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Late CF will soon be a thing of the past
11/04/2003
The Star BY JANE RITKOS
KUALA LUMPUR: The Housing and Local Government Ministry is nearer
to overcoming delays in the issuance of the Certificate of Fitness (CF) of
Occupation.
The ministry is looking to reduce the number of technical departments,
that make the recommendations for the CF, and wants the local authorities
which issue the certificate to work with them to speed up the processing and
approval of applications.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, said ideally a CF should be issued
within a month after a project is completed.
He said one solution is to ensure technical departments reduce the “red
tape” in approving water and electricity supply for housing projects.
His ministry, he said, also wanted these departments to work under a
“one-stop centre” concept where applicants can complete all relevant
transactions in one place.
“As soon as they receive an application, the departments must be
transparent and inform the applicant of all requirements, so that all these
would be filled during submission of forms for fast processing,” Ong said
after launching Mapex 2003, a property exposition organised by Real Estate
and Housing developers' Association Malaysia.
Ninety-four developers, 16 financial institutions and government agencies
are taking part in the four-day event that is promoting 30,000 units of
properties with an estimate value of over RM6.5bil.
The exposition is held annually.
On another matter, Ong said the ministry had listened to the
association's explanation on why the term “property overhang” as defined by
the National Property Information Centre Valuation and Property Department,
did not reflect the actual scenario in the property sector.
He said while the term was defined as “a property not sold after nine
months of its launch”, the association had argued that the term should
instead refer to “properties not sold after 12 months or more” while
“hardcore overhang” should describe “those not sold after 24 months or more
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