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ON BUILDINGS & COMMON PROPERTY
(PRE- ACT 663 - PAGE 1)
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Housing Act may be renamed
07/01/2001 Sunday Star By Sim Leoi Leoi
On the Common Property and Building Management Bill, Ong said the new legislation
would be tabled to the Cabinet for approval once this had been studied by
the Attorney-General's Chambers."The Bill will allow the building commissioner
to intervene where there is a deadlock between condominium or apartment
owners and developers," he added.
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'Build first, then sell' policy mooted for houses
20/04/2001 Malaysia Kini By Ng Boon Hooi
Meanwhile, Housing and Local Government Minister Ong Ka Ting in his speech
said the Housing Development Act, originally named Housing Developers Act,
will be tabled in Parliament in July. He said, under the new Act, the maintenance
of condominiums will be managed jointly by the developer and the buyers.
"If they cannot work out the management of maintenance, then the commissioner
of buildings will take over to resolve the problem," he said. He also said
the ministry may set up an advisory board to settle minor complaints so
that home buyers need not have to go to court to solve small disputes
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Report progress or risk jail
04/05/2001 NST-PROP
On the issue of the Housing Developers Act and the Building and Common Property
(Maintenance and Management) Bill, Ong said drafts of the amendments to
the Act and proposed Bill had been submitted to the Attorney-General's Chambers
and are expected to be tabled at the next Dewan Rakyat sitting. He
said the Housing Developers Act would be renamed the Housing Development
Act to better reflect its form and function.
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An end to
strata property woes?
22/05/2001 MM-CLAS
CONDOMINIUM owners and perhaps even potential buyers of strata title properties
wait with bated breath for the tabling of the Building and Common Property
(Maintenance and Management) Bill. But given the history of the Bill that
is meant to redress the problems of ownership and management of strata properties,
owners and potential buyers will not be able to let out a collective sigh
of relief just yet. The Bill that was supposed to have been tabled in Parliament
as far back as in 1997, failed to make it to the Dewan Rakyat during its
previous sitting at the end of last year. The current sitting of Parliament
however did see the passing of the amendments to the Strata Titles Act 1985
which also goes in some way to alleviating the problems faced by this segment
of the market. But until the Bill's passage through Parliament actually
takes place, condominium owners and property managers will have to deal
with the problems of managing the building the best they can. Though the
efforts to draft and table the Bill is to be lauded, any delay only serves
to emphasise the increasingly pressing need for it due to a higher occupancy
of stratified units as land especially in land scarce urban centres. Coupled
with a greater awareness of the need for such properties to be well-managed,
delays will also accentuate the inadequacies of other existing legislation
governing homeownership and property management.
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Giving condo owners a say over fees for maintenance
25/05/2001 The Star
Buyers of condominium and apartment units will be able to decide on the
rate of maintenance fees under the new Building and Common Property Bill
to be tabled soon.
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Maintenance Of Building Important
20/06/2001 NST By Prof Bill Hamilton and Dr Wan
Salleh Wan Ibrahim are with the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying,
UiTM.
What was reported was that an Act to be called the Commissioner of Building
Act was to be tabled by the Housing and Local Government which, if we may
interpret it correctly, will put a lid on the number of developers who abandon
their projects and those who do not have the necessary credibility to implement
development projects professionally in terms of building standards.
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Managing together (Part I)
02/02/2002 Published in NST-PROP A Buyer Watch Article by National House
Buyers Association
The much-awaited Building and Common Property (Maintenance & Management)
Bill augurs well for strata unit owners The proposed Building and Common
Property (Maintenance & Management) Bill, which is expected to be tabled
in Parliament some time this year, is aimed at alleviating the maintenance
and management problems that have become a way of life for stratified property
owners.
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Houses, buildings to be fitted with new flushing system
07/10/2003 The Sun
On the draft of the Common Property Act aimed at regulating maintenance
and management of high-rise residential building such as flats and apartment,
he said it is being finalized by the attorney-general and is expected to
be tabled in Parliament next year.
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Managing together (Part II)
08/11/2003 Published in NST-PROP A Buyer Watch
Article by National House Buyers Association
IF you have invested in a stratified project, you most obviously would want
to make sure the structure in which your purchase is situated in, is properly
cared for at all times. After all, a poorly maintained building can create
a lot of problems, such as the fact that units in an unkempt looking project
may be difficult to sell.
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Property management important
21/10/2005 The Sun By Sujartha Kumarasamy
PETALING JAYA: The issue of maintenance and management is important if the
property and housing sector is to compete successfully with Malaysia’s neighbours
such as Singapore, Minister of Housing & Local Government Datuk Seri Ong
Ka Ting said yesterday .
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