from the scene,
residents said they had yet to be assured on how their lives and property
would be protected.
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Selangor government won't stop housing projects on hillsides
31/01/2001 The Star
THE Selangor Government will not stop hillside development because of the
shortage of houses.
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Make geological reports compulsory 31/01/2001 The Star
PETALING JAYA: The House buyers Association (HBA) has called on the
Government to make mandatory for developers to furnish a geological report
to the authorities before housing projects are approved |
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Homes 'built on ex-mining land'
31/01/2001 The Star |
Fire-fighting equipment damaged by
vandals
31/01/2001 MM
IF there is a fire at the San Peng flats, fire-fighters
will face a daunting task. The hoses at the low-cost
flats are without the nozzles and may be worthless in
case of an emergency. |
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