Selangor gets cracking on 'sick' housing projects

17/10/2005 The Malay Mail

 SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government will call meetings  with developers of abandoned housing projects and banks to find ways to solve the problem.

The meetings will be held after the state government has gone through a report on the 56 abandoned projects now being compiled by the Selangor Housing and Property Board (LPHS), said state exco for housing, buildings management and squatters Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Ahmad Dahlan.

He said the report, to be completed in a month's time, would cover projects in four districts --Selayang, Gombak, Petaling Jaya and Kajang.

Most of the projects were abandoned due to the developers running out of money and lack of expertise, he said after presenting Hari Raya Aidilfitri contributions totalling RM70,000 to 450 senior citizens, orphans and single mothers Sunday.

The recipients at the event organised by the Umno Subang division included the poor chosen by the MCA and MIC Subang divisions.

Eight pots of "bubur lambuk" cooked by the Umno members were distributed to everyone present.