'Submit CF applications collectively'
The Star  2/04/2004

Residents of housing estates that have not been issued Certificate of Fitness (CF) should form residents' associations to collectively submit their CF applications.

MPAJ chief Ramil Mahmud said residents in such areas should hire a draughtsman to prepare a layout plan of the area and of the houses.

"The number of houses in an area has to be indicated in the CF application.

"The council needs the layout of the houses for record purposes because the majority of areas without CF was developed even before MPAJ was formed," he explained.

The layout plan, he said, would come in useful should residents want to extend their homes in future.

MPAJ had offered to issue CF to areas without CF or expired TCF a few months ago but to date, not even one residents' association has come forward to take up the offer.

"Residents should form a group and come as a group  as it will be easier for us to deal with one representative.

"They can all share the cost of hiring a draughtsman as obtaining the CF will benefit them," Ramli said.

Bukit Antarabangsa is one of the areas where many housing estates, condominiums and apartments are still without CF.

Ramli advised residents of Bukit Antarabangsa to get their paperwork in order especially areas where the developer has been declared bankrupt or is no longer in existence.

He said CF would be issued to Athenaeum at the Peak, a high-rise condominium at Bukit Antarabangsa, in the next couple of weeks.

Inquiries should be made to the Building and Architecture Department at 03-42968009.