Calls for govt to review rules on infrastructure
11/07/2005 The Star
MALAYSIANS’ rapidly changing lifestyle has heralded changes in the
way people want to live and new innovations in living spaces in many
parts of the country, notably in Kuala Lumpur.
Industry players are urging the authorities to review legislations
governing the property industry to keep up with the times and adopt
a proactive approach in planning for the infrastructure needs of the
country.
At the recent National Real Estate Convention in Kuala Lumpur,
speakers and participants raised some teething issues that included
the need for a review of the Strata Title Act with respect to landed
strata developments and the lack of road infrastructure master plan
for each development area or zone.
The two-day convention was organised by FIABCI Malaysia Chapter,
Association of Valuers & Property Consultants in Private Practice
and The Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia.
According to AJC Planning Consultants Sdn Bhd director Ahmad Jefri
Clyde, who spoke on Innovative Development Planning, competition in
the real estate industry to capture a part of the maturing urban
market would lead to the adoption of a wide variety of innovative
solutions.
Legislations are needed to address specific issues such as
earthworks and development on steep land and the confusion generated
by the Strata Title Act with respect to landed strata developments.
''Expected solutions could include the emergence of stilt houses on
slope land and using the flexibility of the landed strata provisions
to address infrastructure issues,'' he said.
Kumpulan Sierramas Sdn Bhd executive director Bernard Tan, who spoke
on Practical Issues of Gated Development in Malaysia, said lifestyle
developments such as landed homes within gated communities had
become popular among Malaysians.
''There is a need to review the Strata Title Act that now only
applies to high-rise residential units but not landed homes. The
growing number of such developments in many parts of the country,
especially the Klang Valley, has created the necessity for such
homes to be covered within the ambit of the Act,'' he told StarBiz.
Speaking on Outlook for Future Development of Infrastructure for
Real Estate, KLIA Consultancy Services Sdn Bhd deputy president
Liang Hian Ching said the ever-changing lifestyle and increasing
population had necessitated an ''outside-the-box'' rethinking of
infrastructure development in real estate.
Due to the inadequate actions by developers in many projects, these
places have suffered from deterioration or inadequacy after sometime
and this has affected the living environment of the local
population.
''The root cause for this is inadequate planning for the main trunk
road system by local authorities. The only solution is to have road
infrastructure masterplans for each potential development to define
the routes and reserves of the main trunk roads for compliance by
all developers in the respective areas,'' Liang said. |
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