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20/12/1999 NST By Ariff Awang  

Only 14 or 1.2 per cent of reports made by housebuyers to the Monitoring and Supervisory Committee of the Housing and Local Government Ministry last year fell under the ministry's jurisdiction.

Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh said the other 98.7 per cent of the complaints were on contractual or purchasing agreement between the developers and buyers.

These complaints should be settled through normal court procedures and are beyond the ministry's jurisdiction, he told reporters after opening the 11th National Real Estate Convention: " Real Solutions to Real Estate" in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

The ministry received 1,135 reports from housebuyers last year. This was a drastic increase compared with only 600 complaints the year before.

Since 1988, the number of complaints received by the ministry every year was between 600 and 700.

"Despite this the committee managed to resolve 85 per cent of the queries related to purchasing agreements in which the ministry acts as an arbitrator.

The remaining cases cannot be settled due to the unwillingness of the parties involved to compromise," he said.

The two-day annual seminar was jointly organised by the Association of Valuers and Property Consultants in Private Practice Malaysia, the International Real Estate Federation and the Institution of Surveyors Malaysia