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Petaling Jaya, Fri: The Federation of Malaysian Consumers Association (FOMCA) is unhappy with the Housing and Local Government Ministry's lackadaisical attitude to consumers' housing problems.

President Prof. Hamdan Adnan told the Sun today that 90% of the problems stem from the Housing Developers Act which leans heavily in the developer's favour. There are loopholes in the act which allow developers to, among others, get away with inferior quality work, abandon housing projects at will, and levy extra charges on customers under the pretext of late payments of loans, he said.

Earlier this year, Housing Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh had been quoted as saying that the government will not force developers to adopt the build and sell concept.

In responding to the ministry's stand today, Hamdan said he hoped the ministry will be pro-consumer by not only implementing the build-and-sell concept but also introducing a House Buyer's Act.

"If the ministry is not willing to have such an act, then let the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affair Ministry include it under the Consumers Protection Act"