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Making of the Housing Development Act
09/02/2002 NST-PROP By Shamsulbahri bin Ibrahim; Roger Tan
Kor Mee
ONE of the first things Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting did when he became the Minister
of Housing and Local Government was to spearhead his ministry's Steering Committee
on Legislative Drafting to re-look at the provisions of the Housing Developers
(Control and Licensing) Act 1966 (the principal Act) and propose the necessary
amendments to it.
For the betterment
of the industry
16/02/2002 NST-PROP By Shamsulbahri Ibrahim; Roger Tan Kor Mee
HOUSE buyers can rest easier with the gazetting of the Housing Developers
(Control and Licensing) (Amendment) Bill 2001 (the Amending Act) last month.
The Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 (the principal Act)
which is now called the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966
(the Act) will have general application to the industry made up of purchasers
as well as the housing developers. In the past, the principal Act gave the
impression that it was aimed only at housing developers.
Buyer-friendly Act
21/12/2002 NST-PROP By Shamsulbahri bin Ibrahim; Roger Tan Kor Mee
THE Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) (Amendment) Act 2002 which
was gazetted on Jan 31, 2002 came into operation on Dec 1, 2002. With that,
the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 is now known as the
Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 (the Act). Together with
the Amendment Act 2002, the following regulations also came into effect on
Dec 1, 2002:
Contractual
fairness
21/12/2002 NST-PROP By Toong Gek Fong; Teh Sek Hock
PERHAPS the most awaited portion of the amendments has been the changes to
the Schedules G and H sale and purchase agreements (SPA). These amendments
places into a contractual framework, the Government's scheme of enhancing
the protection of buyers in the delivery process of residential units. Schedule
G amendments
Housing Developers
(Control and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 Schedule G
By Shamsulbahri bin Ibrahim; Ms Toong Gek Fong
Housing Developers
(Control and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 Schedule H
By Teh Sek Hock; Ms Toong Gek Fong
Are Bureaucrats above the
Law?
19/05/2005 malaysian.bar.org.my By Seah Choon Chye
The law pertaining to the use of land alienated before the commencement of
the National Land Code (i.e. prior to 1.1.66) continues to be misunderstood
and misapplied by our bureaucrats at the land office and the local authority.
To sell-and-build
or build-and-sell?
25/09/2005 The Star By Roger Tan
WHEN Malaysia should adopt the “build-then-sell” (BTS) concept seems to be
a hot issue these days among housing industry players, especially after Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said in 2004 that we should look
into the feasibility of adopting it.
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