Local authorities do not delay CF issuance

Utusan Online 20/04/2002

KOTA TINGGI April 19 - Local authorities have never deliberately delayed the issuance of certificates of fitness (CF) to house buyers, Director-General of National Housing Department Datuk Mohamed bin Saib said today.

If at all there was any delay it was due to technical reasons which had to be clarified in the interest of safety of the houseowners, he said.

He said local authorities were eager to issue the CF to the housebuyers as the occupied house would be a source of revenue to them.

"However all 144 local authorities in the country have been reminded to be careful when issuing CF as this involved the safety of the occupants," he said when issuing CF to housebuyers in the Taman Melati scheme here.

He said the issuance of the CF by the local authority was in fact the end stage of the process as the developer concerned had to seek technical approval earlier from various departments such as the Fire Brigade, Public Works Department (JKR), Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID), Water Supply Department and Indah Water.

He said local authorities should adopt a professional attitude and stick to the principle of working for people's benefit and convenience.

At the function, he handed over the CF to 38 representatives of 400 housebuyers who have been waiting for the CF since 1994.