Questionable ventures
02/03/2002 NST-PROP
A news item in a local daily at the end of February raised some eyebrows because it queried the propriety of joint ventures
affecting State land in Kelantan.
The long and winding road
15/03/2002 NST-PROP
If a problem involving indiscipline was to occur in a school, the
problem would usually be tackled either by the class teacher, the
discipline master or the principal, in that ascending order.
Is it a
crime?
13/04/2002 NST-PROP
Under the Housing Developers (Control & Licensing) Act
1966, as it stood before its most recent amendment, housing developers can
be sent to prison by the courts (apart from having to pay substantial
fines) if they commit any of the following offences:
The Act is here
but when is the SPA?
25/04/2002 NST-PROP
The Housing Development (Control and Licensing)
Act 1966 (amended last year) is ready for implementation and
enforcement but where is the standard Sale and Purchase Agreement,
wonders Salleh Buang
A
primer on land ownership
11/05/2002 NST-PROP
Land ownership in Peninsular Malaysia is governed
by the National Land Code 1965 (NLC), in force since January 1966.
Since the law is based on the Torrens System (where “the register is
everything”) ownership is evidenced by having one’s name on the
title.
Right to sue still doubtful 25/05/2002 NST-PROP
Whether an assignment is in fact absolute does not
have any impact on section 22C
Time for purchasers'
indemnity insurance07/09/2002 NST-PROP
Things are brightening up in downtown Alor Setar.
Everyone is looking forward excitedly to seeing it attain city
status by next year.
